Install instruction to go to concrete directory.
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Install went OK until "Now go tohttp://localhost:8888/concrete/,... or whatever you named your folder (if you chose another port in MAMP’s preferences, also change 8888 to that). "
I took that to mean replace "concrete" in the URL with the full Mac full path reference, but Safari returned not found.
MAMP appeared to start OK and started Safari to the MAMP welcome page.
How do I go to my folder, to finish the concrete install?
Thank you,
George.
I took that to mean replace "concrete" in the URL with the full Mac full path reference, but Safari returned not found.
MAMP appeared to start OK and started Safari to the MAMP welcome page.
How do I go to my folder, to finish the concrete install?
Thank you,
George.
What do you see when you just go tohttp://localhost/ ?
I see something like, Safari can't open that page.
However! When I go tohttp://localhost:8888/ I see something like I was expecting: an Index of the items that are in my development directory that I specified in the Parameters for MAMP.
Now, what?
And, even if you do nothing else for me, TANKS!
George.
However! When I go tohttp://localhost:8888/ I see something like I was expecting: an Index of the items that are in my development directory that I specified in the Parameters for MAMP.
Now, what?
And, even if you do nothing else for me, TANKS!
George.
OK, I managed to stumble thru the installation. Thanks for the info, again.
I'm very close to being at a usability point!
George.
I'm very close to being at a usability point!
George.
I went thru a few pages and signed out and exited MAMP.
Upon restart and navigation to the site, I tried to login, but what I -thought- were the username and password, "root" for both, did not work, nor did the name of the site and password for email.
How do I determine the username?
How do I reset my password?
Thank you,
George.
Upon restart and navigation to the site, I tried to login, but what I -thought- were the username and password, "root" for both, did not work, nor did the name of the site and password for email.
How do I determine the username?
How do I reset my password?
Thank you,
George.
Hi George,
Did you take a look at this how-to?
http://www.concrete5.org/documentation/how-tos/designers/installing...
You may be thinking of your db username/password ("root"), you will need a separate set for your C5 site.
Near the end of the how-to I just linked you to it explains:
To create a new username and password go back to your MAMP start screen, click phpMyAdmin and click on the name of your database on the left side of the screen, then, click on the “privileges” tab, click on the add new user link and fill in your details, avoid using your own name as a user name, then pick “Local” from the host menu, then click "generate" you will will then be given an obscure safer password to use, click “go” to save your new user.
Best wishes,
drew
Did you take a look at this how-to?
http://www.concrete5.org/documentation/how-tos/designers/installing...
You may be thinking of your db username/password ("root"), you will need a separate set for your C5 site.
Near the end of the how-to I just linked you to it explains:
To create a new username and password go back to your MAMP start screen, click phpMyAdmin and click on the name of your database on the left side of the screen, then, click on the “privileges” tab, click on the add new user link and fill in your details, avoid using your own name as a user name, then pick “Local” from the host menu, then click "generate" you will will then be given an obscure safer password to use, click “go” to save your new user.
Best wishes,
drew
Drew,
I'm pretty sure I followed the instructions, but it did not work.
Can you please provide any further guidance?
Thank you,
George.
I'm pretty sure I followed the instructions, but it did not work.
Can you please provide any further guidance?
Thank you,
George.
Hello,
I think there might be a misunderstanding. You seem to have problems loging in the dashboard not with the DB.
When you installed concrete5, you provided the install with an email address as you stated.
A link was sent to that email address that allows you to reset your password.
So if you provided the install with a real email address, you should have received the message I'm referring to. In which case you only have to follow its instructions to get a new password. The login is the email address you provided.
I hope this helps
Good luck
I think there might be a misunderstanding. You seem to have problems loging in the dashboard not with the DB.
When you installed concrete5, you provided the install with an email address as you stated.
A link was sent to that email address that allows you to reset your password.
So if you provided the install with a real email address, you should have received the message I'm referring to. In which case you only have to follow its instructions to get a new password. The login is the email address you provided.
I hope this helps
Good luck
I've installed Concrete 5.5.1
From what I've skimmed, there is no dashboard with 5.5.1. And, I've not seen anything that -looks- like a dashboard.
I'm trying to login into Concrete.
When I navigate to the welcome page, as in the attached "Welcome to Concrete", and click "login", I see the "Sign In" page.
How do I login?
I -might- have already change my password. I tried all combos I could create from the userids and passwords I'd used to install MAMP and Concrete. None worked.
So, I hit the "Reset and Email Password" button and entered the email address I'd used somewhere in the installs. I never received an email, and have checked to ensure that email works.
Any help is welcome.
Thanks in advance.
George.
From what I've skimmed, there is no dashboard with 5.5.1. And, I've not seen anything that -looks- like a dashboard.
I'm trying to login into Concrete.
When I navigate to the welcome page, as in the attached "Welcome to Concrete", and click "login", I see the "Sign In" page.
How do I login?
I -might- have already change my password. I tried all combos I could create from the userids and passwords I'd used to install MAMP and Concrete. None worked.
So, I hit the "Reset and Email Password" button and entered the email address I'd used somewhere in the installs. I never received an email, and have checked to ensure that email works.
Any help is welcome.
Thanks in advance.
George.
Sorry, one more thing.
When I use the "Reset and Email Password" button, with the email address I used for configure, I -do- see the "An email containing instructions on resetting your password has been sent to your account address." message. But, I've not received those emails. Where can I find them?
Thank you,
George.
When I use the "Reset and Email Password" button, with the email address I used for configure, I -do- see the "An email containing instructions on resetting your password has been sent to your account address." message. But, I've not received those emails. Where can I find them?
Thank you,
George.
Ok, first, I suppose you checked you spam folder??? Maybe the email is there. If you did already then I suggest you check your PHP settings. To do that, your MAMP should offer a link. If you don't know how, just create a file phpinfo.php on your server and write in it:
Open this file in your browser with your server started and you will get all the information for your php settings.
you should look for the value for the setting sendmail_path
it should have, as value, the path to the file sendmail.exe
You can also make sure the setting SMTP has the value localhost or 127.0.0.1 and the setting smtp_port has the value 25.
You should also look for the setting mail.log. This will tell you where the log file for your mail is saved. You can then check it and it will tell you if there was any problem sending the message.
Let me know what you find. Good luck
<? phpinfo(); ?>
Open this file in your browser with your server started and you will get all the information for your php settings.
you should look for the value for the setting sendmail_path
it should have, as value, the path to the file sendmail.exe
You can also make sure the setting SMTP has the value localhost or 127.0.0.1 and the setting smtp_port has the value 25.
You should also look for the setting mail.log. This will tell you where the log file for your mail is saved. You can then check it and it will tell you if there was any problem sending the message.
Let me know what you find. Good luck
Thank you, Nour.
The output is attached. What can I do, now?
Thank you,
George.
The output is attached. What can I do, now?
Thank you,
George.
The simplest way to login to your local concrete5 site for the first time is to create a user in your database.
1. go back to your MAMP start screen,
2. click phpMyAdmin (it may ask you to login if so this is where you use username: root password:root) and click on the name of your database on the left side of the screen,
3. click on the “privileges” tab,
4. click on the add new user link and fill in your details, (avoid using your own name as a user name, then
5. pick “Local” from the host menu,
6. then click "generate" you will will then be given an obscure safer password to use,
7. click “go” to save your new user.
8. Go to your "Sign in" Screen (you attached a pdf of earlier in this thread).
9. Fill in the username and password
Wha la! Now you should be in your new site!
-The link to the dashboard will appear in the upper right hand corner.
1. go back to your MAMP start screen,
2. click phpMyAdmin (it may ask you to login if so this is where you use username: root password:root) and click on the name of your database on the left side of the screen,
3. click on the “privileges” tab,
4. click on the add new user link and fill in your details, (avoid using your own name as a user name, then
5. pick “Local” from the host menu,
6. then click "generate" you will will then be given an obscure safer password to use,
7. click “go” to save your new user.
8. Go to your "Sign in" Screen (you attached a pdf of earlier in this thread).
9. Fill in the username and password
Wha la! Now you should be in your new site!
-The link to the dashboard will appear in the upper right hand corner.
Thank you, Drew.
You suggested that on Tue. It didn't work, then, nor now.
George.
You suggested that on Tue. It didn't work, then, nor now.
George.
Ok, so first, I apologize if I give details that might sound trivial, I'm don't exactly know what your level of comfort is with the whole server configuration thing so I'm trying to make sure nothing is forgotten.
I noticed 2 things that might be a problem:
1- you don't have any mail.log set so you can't find out if there is any problem
to fix that, go in your php folder in your server installation folder.
Open php.ini and look for mail.log. Uncomment the line by removing any ";" starting it and give the setting a value.
As an example:
2- your sendmail_path has a value but it's only a folder, not a file.
Technically it should be something like
in yours, the exe file doesn't appear, it's weird.
Also mine only uses the -t parameter, not the -i one. I don't know what they mean but I know mine works :)
So look for your sendmail folder in your server install, find the path to your sendmail.exe file and fix the setting in your php.ini
of course, everytime you set a value for a setting, you should make sure the setting is not commented out by deleting any ";" at the beginning of the line.
For instance
will not work. It should be
without the ";"
Now go to your sendmail folder and find the file sendmail.ini. If you don't have it, just create it. Adjust the following settings with the same value as in php.ini
After all that is done I suggest you try to have the email sent again, wait a few minutes and if you still don't get anything, check the mail.log for error messages and post them back here.
If it still doesn't work we'll try something else
Good luck
I noticed 2 things that might be a problem:
1- you don't have any mail.log set so you can't find out if there is any problem
to fix that, go in your php folder in your server installation folder.
Open php.ini and look for mail.log. Uncomment the line by removing any ";" starting it and give the setting a value.
As an example:
2- your sendmail_path has a value but it's only a folder, not a file.
Technically it should be something like
sendmail_path = "\"C:\xampp\sendmail\sendmail.exe\" -t"
in yours, the exe file doesn't appear, it's weird.
Also mine only uses the -t parameter, not the -i one. I don't know what they mean but I know mine works :)
So look for your sendmail folder in your server install, find the path to your sendmail.exe file and fix the setting in your php.ini
of course, everytime you set a value for a setting, you should make sure the setting is not commented out by deleting any ";" at the beginning of the line.
For instance
;mail.log = "C:\xampp\php\logs\php_mail.log"
without the ";"
Now go to your sendmail folder and find the file sendmail.ini. If you don't have it, just create it. Adjust the following settings with the same value as in php.ini
smtp_server=localhost smtp_port=25
After all that is done I suggest you try to have the email sent again, wait a few minutes and if you still don't get anything, check the mail.log for error messages and post them back here.
If it still doesn't work we'll try something else
Good luck
No need to apologize, Nour, I was trying to be matter-of-fact, and did not intend to convey anything other than that.
Maybe I should apologize for not being explicit:
I'm on a MacBook, OS 10.6.8
MAMP v 2.0.5
Concrete v 5.5.1
If that doesn't change anything you or Drew have advised, I'm OK with uninstalling MAMP and Concrete and starting over. Maybe with what I know now, I won't make whatever mistake(s) I made in the first installs!
Thank you!
George.
Maybe I should apologize for not being explicit:
I'm on a MacBook, OS 10.6.8
MAMP v 2.0.5
Concrete v 5.5.1
If that doesn't change anything you or Drew have advised, I'm OK with uninstalling MAMP and Concrete and starting over. Maybe with what I know now, I won't make whatever mistake(s) I made in the first installs!
Thank you!
George.
No don't worry about it, it's just that when I started explaining about the un-commenting of lines I thought it would sound a bit silly to someone with reasonable coding experience. A bit like when you call some computer company for technical help and they follow their newbie script even if you tell them you DO know where the desktop is...
Anyway, as for your problem, I don't think you should uninstall everything and start again just yet. It's just my opinion but if you're not in a hurry it's better to try to find the reason why all this happened so next time you know.
But anyway, let me know if whatever you do works, I'm always curious.
Good luck again
Anyway, as for your problem, I don't think you should uninstall everything and start again just yet. It's just my opinion but if you're not in a hurry it's better to try to find the reason why all this happened so next time you know.
But anyway, let me know if whatever you do works, I'm always curious.
Good luck again
I deleted both Concrete 5.5.1 and MAMP, and started over.
MAMP install went OK.
On the MAMP "phpMyAdmin" tab, I've created a db named "concrete".
When beginning Concrete install, I see the page as on "InstallConcrete5.pdf", and then continue.
What info do I put into each field on the next page, as in "InstallConcrete5b.pdf"?
Thank you.
George.
MAMP install went OK.
On the MAMP "phpMyAdmin" tab, I've created a db named "concrete".
When beginning Concrete install, I see the page as on "InstallConcrete5.pdf", and then continue.
What info do I put into each field on the next page, as in "InstallConcrete5b.pdf"?
Thank you.
George.
Hi George,
On the left side, name your site, email, password, confirm
If you were following the how to then The MySQL Username: and MySQL Password: can be filled in by using the term “root” for both fields- this is only for local development!
On the right side--
server: localhost
MySQL username: (root)
MySQL Password: (root)
Database Name: concrete (since that is what you said you named your database)
As for the empty or Sample Content with Blog choice. I would suggest Sample Content with Blog...You can find out more about starting points here:
http://www.concrete5.org/documentation/how-tos/developers/concrete5...
This is the how-to I'm referring to:
http://www.concrete5.org/documentation/how-tos/designers/installing...
Best wishes,
Drew
On the left side, name your site, email, password, confirm
If you were following the how to then The MySQL Username: and MySQL Password: can be filled in by using the term “root” for both fields- this is only for local development!
On the right side--
server: localhost
MySQL username: (root)
MySQL Password: (root)
Database Name: concrete (since that is what you said you named your database)
As for the empty or Sample Content with Blog choice. I would suggest Sample Content with Blog...You can find out more about starting points here:
http://www.concrete5.org/documentation/how-tos/developers/concrete5...
This is the how-to I'm referring to:
http://www.concrete5.org/documentation/how-tos/designers/installing...
Best wishes,
Drew
OK, I'm in.
And I restarted both MAMP and Concrete to confirm I got it right.
Retrospectively, there's two things I could have entered wrong:
1) I -might- have put the name of site into the "Server" field, instead of "localhost";
2) I don't think I -ever- tried the user name of "admin" when I was attempting logins!
Thank you, gentlemen.
Guess I'll proceed to the next forum...!
George.
And I restarted both MAMP and Concrete to confirm I got it right.
Retrospectively, there's two things I could have entered wrong:
1) I -might- have put the name of site into the "Server" field, instead of "localhost";
2) I don't think I -ever- tried the user name of "admin" when I was attempting logins!
Thank you, gentlemen.
Guess I'll proceed to the next forum...!
George.
Well, I'm too late...
I totally agree though :)
I totally agree though :)
