Joomla installation tips

If you get the message from browser:
Access Restricted

Most of time, you should try different version of Joomla, for example I got big problem with 1.5.15, could not figure it out, surf on the Internet for 2 days and got no help. Many ppl got this issue.

I finally download 1.5.14, problem solved by itself :( man...... took me more than 10 hours...

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Go to
http://localhost/yourdomain/installation/index.php
and select language

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After choosing language, if you see Cookies error like session.save_path error, you need to make sure the followings:

1. php.ini did specify the path for session.save_path
for example:
session.save_path = "c:\php\sessions"

2. and make sure you enable "write" permission for IUSER for this sessions folder that you created by your own.

3. make sure you spell sessions folder name correctly.

4. you may want to copy php.ini to windows folder as well.

for more info -
http://forum.joomla.org/viewtopic.php?f=429&t=278785
http://www.webcheatsheet.com/php/install_and_configure.php#create


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database type: mysql
host name: localhost
username: root
password: blank

joomla account and password: admin / you need to specify the password
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if you get: "JError Unable to load Database Driver" while loading the page
---> database setup has been wiped out in configurationi.php in joomla root folder/

for more info - http://forum.joomla.org/viewtopic.php?f=431&t=257653

if you just install it, you can re-install everything again.

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Convert YouTube to MP3

http://www.flvto.com/

Good tool.
Basically it read the Flash file and separate the video and audio streams, then covert Audio stream to MP3.

Windows 2003 64-bit server + IIS 6.0 + MS Access + ODBC 32 bit

1. To enable IIS 6.0 to run 32-bit Web applications on 64-bit Windows, here is the workaround:

• Open a command prompt (cmd) and navigate to the %windir%\Inetpub\AdminScripts directory.
• Type the following: cscript.exe adsutil.vbs set W3SVC/AppPools/Enable32BitAppOnWin64 “true”
• Press ENTER.
• If you get the following error:
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  Type Mismatch
  
  ErrorNumber: 13(0XD)
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  Try 1 instead of "true"
• cscript.exe adsutil.vbs set W3SVC/AppPools/Enable32BitAppOnWin64 1

If your ASP page does not run, check the IIS' log files and see anything wrong. Above command should fix the problem.

More reference: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B894435


2. I cannot see MS Access driver (*.mdb) in ODBC manager? only SQL server driver?

This is because you need to install MS Office/Access to get the driver first, then run 32-bit ODBC manager -

• The 32-bit version of the Odbcad32.exe file is located in the %systemdrive%WindowsSysWoW64 folder.

• The 64-bit version of the Odbcad32.exe file is located in the %systemdrive%WindowsSystem32 folder.

Reference: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942976/en-us


3. I got the error message on web page while trying to access database through ASP page -
"Selected collating sequence not supported by the operating system"

This is because the wrong language setting of Access mdb file which was created under different
language version of Access before.

The easier way is to create a new database file, mdb, and copy structure and data from old mdb file. This must be done in English version Access.


4. I can run ASP file, but other ASP files in sub folders cannot be launched. This is because in IIS6 or above you need to enable ASP files which are located in sub-folders. You can login to IIS, right click on website and follow the steps here -

PHP + MySQL + phpMyAdmin tips

1. If you see mcrypt extension is not installed (Cannot load mcrypt extension.) in phpMyAdmin login page . you need to enable it from PHP's php.ini. (which may be located in C:\PHP\ depends on how you isntalled your PHP package)

Make sure you remove all the remove the semi-colon (;) right in front of them to enable these extension.

;extension=php_gd2.dll
;extension=php_mbstring.dll
;extension=php_mcrypt.dll
;extension=php_mysql.dll

you will also need to restart IIS or OS in order to load libmcrypt.dll (mcrypt's dll)
Of course, you will need to make sure you have libmcrypt.dll in your computer.

See more info here-
http://hermawanpurwanto.wordpress.com/2007/08/12/cannot-load-mcrypt-extension-please-check-your-php-configuration-solved/


2. If you see Phpmyadmin White / Blank screen after you type in the account and password:
Solution: There must be a typo in the config.inc.php file. The easier way is to delete it and copy the default config.sample.inc.php again.

Of course, you will need to reset all the config including password.

Reference:
http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/showthread.php?t=10306683


3. In phpMyAdmin, if you see "Create new database: No Privileges", this means your current account does not have enough privilege to create new DB.

Solution:
You can create a new account for phpMyAdmin. For example: pma@localhost

Login to MySQL Console, enter the following commands:

CREATE USER 'pma'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_password';
Flush privileges;
Grant all on *.* to 'pma'@'localhost' identified by 'your_password';
Flush privileges;

Then re-login to phpMyAdmin.


Other good references:
http://www.iis-aid.com/articles/how_to_guides/install_and_configure_phpmyadmin_iis?page=0%2C0
http://www.devarticles.com/c/a/MySQL/Creating-Users-and-Setting-Permissions-in-MySQL/1/
http://www.actionscript.org/forums/showthread.php3?t=39515

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Day One......

In the beginning, GOD created the world..... :)