Problem installing some components

kulnor · 10.08.2004, 22:54

Hi,
I'm running Mambo 4.5 Stable-1.0.9 on under web hosting services under Microsoft IIS 5.0 and pHp 4.3.8. I have successfully deployed the following components: DocMan123, Event1.0rc5, newsletterYanc, Partner and SiteMap.

However, if I try to install SimpleBoard1.0.3 or HTMLArea3_XTD_v1.1, the installation process seems to hang/freeze (browser keeps waits until the session expires). I tried both the Upload or Install from Directory. With Upload, if I track the process, I can see the ZIP file being uploaded and extracted under /uploadfiles folder. I have the feeling something goes wrong during the file copy process. No subdirectory gets created in
the /components folder and no tables new show in the mySql server.

I'm tempted to go for a manual install but first would like to find out why this is happening for some components and not others. The only difference I can think of is that the two that fail have multiple dots to define the version number.

Also, is there any documention available for manually installing a component? Besides copying the files and creating the new tables in SQL, what do I need to do?

Any help/suggestion would be appreciated.

ApSpecialists · 10.08.2004, 23:49

Your hosting provider may have set restriction on uploads through PHP. The default install is (I believe) 8 megs, but it's not uncommon for those to be reset to significantly lower sizes.

Another possibility... The server you're on can't handle the load to do an on-the-fly install with the Zip upload. It's often an issue with free hosts, or shared servers that are "oversold".

Check with your host to get those answered.

As for documentation for manual installs -- If it's not at the authors site, or embedded in the zip file... Ask the author or post something here or at the authors site on the specific package you're installing. Some manual installs can be complicated and not for the faint of heart