[TYPO3-install] Cannot run Install for TYPO3

[Selva Tinnan]

Hello, Christopher;

Thank you so much for your advice.  Fantastico definitely seems to be the
chief problem.

Regards,

sst


> Hi,
>
> On Jan 11, 2008 5:16 AM, Selva Tinnan <sst at dogstown.org> wrote:
>> Hi;
>>
>> I've installed the latest TYPO3 using Fantastico on a shared hosting
>> server.
>>
>> Created a first page, but cannot upload a template.
>>
>> Cannot run Install on the backend menu no matter how much I follow the
>> documentation and advice.
>>
>> ENABLE_INSTALL_TOOL.php does nothing, no matter how many places I place
>> it.
>>
>> Three days of trying to get a template to install!
>>
>> Any advice?
>
>
> Sure :)
>
> 1. Don't use Fantastico to install TYPO3. I haven't tried it for a
> long time, but it used to do a poor job of the installation. A manual
> installation is quite simple.
>
> 2. Read the documentation more closely--you won't find any doc that
> mentions ENABLE_INSTALL_TOOL.php, and you might be surprised by what
> happens if you try it with ENABLE_INSTALL_TOOL.
>
> 3. If you can't upload a template, then the directory you're trying to
> upload to is not writable for the FTP user (if you're using FTP) or
> the php process (if you're trying from inside TYPO3)--the likelihood
> is that this bit has nothing whatsoever to do with TYPO3,
> incidentally.
>
> --
> Christopher Torgalson
> http://www.typo3apprentice.com/
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