Fallen at the first Joomla hurdle

[sparkeh]

Ok so I am trying to install joomla 1.5 and have run into an issue.

I am using the EMBC webserver, I have setup the MySQL db, I am using php v5.2.5 (but have also tried v4.4.7).

I downloaded and extracted. I uploaded the contents of 'site' to the /httpdocs folder.

I pointed a web browser to out URL and got this message

"PLEASE REMEMBER TO COMPLETELY
REMOVE THE INSTALLATION DIRECTORY
You will not be able to proceed beyond this point until the installation directory is removed. This is a security feature of Joomla!.
Click here when the directory has been removed."

Well I scratched my head a bit because I thought that the installation directory will be needed, as I haven't installed anything yet...have I?

Well I dutifully did as it asked (well renamed the dir), clicked and as expected got an SQL error.

Can anybody tell me what is going wrong? I scoured the instructions and looked over the Joomla website but found nothing.

Cheers.

[sparkeh]

Oh hang on!

What script should I be running?
Currently its picking up index.php as default when I go to URL.

[rush_tech]

Do you have access to the plesk control panal? you can preview your site from there to check its looking at the right place

[sparkeh]

The preview shows the same thing as the URL

[Jona]

If something goes wrong and you don't see the images above type in your browser http://www.yourdomain.com/installation/index.php. I still the page is stange you must verify if:

* you uploaded all your files
* you uploaded your files on another directory of your site
* you have Apache / SQL / PHP server

From How to Install Joomla CMS

Give that a try?

Jona

[SimpleSi]

I have exactly the same problem with the original 1.5.4 package!

There's a new "1.5.4" package but I'd wait until its been tested out by someone else (or even me) before giving it a go

You just got on the roundabout at the wrong time

regards

Simon

[sparkeh]

You just got on the roundabout at the wrong time

Typical

Thanks for info

[alonebfg]

oh this is a boo boo on my part delete the configration.php file and try again (I was in a bit of a rush when I zipped the file and forgot to remove it Issue has been corrected sorry for mistake.