Step-by-step instructions for installing 0.9.6.3 with Fatcow.com as the host - My Forums

Re: Step-by-step instructions for installing 0.9.6.3 with Fatcow.com as the host

lukemcd — Jun 12, 2011, 04:39 PM

I just used the FatCow SimpleScripts auto-install feature for Revolution 2.06 and had the same problem as when doing a manual installation. The Manager brings up a blank screen. When I tried installing Revolution 2.1.1 the Manager would repeatedly bring up the login screen every time I logged in. After a lot of messing around I found the solution was to edit the PHP.ini file (located in the control panel under CGI and Scripted Language Support > PHP Scripting). I changed session.auto_start from 1 to 0. This enabled me to log into the Manager successfully.

Re: Step-by-step instructions for installing 0.9.6.3 with Fatcow.com as the host

lukemcd — May 02, 2011, 01:45 PM

Please note that FatCow now has MODX Revolution listed as part of the SimpleScripts auto-install programs through the user control panel. I have not tried it yet but it’s promising that it is listed.

Re: Step-by-step instructions for installing 0.9.6.3 with Fatcow.com as the host

dextersl2 — Jan 10, 2010, 06:27 PM

Has anyone been able to install revolution on fatcow?

Re: Step-by-step instructions for installing 0.9.6.3 with Fatcow.com as the host

fizex — Dec 23, 2009, 02:51 AM

Hi,

I just installed modx 1.0.2 on my fatcow hosting account using these settings with the exception that I choose "SET NAMES" and left it on "utf-8_general" (what ever it is when the page loads) without a problem all seems to be working correctly. Hope this helps someone.

Re: Step-by-step instructions for installing 0.9.6.3 with Fatcow.com as the host

Diz T. Wiz — Jan 08, 2009, 03:42 PM

Quote from: BobRay at Jan 07, 2009, 09:28 PM

Since you’re sort of locked into UTF8, did you make sure that’s what is set in manager/includes/config.inc.php before installing?

Let’s just say that modifying the config.inc.php file didn’t leap to mind. Wasn’t it suppose to be blank before installing?

I was having a problem where the web site would every so often throw a series of errors:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
« MODx Parse Error »
MODx encountered the following error while attempting to parse the requested resource:
« PHP Parse Error »

PHP error debug
Error: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Unknown MySQL server host ’ddisney.fatcowmysql.com’ (1)
Error type/ Nr.: Warning - 2
File: /hermes/web09d/b458/moo.ddisney/manager/includes/extenders/dbapi.mysql.class.inc.php
Line: 89
Line 89 source: if (!$this->conn = ($persist ? mysql_pconnect($host, $uid, $pwd) : mysql_connect($host, $uid, $pwd, true))) {
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The fatcow tech support came back with:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
A space was there in the database name in the config.inc.php and has been corrected. Please check your site functioning again.
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I haven’t had the problem since. Here is some of the current config.inc.php file:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
$database_connection_charset = ’latin1’;
$database_connection_method = ’SET CHARACTER SET’;
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Re: Step-by-step instructions for installing 0.9.6.3 with Fatcow.com as the host

BobRay — Jan 07, 2009, 03:28 PM

Since you’re sort of locked into UTF8, did you make sure that’s what is set in manager/includes/config.inc.php before installing?

Re: Step-by-step instructions for installing with Fatcow.com as the host

Diz T. Wiz — Jan 07, 2009, 09:52 AM

Quote from: BobRay at Jan 06, 2009, 07:22 PM

Quote from: Diz at Jan 06, 2009, 05:07 PM

Quote from: BobRay at Jan 06, 2009, 05:13 AM

That looks very good. The only thing I noticed is that not all users will be using latin1_swedish_ci (though many are).
That is the only choice on fatcow.com

That’s surprising. I’ve never seen a host that restricts the character set of the MySQL dB. Do you have Import capability in PhpMyAdmin? If so, I wonder what happens when you import an SQL dump with UTF-8 specified internally. And can’t you specify the character set when you create the database in PhpMyAdmin -- or does fatcow create it for you?

The first time you create a MySQL database, all you can specify are the Database Name, the Database Login and the Password. No character set. After that, I can go to the MySQLAdmin page. When I do so, the MySQL Charset value is UTF-8 Unicode (utf8) and the MySQL connection collation value is utf8_unicode_ci. When I look at my tables, the collation of all the VARCHAR columns is latin1_swedish_ci.

Sometimes when I go to my website, I get "Unknown MySQL server host" errors. I am go to reinstall using "SET NAMES" to see if that solves the problem.

Re: Step-by-step instructions for installing with Fatcow.com as the host

BobRay — Jan 06, 2009, 01:22 PM

Quote from: Diz at Jan 06, 2009, 05:07 PM

Quote from: BobRay at Jan 06, 2009, 05:13 AM

That looks very good. The only thing I noticed is that not all users will be using latin1_swedish_ci (though many are).
That is the only choice on fatcow.com

That’s surprising. I’ve never seen a host that restricts the character set of the MySQL dB. Do you have Import capability in PhpMyAdmin? If so, I wonder what happens when you import an SQL dump with UTF-8 specified internally. And can’t you specify the character set when you create the database in PhpMyAdmin -- or does fatcow create it for you?

Re: Step-by-step instructions for installing with Fatcow.com as the host

Diz T. Wiz — Jan 06, 2009, 11:07 AM

Quote from: BobRay at Jan 06, 2009, 05:13 AM

That looks very good. The only thing I noticed is that not all users will be using latin1_swedish_ci (though many are).

That is the only choice on fatcow.com

Quote from: BobRay at Jan 06, 2009, 05:13 AM

Thanks for the contribution.

You are welcome

Re: Step-by-step instructions for installing with Fatcow.com as the host

BobRay — Jan 05, 2009, 11:13 PM

That looks very good. The only thing I noticed is that not all users will be using latin1_swedish_ci (though many are).

Thanks for the contribution.