Hi Wade, Short answer then read on: You do not have a virtual host in the Apache host.conf file that uses folder /var/www/BASL for it's public root.
Here is what I know: You need the absolute path from the system root to the public apache folder. In my system user accounts are placed under /home and the public folder is something like: /home/user_login_ID/public_html This means that: http://www.example.com points to folder: /home/user_login_ID/public_html The configuration.php file would have entries like this to match: $mosConfig_absolute_path = '/home/user_login_ID/public_html'; $mosConfig_live_site = 'http://www.example.com'; You are not using live DNS with domain names, but rather localhost to access your site. In your case you would have to make sure that /var/ www/BASL or /var/www/joomla_1.0.12 was a public folder definition for virtual host in the Apache host.conf file. I'm going to guess that the only public folder in /var/www/ is either htdocs or html. Most linux systems create a public folder for each user so you can do thing like: http://localhost/~user_login_ID The absolute folder path typically would be /home/user_login_ID/ public_html or something close to that. The configuration.php file would have entries like this to match: $mosConfig_absolute_path = '/home/user_login_ID/public_html'; $mosConfig_live_site = 'http://localhost/~user_login_ID'; http://localhost usually points to /var/www/htdocs or /var/www/html in the apache conf file. Sincerely, Mike -- Mike Brandonisio * Web Hosting Tech One Illustration * Internet Marketing tel (630) 759-9283 * e-Commerce [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://www.jikometrix.net JIKOmetrix - Reliable web hosting On Mar 15, 2007, at 3:03 PM, Wade Smart wrote: > 03152007 1500 GMT-6 DST > > Mike, if you got a minute(s) could you give me some pointers here. > > In on Ubuntu 6.06 LTS. > /var/www/site-name > ex: /var/www/BASL is my current project > > I downloaded the latest stable 1.0.12 into /var/www/joomla_1.0.12 and > extracted. It extracted as root which caused problem. So I changed > it to > my user and group - still problems. Changed it to www-data which is > what > php and apache use and it was fine. > > I get to step four: > I get to this page: > http://localhost/joomla_1.0.12/installation/install4.php > On this page I have: > > PLEASE REMEMBER TO COMPLETELY > REMOVE THE INSTALLATION DIRECTORY > Administration Login Details > Username : admin > Password : ********** > > But if I click on View Site or Admin I get > Not Found > The requested URL /BASL/index.php was not found on this server. > > After reading at length the forums, Im not seeing anything as to > concrete answers. Do this and do that isnt getting it done. > > Any pointers? > > wade > > > > On Mon, 2007-03-12 at 09:55 -0500, Mike Brandonisio wrote: >> Hi Wade, >> >> I use Joomla for all of my CMS projects. I have the found forums are >> more than helpful. It has a large install base. The community is very >> active. There are regular updates and security patches. There are >> many 3rd party scripts for add-on features like forums and e- >> commerce, over 1,300 on http://extensions.joomla.org/ alone. If I >> need to customize an existing script I can usually do it so the next >> security update won't trash my changes. >> >> I guess I am saying that I like Joomla. I have not looked at Drupal >> in depth, either. You should look at the features you need today as >> well as where you will get support for your CMS. If you will be the >> CMS support, Look at the API to see what you may like or dislike. >> >> Here is a link to Joomla: www.joomla.org >> >> Sincerely, >> Mike >
