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A lightweight blog CMS for PHP
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Blank page - won't let me install #799

Closed mildrenben closed 9 years ago

mildrenben commented 9 years ago

Hey,

So I've uploaded the files in the Anchor CMS folder to my server. But all I'm seeing is a blank screen, no option to install.

http://www.loomvillage.com

Anyone else had this problem?

[Also, the forums Captcha seems to be broken for me, it won't let me register and keeps saying I'm a robot :/ ]

daviddarnes commented 9 years ago

What web browser are you using to register with? Do you have adblock installed?

corstian commented 9 years ago

Are you sure your web server is set up to serve PHP files, or that the site's content folder is set up correctly? (Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 500 (Internal Server Error))

mildrenben commented 9 years ago

On Chrome and Firefox it just shows a blank page. On IE it shows a 500 error.

I'm on Justhost shared hosting - Could that the problem? Is the server not set up to sever PHP files?

CSCG commented 9 years ago

Just a note -- Ben, are you the person posting in /r/webdev/ on Reddit in regards to this issue? I want to make sure duplicate bug issues aren't opened.

-Regards

Charles C. Smith

mildrenben commented 9 years ago

Yeah thats me - DonMildreone on Reddit.

CSCG commented 9 years ago

From what I've seen snooping around what's left on the server (it appears to be missing both the .htaccess and the vast majority of the files, btw) it appears that perhaps your Shared hosting account may not have PHP installed. Any PHP pages return a 500 SERVER ERROR and the Apache checks come back weird. To test, create a file (test.php or something similar) structured as such:

<?php phpinfo(); ?>

Please test out this php check and report back, if possible. PHP hosting is very, very cheap nowadays and it's rare to find any hosting provider that does not have it included. I checked Justhost, and the vast majority of their hosting accounts offer MySQL Databases but I couldn't find any info on PHP version. I DO believe that you have PHP installed, so continue with the above at your own discretion. I would reinstall one more time, and possibly contact Justhost support.

EDIT: Firebug reports 500 Internal Errors after trying just the first line of PHP. "GET http://www.loomvillage.com/themes/default/posts.php 500 (Internal Server Error)"

-Regards

Charles C. Smith Freelance Web Design & Multimedia Services

mildrenben commented 9 years ago

Guys, apologies for this! My cPanel said PHP 5.4 but when checking the PHP config, it was actually set to 5.2. Set it to 5.4 and it's working now - again sorry about this! Thanks for the help guys :)