[Typo3-UG Australia] Dummy Testsite Package

[Dante]

Peter Dawson wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> Sorry for this extremely dumb question.  I am having problems installing 
> the dummy testsite on my local server.  I downloaded BigApache onto 
> windows xp and I believe it is properly installed and everything is 
> working well.
> 
> These are the instructions for installing the typo3 testsite:
> 
> Install the TESTSITE package...
> 
> This package contains a pre-built site with loads of examples of what 
> TYPO3 can do, and how to do it...
> 1 - Extract the package to a suitable location on the server's hard drive
>     - Windows users note 1...you should download one of the ZIP packages
>     - Windows users note 2...you should avoid locations that will result 
> in a path with spaces (e.g. Programme Files or My Documents), because it 
> will cause problems within TYPO3
>     - Linux users note 1...you have a choice of packages...the plain 
> source code, which does not include the testsite database...use this 
> with testsite.tgz, which contains the testsite, or use the ZIP package 
> as on Windows
>     - Linux users note 2...if you use the tgz packages, you must check 
> the symlinks exist and point to the correct location, or create them 
> (see the document Installing Upgrading for details)
>     - Linux users note 3...you may want to create a user and group 
> called "httpd" or "apache", and do the installation whilst logged in as 
> that user
> 2 - Set up your web server to point to the correct location. Set the 
> default document to be index.php (this is done with the DirectoryIndex 
> directive in Apache)
> 3 - If you are using Linux, or windows with an NTFS file system, ensure 
> the following files & folders are writable by the server.../typo3temp, 
> /typo3/temp, /typo3conf/localconf.php (chmod 755 or 777 on Linux)
> 4 - If you are setting up TYPO3 from anywhere other than on the server 
> itself (where you can use http://127.0.0.1 as the address), open 
> /typo3/install/index.php in your text editor and comment out lines 40 & 
> 41 (adding /* at the beginning of the blank line before line 40, and */ 
> on the blank line after line 41)
> 5 - Open your web browser and hit http://[your.site.name] or 
> http://127.0.0.1. You'll initially see an error message page, but will 
> be immediately re-directed to the 1-2-3 Install Tool
> 6 - Enter the information...
>     - Step 1...database username, password & host [click update 
> localconf.php]
>     - Step 2...either select the database if you created one earlier, or 
> enter a name in option 2 [click update localconf.php]
>     - Step 3...the database file name should be shown in the box [click 
> Import database]
>     - That's it!...the basic installation is complete
> 7 - You've now got 3 options...either...
>     - Open & browse the testsite
>     - Open the back end administration area (BE)
>     - Finish configuring the installation...this is recommended because 
> there are lots of options that you can configure, including image 
> processing
> 8 - When you have finished setting up TYPO3, and especially if your site 
> is on a public server, for security you MUST...
> Either delete the /install folder, protect it using a .ht access file or 
> at least change the install tool password
> Create a new administration user with a name and password that cannot be 
> guessed (on page 2 of the Install Tool, Database Analyser)
> 
> 
> I actually can't figure out the process for the second step and the 
> third one at this stage.  Difficult to come to a screeching halt when 
> you haven't even started yet but I managed it.
> 
> Any assistance would be appreciated.
> 
> Many thanks.
> 
> Peter
Peter,
if, with Step 2, you are referring to the web server configuration, it 
relates to configurations made in the httpd.conf file.
if, with Step 3, you are referring to 'writeable by the server', this 
relates to the security privileges in the folders, subfolders and file.
You need to make sure that the new folders (and subfolders and files) 
have write privilege for the user your apache server is running as.

Hope this helps,
Dante