I have the vhost mod installed in apache, but this mediawiki is running from the default site available with no symlinks. Basically I put the entire wiki in /var/www. This site is, & will only be, for this wiki. John
On Fri, 2013-10-11 at 23:43 +0200, Jonathan Aquilina wrote: > Do you have any vhost's setup for apache. That is important especially if > you have multiple sites on the server. > > > On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 11:12 PM, John Foster <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Not generated yet, as I ran out of time this morning to work on the > > site. It may make no difference but I want to figure out why the site > > works as it should when I use the actual IP address in my browser, but > > dose not when I use the http://www.physicswiki.net address in the > > browser. i think that may be an issue with the apache set up on this > > hosted site. As I said, this is my first attempt to manage a remote > > site. > > > > On Fri, 2013-10-11 at 13:00 -0400, Wjhonson wrote: > > > Where is your localsettings.php file? > > > > > > > > > MediaWiki 1.21.2 > > > > > > LocalSettings.php not found. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: John Foster <[email protected]> > > > To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list < > > [email protected]> > > > Sent: Fri, Oct 11, 2013 9:38 am > > > Subject: Re: [MediaWiki-l] Mediawiki on a remote host questions > > > > > > > > > Well as I said this is wierd. I tried opening the web site with the > > > actual IP address and it all seems to work as far as the mediawiki > > > starting the configuration process. Strange huh, Now I have the Godaddy > > > DNS server set up to forward the name www.physicswiki.net to the IP > > > address mentioned, with masking, and that seems to work OK, but there is > > > still a glitch, likely caused by my ignorance of how to set this all up. > > > Again, any tips or suggestions. > > > john > > > > > > On Fri, 2013-10-11 at 10:01 -0500, John Foster wrote: > > > > Aas I said, nothing happened. Th screen stayed exactly the same. I > > > > looked at the page source & it was OK, the instructions in the link > > were > > > > good, it said to go to the correct page and open the index.php file > > > > in /mw-config withing the mediawiki directory, just nothing happened. > > No > > > > error messages, nada. Any ideas. I figure it is a permission thing but > > > > have no idea how to fix it. take a look,the link to the page is > > > > > > > > http://www.physicswiki.net > > > > > > > > If it works for you, message me back please don't try to finish the > > > > setup. > > > > > > > > On Fri, 2013-10-11 at 11:07 +0100, Alex Monk wrote: > > > > > Nothing happened? Did your browser not change pages? Did you get a > > blank > > > > > screen? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 5:18 AM, John W. Foster < > > [email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > As the title say, I just installed mediawiki 1.21.2 on a remotely > > hosted > > > > > > VPS server. I got everything set up using the putty software, and > > the > > > > > > remote server is a Debian 'squeeze' system, where I do have 'root' > > level > > > > > > access & can install what ever i need. First rattle out of the bag > > the > > > > > > mediawiki fired up in my browser and asked for me to complete the > > > > > > installation, as I expected. However when I clicked on the link to > > > > > > 'complete the installation' nothing happened. I tried a chown -R > > to > > > > > > www-data for the entire wiki, but that made no difference. a test > > of > > > > > > php5 shows all OK as well as does the apache server it's running > > on. > > > > > > This is my first ever attempt to manage a wiki remotely, so any > > tips are > > > > > > appreciated. I just don't have a clue why this did'nt work. > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > John > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > MediaWiki-l mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > MediaWiki-l mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > MediaWiki-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > > > > _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
