First Installation

[manne01]

When i am trying to install hotaruCMS, i get the following error and the installation halts.: Length parameter must be greater than 0 in /hotaru-1-4-2/libs/extensions/SmartLoader/smartloader.class.php on line 311.

Can someone help with the way to resolve it?

[objective]

It might be something to do with the install path. are you installing in a subdirectory?
The first line of the hotaru settings file needs to be your the directory into which you uploader the hotaru files.

If you installed it into www.lotsamoney.com/hotaru
then you should edit the hotaru settings file to read

define('BASEURL', "http://www.lotsamoney.com/hotaru/");

If you installed it directly into www.lotsamoney.com
then you should edit the hotaru settings file to read

define('BASEURL', "http://www.lotsamoney.com/");

Make sure you have no extra periods or slashes, its very easy to overlook a typo.

[manne01]

Hi,

I have updated path as suggested, but still have the issue. Following is the settings file details:

/* Configuration file for Hotaru CMS�@*/

// Paths
define('BASEURL', "http://www.spotalink.com/"); // e.g. http://example.com/ (needs trailing slash)

// Database details
define("DB_USER", 'XXXXXXX); // Add your own database details
define("DB_PASSWORD", 'XXXXXX');
define("DB_NAME", 'C321207_spotalink');
define("DB_HOST", 'localhost'); // You probably won't need to change this

// You probably don't need to change these
define("DB_PREFIX", 'hotaru_'); // Database prefix, e.g. "hotaru_"
define("DB_LANG", 'en'); // Database language, e.g. "en"
define("DB_ENGINE", 'MyISAM'); // Database Engine, e.g. "MyISAM"
define('DB_CHARSET', 'utf8'); // Database Character Set (UTF8 is Recommended), e.g. "utf8"
define("DB_COLLATE", 'utf8_unicode_ci'); // Database Collation (UTF8 is Recommended), e.g. "utf8_unicode_ci"

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It might be something to do with the install path. are you installing in a subdirectory?
The first line of the hotaru settings file needs to be your the directory into which you uploader the hotaru files.

If you installed it into www.lotsamoney.com/hotaru
then you should edit the hotaru settings file to read

define('BASEURL', "http://www.lotsamoney.com/hotaru/");

If you installed it directly into www.lotsamoney.com
then you should edit the hotaru settings file to read

define('BASEURL', "http://www.lotsamoney.com/");

Make sure you have no extra periods or slashes, its very easy to overlook a typo.

[manne01]

i am seriously stuck and need support. Can anyone help?

[objective]

I notice from your link that it cant find the Inspekt Supercage. Something may have gone wrong during your upload. I would erase the directory and upload the entire hotaru again. I use fireftp (http://fireftp.mozdev.org/) ( a firefox add on)to upload and it works well.

[manne01]

Thank you very much objective for the support. It did resolve the issue.

[madmike133]

Have uploaded the script 3 times and not working, am willing to pay $10 to anyone who is able to set it up. Want a bookmark site basically.