I would still set a vhost to look at /var/www and make sure you delete the
original index.html or what ever the default page is that comes with apache.
On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 4:37 AM, John Foster <jfoster81747(a)verizon.net>wrote;wrote:
I have the vhost mod installed in apache, but this
mediawiki is running
from the default site available with no symlinks. Basically I put the
entire wiki in /var/www. This site is, & will only be, for this wiki.
John
On Fri, 2013-10-11 at 23:43 +0200, Jonathan Aquilina wrote:
Do you have any vhost's setup for apache.
That is important especially if
you have multiple sites on the server.
On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 11:12 PM, John Foster <jfoster81747(a)verizon.net
wrote:
> Not generated yet, as I ran out of time this morning to work on the
> site. It may make no difference but I want to figure out why the site
> works as it should when I use the actual IP address in my browser, but
> dose not when I use the
http://www.physicswiki.net address in the
> browser. i think that may be an issue with the apache set up on this
> hosted site. As I said, this is my first attempt to manage a remote
> site.
>
> On Fri, 2013-10-11 at 13:00 -0400, Wjhonson wrote:
> > Where is your localsettings.php file?
> >
> >
> > MediaWiki 1.21.2
> >
> > LocalSettings.php not found.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John Foster <jfoster81747(a)verizon.net>
> > To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list <
> mediawiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
> > Sent: Fri, Oct 11, 2013 9:38 am
> > Subject: Re: [MediaWiki-l] Mediawiki on a remote host questions
> >
> >
> > Well as I said this is wierd. I tried opening the web site with the
> > actual IP address and it all seems to work as far as the mediawiki
> > starting the configuration process. Strange huh, Now I have the
Godaddy
> > DNS server set up to forward the name
www.physicswiki.net to the IP
> > address mentioned, with masking, and that seems to work OK, but
there
is
> > still a glitch, likely caused by my
ignorance of how to set this all
up.
> > Again, any tips or suggestions.
> > john
> >
> > On Fri, 2013-10-11 at 10:01 -0500, John Foster wrote:
> > > Aas I said, nothing happened. Th screen stayed exactly the same. I
> > > looked at the page source & it was OK, the instructions in the link
> were
> > > good, it said to go to the correct page and open the index.php file
> > > in /mw-config withing the mediawiki directory, just nothing
happened.
> No
> > > error messages, nada. Any ideas. I figure it is a permission thing
but
> > > have no idea how to fix it. take a
look,the link to the page is
> > >
> > >
http://www.physicswiki.net
> > >
> > > If it works for you, message me back please don't try to finish the
> > > setup.
> > >
> > > On Fri, 2013-10-11 at 11:07 +0100, Alex Monk wrote:
> > > > Nothing happened? Did your browser not change pages? Did you get
a
> blank
> > > > screen?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 5:18 AM, John W. Foster <
> jfoster81747(a)gmail.com>wroteote:
> > > >
> > > > > As the title say, I just installed mediawiki 1.21.2 on a
remotely
> hosted
> > > > > VPS server. I got everything set up using the putty software,
and
> the
> > > > > remote server is a Debian 'squeeze' system, where I do
have
'root'
> level
> > > > > access & can install what ever i need. First rattle out of
the
bag
> the
> > > > > mediawiki fired up in my browser and asked for me to complete
the
> > > > > installation, as I
expected. However when I clicked on the
link to
> > > > > 'complete the
installation' nothing happened. I tried a chown
-R
> to
> > > > > www-data for the entire wiki, but that made no difference. a
test
> of
> > > > > php5 shows all OK as well as does the apache server it's
running
on.
> > > This is my first ever attempt to
manage a wiki remotely, so any
tips are
> > > appreciated. I just don't have
a clue why this did'nt work.
> > > Thanks
> > > John
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