I see that Movable Type is back and making it easy. Years ago I did all the coding, etc and had a blog with MT until I switched hosting and lost all my sites.

But it's not so easy. I've got to edit the and/or a file. And I forget how to do it.

And I don't know what to put in it anyway. Here's what I've got:

What's a "dba role"?

My site would be at:

http://ideasillustrated.semperfigraphics.com

And if this is helpful:

HTML Directory Name /hsphere/local/home/henry/semperfigraphics.com

I get so far, and then this error:

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I've got a little blog at WordPress but it's nothing Like MT was. Love to have MT back if it's as good as it was two years ago.

Thanks for your attention. Will be happy to supply any information I can find beyond the above.

Bob

Not used this myself but it will be something like:



Substitute your own user name and password for UserName and UserPassword (these should have been supplied to you)

Thank you.

That's exactly what I have in the mt-config.cgi And my information is correct.

Looking at it now though I see one extra piece of code at the top of that. It reads:



Is it possible that the problem lies there? That I should remove that piece of code? That it doesn't belong there?

Have you got PERL installed on your webserver, and a cgi directory?

Yes, both.

Does the MySQL server you're trying to connect with accept remote connections? By default it's usually only local connections. I.E. the script is on the same domain as the server

That I don't know. I have access via my control panel and see my MySQL, and see this as the only thing that looks appropriate to answer the question you pose. Please understand that I am really in the dark on any matters beyond a little HTML. So if you can, please guide me along the way.

Thanks much,

Robert

I know a little about MySQL but nothing about Movable Type, so don't expect expert answers

I think you need to ask your MySQL provider if your database can accept external connections. By default (for security) it only accepts connections from localhost, scripts running on the same server as the MySQL

I'll do that, and get back to you.

Thanks

I contacted my hosting co. This is their answer:



So, it looks like I just won't be able to use Movable Type. Correct?

Not necessarily. Could you install MySQL on the machine where you have the perl script? Provide the MySQL hoster with your IP, they may be able to to do it. I know of MySQL hosts who will allow external access, but they tend to charge

This is what they said:



And at no charge.

I suppose this means I can now publish. I'll give it a try and perhaps report back.

No, I tried a test post and it will not publish. These are the errors:



Please understand that I really am a boot at all this. However I'm positive that I uploaded the appropriate files in ASCII mode. But I do not find the Perl/CGI script anywhere nor the .htaccess file. If I could find these I do know how to set permissions.



This post has been edited by Robert Tracy: Apr 23 2008, 12:05 PM

Haven't done much Perl - can't get my head around it, but here goes:

If I remember correctly, "The file not uploaded in ASCII" can also be caused by issues with the text editor that you used. Something to do with Carriage Returns and Line feeds. Try re-editing in a freeware editor that specifically states it's designed for Perl and uploading again. I had problems using notepad on a windows system.

You should be able to use your FTP program to change the permissions on the uploaded script - it's usually right-click and select chmod or some thing similar

It says that the first line of your script should be #!/usr/bin/perl. Sometimes it's #!/usr/local/bin/perl or #!C:/perl/perl.exe on Windows. Check the script and change the first line to #!/usr/bin/perl if it isn't already

Try creating a test script for example...

...in your editor and save it as test.cgi or test.pl (check which extension your server uses). Upload to your server and navigate to http://www.yoursite.com/cg-bin/test.pl (or whatever your address and cgi-bin directories are)
If it displays "It Works!" then I think Perl is configured and working OK

The .htaccess file(s) can be in any or all directories - check the parent directory. It uses inheritance to pass the settings down to child directories unless there is another .htaccess. If you can't locate it, pass that error on to your hosting company's support

As I say, I'm not an expert in this so I don't know quite how good my advice is.

I'm working with my hosting company and they tell me this:



I suppose they may be right, although I doubt it. My version of MT is the latest, 4.1. And who knows how to contact MT anyway?

This is crazy.

I doubt it too. See here. Same problems , 4 years ago