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New 2.0 Install Errors: directory does not exist.

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Hello,

I have a problem that I cannot find a solution for with the latest version 2.0.
The install was great.. a whole 6 seconds, but after that I could not access the admin page, it reports the error below.

I KNOW the reason why.. it is a wrong path... I just can't find any information that pertains to fixing it in 2.x. I have read several articles and search till I am reay to go bonkers... I can't find out how to shange the path. I mean come on.. it should be as easy as a .conf file where you correct the path manually and you are on your way. The correct path should be c:\inetpub\*sitename*\backups (etc..etc..)

The directory 'C:\Inetpub/backups/' does not exist.
The directory 'C:\Inetpub/dump/' does not exist.
The directory 'C:\Inetpub/img/wiki/' does not exist.
The directory 'C:\Inetpub/img/wiki_up/' does not exist.
The directory 'C:\Inetpub/modules/cache/' does not exist.
The directory 'C:\Inetpub/temp/' does not exist.
The directory 'C:\Inetpub/templates_c/' does not exist.


Server is 2003 x64, and run multiple web sites with PHP and MySQL no problems.. so it is not a server issue "per se"..

HELP ! How can I point it manually ? I have read several threads ealing with this, but the variables to change are not in the new tiki-setup.php... that Install guide is no help either. I can't be the ONLY one with this problem.

Thanks in advance for your time !

posts: 9
I have exactly the same issue. I've not yet been able to find a solution either.

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Welcome both Glenshadow adn wondertrout to Tikiwiki Community

Sorry to hear that problem. I'm not that used to installations under windows machines.
The data in the .conf file you were looking for is stored (afaik) in the mysql table tiki_preferences (or similar name). So I would say, try adding these new files in your tiki_preferences table, in case you are installing your tiki as a subdirectory in your htdocs (or equivalent) folder:

https_prefix /*sitename*/
http_prefix /*sitename*/
feature_server_name www.domain.net/*sitename*

Alternatively, I'd suggest you have your tiki installed on the TikiLiveCD, configure it to your needs, and see the params in that tiki_preferences table in order to manually set that table right for you.
Afaik, on GNU/Linux servers, you don't need to do that, since the path is automatically discovered, even if you haven't set your subdirectory correctly yet. If this doesn't happen to you windows installation, I would suggest you to find a coder which can adapt the code related to "path discovery" to windows installation. See the list of Consultants, in case you need it, or hace a look at the list of Tiki Friendly Hosts.

HTH

xavi


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Thanks for the replies. I may look into this stuff again for another site, but I ended up switching out to another product that works great and installed no problems.

Like I said.. thanks for the time in replying.


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