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martelmungo

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Posted : 1/23/2010 9:34:22 PM  
<p>i go to the web address.../admin/install.asp ,but all it does is show the contents of the file.</p> <p>I have mysql 5.1</p> <p>I am completely new to this, i've helped set up a forum before and the installation went easy, but these things, 2 blog apps i tried both won't install.</p> <p> </p> <p>When i type localhost/blog/pt/admin/install.aspx it shows -----------------------</p> <pre><%@ Page Language="VB" AutoEventWireup="false" CodeFile="Install.aspx.vb" Inherits="pt_admin_Install" Strict="true" %><br /><br /><html><br /><head><br /> <title>Presstopia Blog Installer</title><br /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="MasterStyle.css" /><br /></head><br /><body><br /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="700" align="center" border="0"><br /> <tr><br /> <td valign="middle"><br /> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="areaHeader"><br /> <tr><br /> <td align="left" nowrap><br /> <img src="images/adminlogo.gif" border="0" alt="" /><br /> </td><br /> <td align="right" nowrap><br /> <br /><br /> <b>Presstopia Blog Installer</b> &bull; <b><a href="./">Admin Logon</a></b><br /> </td><br /> </tr><br /> </table><br /> </td><br /> </tr><br /> <tr><br /> <td valign="top" class="areaMain"><br /> <br /> </td><br /> </tr><br /> <tr><br /> <td><br /> <div align="center" class="areaFooter"><br /> <span class="smallText">&copy; Presstopia. All rights reserved.</span><br /> </div><br /> </td><br /> </tr><br /> </table><br /> <!-- Forces vertical scrollbar to always appear in Mozilla to prevent page shifting --><br /> <div style="position: absolute; top: 0; bottom: -0.1px; width: 1em; z-index: -1;"><br /> </div><br /></body><br /></html></pre> <pre>___________________________________________________________</pre> <pre>thats what it shows-- for the web file i put</pre> <p><add key="cfgConnect" value="Driver={MySQL ODBC 5.1 Driver};Server=SERVER;Uid=root;Pwd=;Database=blog;" /><br /> <br />     <!-- OPTIONAL <br />             The system automatically tries to determine the type of database and provider you <br />             are using from the connection string you specified (above). However, there may be <br />             cases where the system can't determine these values correctly for some reason, in <br />             which case you can force the system to use a specific database type and/or provider. <br />             Most of the time you can just leave both these settings at "-1" (i.e. automatic).<br />         --><br />     <!-- 0=MySQL; 1=MS Access; 2=MS SQL --><br />     <add key="cfgDatabase" value="-1" /><br />     <!-- 0=ODBC;  1=OLEDB --><br />     <add key="cfgProvider" value="-1" /> --------I probabaly did it completely wrong, im just trying to figuire this out can someone please help I'd be so great full. ----- ps since im just trying this out, mysql username is root, and password is nothing, and i thought you had to make a database, so i made one and named it blog, i thought you filled in the blanks :P.</p>
Presstopia

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Posted : 1/24/2010 9:37:10 AM  
If you see the source code when you go to install.aspx, you will need to configure IIS to process .aspx pages.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms178477.aspx
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