[TYPO3-english] CLOSED - Re: Major background issues

[marina t]

Hi Richard,

Thank you for your suggestions. I confess I am totally lost at this 
point. Have no idea what a "source + dummy set-up" is, nor where it 
can be found - from the docs, I understood the "safe" way to install 
TYPO3 was the introduction package?

But no matter, as this all really sounds way too technical for me. 
I've used MAMP before and I remember having no major issues with it 
with a test installation of WordPress, but that was a few years ago 
and things might have changed.

I just assumed it was for the better, but apparently things that used 
to be easy have become increasingly complicated... and I can't keep 
up any longer! Too bad - must be my age :-)

Anyway, I guess I am not up to it - and I wish it was clearer from 
the available descriptions of TYPO3 that the minimum skill level is 
expert Web server, PHP and database administration. In this sense, it 
is not suited to "Web designers" nor to ordinary "Webmasters", who 
only know about HTML, CSS, FTP, mailbox setup, and the usual common 
tasks that are required to maintain a Website on somebody else's 
virtual host.

As I said, I wish this was clearer from the start, as it would have 
saved a lot of hassle and headeaches to all! :-)

So I'll keep looking for a suitable CMS - might come and check back 
on TYPO3 in another few years :-)

Cheers,

marina
(now leaving the list)


--> On 14/6/13 (ddmmyy) at 7:20 AM +0200, you wrote:
>
>Hi Marina,
>
>When you first set up a Typo3 website (with a source + dummy set-up, not
>the introduction package) and visit the front page you should be able to
>walk through 'installation' steps, which include a section where you enter
>database details. According to this article:
>http://wiki.typo3.org/Introduction_Package#Installation when you first
>visit an introduction package install you should have seen the same thing.
>
>If you still have the introduction package source zip/tar, delete
>everything and start again. Otherwise, recreate the ENABLE_INSTALL_TOOL (as
>previously mentioned) and then append this to your base URL in a browser:
>/typo3/install/index.php?mode=123&step=1&password=joh316 (this is where you
>are redirected to when you first visit a Typo3 installation). If it tells
>you that you have the wrong password, delete the file
>typo3conf/LocalConfiguration.php (or typo3conf/localconf.php if the other
>file is not there) and try again (it means you or something changed the
>password - deleting that file removes the password and it defaults back to
>joh316).
>
>If you are still having issues with the database username/password after
>entering them, have you tried logging into your mysql server with that
>username/password pair? There are multiple WAMP packages and I imagine they
>don't all have the same default username/passwords. If you can log into
>your mysql server with the username/password you are trying to use for
>Typo3 then you its more likely a Typo3 issue - but again may not be.
>
>
>Richard