In the last post I reported that I tried to fix things by messing about with some of the settings and now couldn’t log in and I would delete the installation and start again. I have now tried to do this twice. The first time I just over-wrote the existing installation and deleted the .htaccess and engine/settings php files so the install script would have a fresh run at things. I left the existing db in place and hoped this would update if necessary. Needless to say it didn’t work. So I deleted this installation all over again but this time deleted and recreated the database and database user. I expect there is an easier way but this seemed to work. After uploading a fresh load of Elgg files again I set the necessary folder permissions for the install script to run ok and automatically create the settings and configuration files. The script ran, I entered the details, registered an admin account, logged in OK but the site is just the same as before – http://terrywassall.org/elgg/. B*****ks!
It’s as if the generated pages aren’t picking up any css or something. I still can’t find any references to this problem on the Web. I had no trouble installing WordPress, Moodle and phpBB. I had some initial problems installing WPMU but found and fix I needed with my first Google search a reference past onto me via Twitter supplied the rest. I will try posting a message to the Elgg forum.
Update: Posted the following message to the Getting Started group at Elgg.
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Hope this is the right place for this. I have just installed 1.6.1 following the installation instructions in the documentation area. All went as described until I got to the login page and into the site. No formatting or structure to the pages – http://terrywassall.org/elgg/. You’ll see what I mean if you look. Any ideas on what it is I need to do or have left undone? I have spent most of today searching for info on this and come up with nothing so far.
Whoops (update): after checking earlier messages in this discussion I tried changing to another view, choosing failsafe. Now I can’t log in or anything! I’ll look in the installation and db to see if I can change back to default view there. Any ideas gratefully received.
Further update: Sorry this is becoming a bit of a saga (appropriately enough). I found a line in the db where the view is specified, in the elggconfig table: view = s:8:”failsafe”;
I changed this back to view = s:8:”default”; and I can log in again. But still no formatting or layout, as if no css or anything else is being applied. I don’t like messing about in the database as I’m not sure what I’m doing.
