Unable to install on subdomain.

_Mamokin

Hi guys, I've contacted my host provider—Awardspace—and got nowhere with this.

Here is my htaccess file contents:

I unpacked the prebuild thing into my subdomain and right from the get-go I get a 500 error.
I tried commenting these lines from my htaccess(as seen above):

My host said the problem was stemming from that but then they said they could not access the setup. Then I tried going to: index.php?p=/dashboard/setup

I got to my setup but then after trying to go to the next stage—the dashboard of vanillaforums—I got a 404 error.

Any help would be much appreciated!

vrijvlinder

ok, please replace that htacess file entirely for this

# Modified
    # If you modify this file then change the above line to: # Modified
    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
       RewriteEngine On
       # Certain hosts may require the following line.
       # If vanilla is in a subfolder then you need to specify it after the /. 
       # (ex. You put Vanilla in /forum so change the next line to: RewriteBase /forum)
       RewriteBase /
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
       RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php\?p=$1 [QSA,L]
    </IfModule>

donovanb

Also, make sure permissions for the files are correct. I have had to edit perms on every install thus far to get things to work correctly. Can you post an output of 'ls -la' for the /conf/ directory (as an example)?

_Mamokin

You're a bloody lifesaver!

I still had a database host issue but I resolved that with a simple ping to the address in cmd to get the ip address and then attached the port to the end. Working now! Thanks again!

vrijvlinder

Glad you sorted it out!