config-defaults.php vs config.php

dontforgetmario

Hi guys,

I don't understand this:

I have just installed Vanilla and so far... I love it... really nice and friendly forum software, very much like Wordpress and Basecamp like, less is more

But I see that everywhere people speak about config.php but when you install Vanilla 2 (I have the most recent version) there is no config.php in the conf folder, there is a config-defaults.php in the root and a config-defaults.php file in the conf folder instead.

In the installation documentation it says:

"/conf/config.php (if this file doesn't exist, don't worry about it)"

Well I don't worry about it, I just don't understand how the most important configuration file in Vanilla 2 is not cleared or explained why it should or should not exist.

Should I rename config-defaults.php to config.php before proceding with installation?

Should I leave the config-defaults.php file as it is before proceding with installation?

In the config-defaults.php text it says:

// DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE.
// If you want to override the settings in this file then edit config.php.

I have installed Vanilla and I don't have any config.php

Where is config.php file suppose to be? should I create it by myself?

Could you please explain or document matter better? I find it this drives to missunderstanding...

Soo... Could please someone explain this?

Thanks
Mario

garymardell

The config.php file is created when you run the installation for the first time.

dontforgetmario

OK... I closed Transmit (ftp client for Mac) and opened it againg... just refreshing the ftp client did not show the config.php

so now I have a config.php in the conf folder... that's ok now?

thanks

chadvonnau

Yes.