Episode 4 - The Aftermath
Submitted by chad on Fri, 11/30/2007 - 14:37.
Episode Corrections!!
**correction from episode. DO NOT put a space between <? and php to tell the browser we're in php.** The correct way is
<?php
phpinfor();
?>
Also, try netstat -a | grep mysql instead of apache2... for some reason apache2 does not show up in netstat. I have to investigate why.
Well, I did my best. I didn't have a lot of time this week. Things are pretty crazy this time of year. I kinda liked the blues song at the end of the show though. Maybe I'm delusional :P
The torrent is up though! If someone downloads it and checks it out please let me know if there are any problems. Because I have not downloaded it myself.
The tips didn't work
The tips didn't work for me.
I did netstat -a | grep apache2 at the command line and nothing. I piped netstat through less and apache2 isn't there. But I know apache is running because it servers pages on localhost.
Then when I ran the PHP script I got this:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /var/www/info.php on line 2
What have I done wrong?
You're the second person to
You're the second person to tell me about the unexpected T_STRING error, but when I do
<? php
phpinfo();
?>
and save it to info.php it works.
Could you give me your exact text in the file?
Apparently apache2 was a bad example. If you do netstat -a | grep mysql you will see the mysqld service running. I'll make a note and correct it next episode. Thanks for the heads up again Tristan.
Problem solved
I think I've solved the promble. I put a space between the question mark and "php."
Thanks
Cool! glad you got it fixed
Cool! glad you got it fixed up!
Green lights across the board.
Love the latest show. Everything worked. See?
http://72.131.74.101/
It would have taken me months to figure all this stuff out. Linux Basement rocks bigtime!
Hey you talked about the visually impaired. I'm not in that category really, but my eyes have been online for 6 1/2 decades now without a reboot. Light text on a black background gives me a headache. Young people think it's cool. Really young people use red on black. Yikes. I don't even bother trying to read those. Anyway, just a thought.
Keep it up Chad. I'm experimenting on my own between episodes. Fun!
Best,
Tom
P.S. Torrent is running. I'm seeding full throttle.
Tom that is awesome!! Love
Tom that is awesome!! Love the look of the site too, you picked a good theme. So glad you are enjoying it. Seeing your site really makes me believe this is all worth while:)
An interesting thought on the website and the white on black. I have to do some brainstorming on it, but I think I can make it so that you can change the them to a light them within your account settings. I may be able to copy this theme, change the CSS files to the exact opposite. I'll have to do some testing. I'll look into it.
Thanks for letting me know about the torrent and thank you even more for seeding! YOU ROCK!
Chad
I really like the podcast,
I really like the podcast, so I took an old old cyrix machine and put debian with fluxbox on there so I could follow along.
I had the space error also, but have seen that code before and looked it up on the web. Removed the space and all was well. The only other hitch I had was in the apache default file, I had to put a # before the RedirectionMatch line (comment it out) or the website would try to go to the original default directory..
Thanx....
Thanks Carboman. Glad you
Thanks Carboman. Glad you can get sometihng out of it. Thanks for the correction. Its funny because I used to do the commenting of the apache-default directory, but this install did it automatically for me. Not sure why. Thanks a lot for stopping by!
Probably my booboo.
Probably my booboo. I never do anything the way I should. Keep up the good work.
Thanx,
Great Podcast!
Listened to all the podcasts today... and i'm loving them. I drive an eighteen-wheeler all day in Austin, TX, and listen to podcasts. Yours just made my list of faves. I got home and followed the tutorials online. I'm up to date and eagerly looking forward to the next one.
Thanks
Awesome Phrantik! I think
Awesome Phrantik! I think that is what is the beautiful thing about podcasts, listening to them in the car (or big ass truck in your case). Good times man, thanks for stopping by the site!
Chad
Hosted Server
Hello I've really enjoyed your podcast. I've followed along on my spare ubuntu box and everything has worked well.
I have a question about when you would want to put this on a "production" machine. I notice my webhost has a wordpress option in cpanel so I'm wondering if installing drupal will work on any host where you have a mysql database? Is it just a matter of uploading the already installed drupal folder structure to your webhost and connecting to a database?
Sorry if I'm getting ahead of the game but I thought I heard you say that the next show might be the last drupal episode.
No problem. Really it all
No problem. Really it all depends on your host. I would contact them and ask them if they are Drupal Friendly. I have run into problems on certain hosts because of permission issues in MySQL Locked Tables. You could always just do an install and try. The other issue is, you may want to find out what your PHP settings are for your host. Much of the file upload and download limits are restricted by your hosts php.ini file.
I use AN hosting and they are very Drupal friendly, and cheap. I would recommend them. I am not affiliated with them in any way. Glad you enjoy the show and thanks for stopping by the boards!