On defining ROOT I forgot to say change CakePHP to whatever folder you have called your cake folder.
On Nov 30, 7:08 pm, "Scott Powell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for the help. Will do this. > > -----Original Message----- > From: cake-php@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > > Of thatsgreat2345 > Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 11:42 PM > To: CakePHP > Subject: Re: total newbie - Config question > > DO NOT PUT CAKEPHP IN PUBLIC_HTML! I have hostgator as well, this is > what you do put it above public_html so it will not be accessible by > anyone. Then take webroot folder out of the app folder which is inside > the cake folder, and upload it to your public html, or if the cakeapp > is going to be your site just upload the contents of webroot folder to > public_html. Then edit index.php in your webroot folder that you have > just added to public_html and change these 2 lines > > if (!defined('ROOT')) { > define('ROOT', DS.'home'.DS.'YOUR HOSTGATOR > USERNAME'.DS.'CakePHP'); > } > > and if you have changed the app folder name from app to something else > then change this line too > if (!defined('APP_DIR')) { > define('APP_DIR', 'APP FOLDER NAME'); > } > > On Nov 30, 10:01 am, rgreenphotodesign <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Do you have your domain home directory/doc root pointed to /possible > > sub dir/app/webroot/? > > > On Nov 29, 7:49 pm, scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hello all, > > > > Just started learning CakePHP and am excited at the possibilities, but > > > have hit my first snag. > > > > This is my first post and have read the documentation, but cannot find > > > the solution to my problem. > > > > I uploaded the full cake package to my server into the root directory > > > which is public_html. I'm using Hostgator which has php 5 and > > > mod_rewrite activated. > > > > I can only get the home page to show up when I set ReWriteEngine to > > > "off". If it is on, I get 404 not found. > > > > Also, I don't know if this is a problem, but I don't have an active > > > domain pointed to it. So I access the root directory > bywww.mainserverexample.com/~cake > > > > Thanks in advance for your help, > > > > Scott > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.549 / Virus Database: 270.9.10/1810 - Release Date: 11/24/2008 > 2:36 PM > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.549 / Virus Database: 270.9.10/1810 - Release Date: 11/24/2008 > 2:36 PM --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
