There have been a number of cases recently where users did not have the php-mysql link libraries installed on their server which results in them getting entirely blank screens when trying to setup vanilla (after stage 3 of the installer, if in use)
If you are getting a blank screen please ensure your server is correctly setup and that php and mysql are functioning happily together.

Although i'm not 100% I'm gonna assume that if the two apps wernt linked, you wouldnt get the 'mysql' section in a phpinfo file or if you did it'd be rather empty.

might be a good idea to check in the new installer.php
if (!function_exists( 'mysql_connect' )) { print "no mysql"; }

is there a way to get this beta without downloading all this SVN stuff. FTP server or anything?

I grabbed SirNot's 'latest revision' pkg above, ran the required sql changes, but get these errors now:

Warning: main(): Failed opening '' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/share/php:/usr/share/pear') in /var/www/vanilla/appg/init_vanilla.php on line 15

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /var/www/vanilla/appg/init_vanilla.php:15) in /var/www/vanilla/appg/headers.php on line 14

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /var/www/vanilla/appg/init_vanilla.php:15) in /var/www/vanilla/appg/headers.php on line 15

The last 2 errors are a cause of the first. And the first is obviously some sort of include problem (go me!) Are you sure all your paths are correct in your appg/settings and conf/settings files? Seems strange it's including '' (i.e. nothing) which doesnt surprise me it's failing.

Whoa. Looking at the new settings.php file it doesn't appear to be so easy to upgrade from 0.92 as the upgrade.txt file indicates. Ok, with more than a rushed minute it's looking a lot easier. LOL

`Sink` enum('1','0') not null default '0';
should be added to the setup/foo.sql file to be up to date with the code.

in languages/english/definitions.php , please change from
<p id="AboutVanilla"> to <p class="AboutVanilla">

in appg/init_vanilla.php at line 81, change to sth like this:
<a href="'.GetUrl($Configuration, 'post.php', 'category/', 'CategoryID', $CategoryID).'" class="PanelButton StartDiscussionButton">'.$Context->GetDefinition('StartANewDiscussion').'</a>

Hmmm I can't seem to get 0.9.3 to recognize that I have opened the TOS. Anyone?

commenting out line 51 of extensions/ExtendedApplicationForm/default.php will bypass the requirement. I'd like to get get it working though.

minisweeper: I tried this with FF on linux & FF on OS X

Hmm. I think i remember someone with a similar problem on the TOS front but i cant remember the solution - try searching round the forum a bit.

As for rewrite, thats a config option, check out the appg/settings file.

"As for rewrite, thats a config option, check out the appg/settings file"
Quite right! thanks.

comforteagle said: Hmmm I can't seem to get 0.9.3 to recognize that I have opened the TOS. Anyone?

i notice this promlem too, on windows xp sp2, ie6, ff1.07, opera8.51

how about hosting bug-tracking system like bugzilla for request and tracking bug?

I like beans, yes i do

the more you eat, the more you toot

Hahaha

Is 0.9.3 is still in Beta? It's kinda hard to tell, but I imagine if it was out of beta, it'd be available as the zipped download. Plus these install instructions wouldnt say Beta on them, BUT maybe they would if this discussion hasn't been updated in a month, which it hasn't been.

So, it seems as though 0.9.3 is still in beta. Can I get an amen? thanks.

Thanks minisweeper,

Seems as though any edits to the conf files aren't actually changing the settings. Could this be a bad svn at the moment?

It seems as though I had overwritten the settings.php file in the appg dir with settings.php from the conf dir, or it was like that in the trunk at the time, but more likely I overwrote it.

Now I'm not too sure which directions to follow, the one on: http://lussumo.com/svn/vanilla/trunk/themes/vanilla/readme.txt

or the one found in the documentation:
http://lussumo.com/docs/doku.php?id=vanilla:themes

I'm sticking with the trunk until I hear otherwise.

Update - I see now that the first steps in the trunk instructions are talking about editing vanilla styles, while the documentation just covers themes. I understand the difference now. I'm still sticking w/ the trunk.

Yeah, but no sense in writing an uber-installer when 1.0 may not be feature complete.

Yeah, but as soon as he writes the install script, someone will show up with an awesome feature idea that requires a database change, and he'll swear at the monitor for a few hours.

Also, with our precious forum databases at stake, I'd be paranoid about some little bug in the SQL wiping out the data for 5% of users.

your copy of the svn?

thank you! try the shrimp!

Once you export, you're left with a folder that has all the files inside. You just drop that on your server and install.

it's not really specific libraries, it a complete installation problem. create a file on your server (name doesn't matter, as long as the extension will be executed by php), and put:

<?php phpinfo(); ?>

then go access the page you created with your webbrowser. if you get a big php configuration list, then php is working. if mysql is correctly installed, it will be in the list someplace.

beyond this simple check, there's a lot of subtleties that i'll leave to the more experienced.