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1. 000pat
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   http://stocksandmutualfunds.com/cgi/wp/

   Hi All,

   Completely new to MySQL, php, etc. I had some trouble doing the five-minute famous installation, then I found out my host has an "Install Wordpress" button in my site adminiustration panel, so I did that.

   It worked great, but I wanted to upgrade to use themes. So, I did the upgrade installation and everything worked great. Love the dashboard/admin panel etc.

   But when I go to view my site I get:
   ............................................
   Internal Server Error

   Script Error:

   Invalid syntax in header block:
   HTTP/1.1 200 OK
   X-Powered-By: PHP/4.1.2
   X-Pingback: http://stocksandmutualfunds.com/cgi/wp/xmlrpc.php
   Expires: Wed, 11 Jan 1984 05:00:00 GMT
   Last-Modified: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 01:20:09 GMT
   Cache-Control: no-cache, must-revalidate, max-age=0
   Pragma: no-cache
   Content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8
   Status: 200 OK

   Script Output:
   ......................................
   etc.

   Anyone know what this means?

   Thanks,
   Pat

2. miklb
   Forum Concierge
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Not sure myself, but I'm guessing with cgi in the address that it has to do with how PHP is configured on your server. You may want to contact your host about it.

3. 000pat
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Thanks, miklb.

   But my host is no help: "Without sounding too pretentious, there are plenty of books out there about this stuff."

   Anyway, I disabled CGI, deleted everything, then re-installed their 1.2 version of Wordpress, downloaded the config.php file it created (in case I had screwed up my username and pw), then removed CGI again, deleted everyhting, and did a clean install of 2.02.

   Now I get this:

   Fatal error: Failed opening required '../wp-config.php' (include_path='.:/usr/share/pear') in /www/cgi/wp/admin.php on line 5

   Again, I can go into the admin part of it and edit, post, do everything in the dashboard, but when I click "View Site," I just get that error.

   http://stocksandmutualfunds.com/cgi/wp/

   Any ideas?

   Thanks,
   Pat

4. srikat
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Something is wrong.

   The error has: /www/cgi/wp/admin.php

   admin.php should be in the directory 'wp-admin' and not in the directory where you installed WP to (/www/cgi/wp).

   Double check to see if you've uploaded everything by preserving the directory structure.

5. miklb
   Forum Concierge
   Posted 3 years ago #

   If your host replied with
   

   "Without sounding too pretentious, there are plenty of books out there about this stuff."

   I think I'd reply with, "without sounding too pretentious, there are plenty of hosts out there offering this stuff", and quickly change.

6. 000pat
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   LOL, I agree, but, man are they cheap.

   Turns out, they only support Php 4.12.

   According to this page: http://codex.wordpress.org/Hosting_WordPress
   I only need 4.1, but that's for version 1.2.2.

   But here is where I should've looked:
   http://wordpress.org/about/requirements/

   Can I run WP 1.5 on php 4.1.2? Or am I stuck with WP 1.2, should I choose to stick with this host?

   Thanks,
   Pat

7. miklb
   Forum Concierge
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I'm looking into the details. I'll post back with correct info, as well as update the codex page.

8. petit
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   oopat:"without sounding too pretentious", you host stinks.
   Cheap has a double meaning to it :)

   First I don't think it is a good idea to have your WordPress installation in a "cgi" directory. It normally is a directory or an alias for a directory, where you keep your executable scripts. In such a case, that directory is not in the web servers document tree, and cannot be reached from a web browser.

   Your WP installation should clearly be in your document root or in a directory below that, and you should be able to point your browser to something like:
   http://stocksandmutualfunds.com/ or http://stocksandmutualfunds.com/blog/ to show your entrance page. In that directory, you should find among other files, index.php and wp-config.php

   As srikat pointed out, you should find your admin.php in the wp-admin directory, like in http://stocksandmutualfunds.com/blog/wp-admin/

   For the PHP requirement, wait for miklb.

9. miklb
   Forum Concierge
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I've looked into things, and to err on the safe side, I think the "official" stance of 4.2 for WP 2.x and above should be followed. I've updated the codex page to reflect that stance. I wish I had better info for your particular situation.

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