Dear Forum users,
I have used Fabrik on a previous project that ran successfully (Joomla 1.5), and wanted to start a new one. I started fresh with a new domain, new hosting account (WiseSource.com), fresh install of Joomla (1.7) (details below).
I got Joomla all running fine, very basic install, no templates.
Then I figured I'ld try start with the latest Fabrik (3.0b). I downloaded the .zip (pkg_fabrik_3.0.0.1.zip), and went merrily forward into the Extensions manager, and tried installing the .zip.
Well, I quickly discovered file permissions were not open enough, so, after tracking through multiple installs (uninstalling each time), 777ing directories as I went, I finally got what seemed to be a successful install. Great!
Next, I went int the new Fabrik admin screens (look great BTW), to start creating a list, very simple, and then thought I'ld import a .CSV file (with the data I wanted to manage), and let Fabrik create fields from it. Well, things looked pretty good until I hit the importcsv problem referenced elsewhere on this site.
OK, well, I went back through all the locations where I thought php managed/uploaded files would be managed, checked file permissions, but no fix.
Checked the forum and found that there was a bug fix to the package, and that the source was no longer in SVN, but in github. So, I went and found the latest and greatest, unpacked it onto a local directory, and started doing file compares to the installed files on the webserver.
Then things started to get rough. First, I noticed that there were quite a few file changes (moving to 11.2 Platform, etc). Then I noticed that the install created all the files, owned by nobody (99.99). When I tried to upload new files, security prevented it, and I didn't have ownership of the files, so I couldn't update them.
I asked my host to chown the entire directory structure below /public_html to my user ID, so I could completely uninstall Fabrik, clean up temp directories etc.
No, my question. I have already spent many hours on trying to get this up and running, I'm willing to work but I am now gunshy about moving to the alpha stuff, since everything is put in as nobody, and I can't update files.
What version should I start with on top of Joomla 1.7? Can I go back and start with 2.0 (whatever the latest is), hoping that will install and I can move forward with the project, and possibly upgrade later to 3.0 when it's ready? I can stand some pain, but I basically want to deliver an app to a non-profit, and can't afford to burn through piles of time hammering on installs.
I'm very hesitant to just turn the Extension manager loose with a new package, since it sets file ownership to nobody, and I hate bugging the site admin to change things for me...kind of embarrassing.
Suggestions? What version of Fabrik should I install so I can move forward? I want to stay on Joomla 1.7, so I don't have to go backward, and then forward again later.
(Detailed environment info below).
Thanks for your suggestions.
Charlie
Joomla! 1.7.3 Stable [ Ember ] 14-Nov-2011 14:00 GMT
Joomla Platform 11.2.0 Stable+Modified [ Omar ] 27-Jul-2011 00:00 GMT
PHP Version 5.2.11
PHP Built On Linux xxxxo.yyyy.com 2.6.18-274.7.1.el5 #1 SMP Thu Oct 20 16:21:01 EDT 2011 x86_64
Database Version 5.1.58
Web Server Apache
Open basedir /home/nsyoungl:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php:/tmp
tmp_path /home/nsyoungl/public_html/tmp (checked permissions here, all clear)
I've checked Joomla->Site->SystemInformation directory permissions and they are all writeable.
I have used Fabrik on a previous project that ran successfully (Joomla 1.5), and wanted to start a new one. I started fresh with a new domain, new hosting account (WiseSource.com), fresh install of Joomla (1.7) (details below).
I got Joomla all running fine, very basic install, no templates.
Then I figured I'ld try start with the latest Fabrik (3.0b). I downloaded the .zip (pkg_fabrik_3.0.0.1.zip), and went merrily forward into the Extensions manager, and tried installing the .zip.
Well, I quickly discovered file permissions were not open enough, so, after tracking through multiple installs (uninstalling each time), 777ing directories as I went, I finally got what seemed to be a successful install. Great!
Next, I went int the new Fabrik admin screens (look great BTW), to start creating a list, very simple, and then thought I'ld import a .CSV file (with the data I wanted to manage), and let Fabrik create fields from it. Well, things looked pretty good until I hit the importcsv problem referenced elsewhere on this site.
OK, well, I went back through all the locations where I thought php managed/uploaded files would be managed, checked file permissions, but no fix.
Checked the forum and found that there was a bug fix to the package, and that the source was no longer in SVN, but in github. So, I went and found the latest and greatest, unpacked it onto a local directory, and started doing file compares to the installed files on the webserver.
Then things started to get rough. First, I noticed that there were quite a few file changes (moving to 11.2 Platform, etc). Then I noticed that the install created all the files, owned by nobody (99.99). When I tried to upload new files, security prevented it, and I didn't have ownership of the files, so I couldn't update them.
I asked my host to chown the entire directory structure below /public_html to my user ID, so I could completely uninstall Fabrik, clean up temp directories etc.
No, my question. I have already spent many hours on trying to get this up and running, I'm willing to work but I am now gunshy about moving to the alpha stuff, since everything is put in as nobody, and I can't update files.
What version should I start with on top of Joomla 1.7? Can I go back and start with 2.0 (whatever the latest is), hoping that will install and I can move forward with the project, and possibly upgrade later to 3.0 when it's ready? I can stand some pain, but I basically want to deliver an app to a non-profit, and can't afford to burn through piles of time hammering on installs.
I'm very hesitant to just turn the Extension manager loose with a new package, since it sets file ownership to nobody, and I hate bugging the site admin to change things for me...kind of embarrassing.
Suggestions? What version of Fabrik should I install so I can move forward? I want to stay on Joomla 1.7, so I don't have to go backward, and then forward again later.
(Detailed environment info below).
Thanks for your suggestions.
Charlie
Joomla! 1.7.3 Stable [ Ember ] 14-Nov-2011 14:00 GMT
Joomla Platform 11.2.0 Stable+Modified [ Omar ] 27-Jul-2011 00:00 GMT
PHP Version 5.2.11
PHP Built On Linux xxxxo.yyyy.com 2.6.18-274.7.1.el5 #1 SMP Thu Oct 20 16:21:01 EDT 2011 x86_64
Database Version 5.1.58
Web Server Apache
Open basedir /home/nsyoungl:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php:/tmp
tmp_path /home/nsyoungl/public_html/tmp (checked permissions here, all clear)
I've checked Joomla->Site->SystemInformation directory permissions and they are all writeable.
