Comments on: SkyBlueCanvas Installation Instructions

By: scott

scott — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 01:57:47 +0000

Eliminate file permissions as the problem first by temporarily changing the permissions to 777 (see “Trouble Shooting” in the instructions on this page). Also, if you have enabled .htaccess per the instructions, disable it to eliminate that as a possible problem. Finally, check your PHP logs to see if there is an error.

By: valiant66

valiant66 — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 01:20:19 +0000

OK. I downloaded & unpacked the latest version, then uploaded it to a subdirectory on my server, which is running PHP 4.4.9. I loaded the initial page and it was just blank. White. Not even a 404. Viewing source was also blank. So I made sure everything in every subdirectory was a 755, including the .gifs and .pngs, and I still get nothing. I’m baffled.

Any ideas?

By: scott

scott — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 17:17:12 +0000

I get this question from time-to-time and it is a valid question. SkyBlueCanvas is intended for building simple, static page web sites, not blogging. A blog is a specialized kind of site with features like comments, trackbacks, post categorization and archiving. Those are the features I need for the blog and WordPress is the best tool for those types of tasks. It is analogous, in my opinion, to use phpBB for the Forums. It’s the right tool for the job. The main SkyBlueCanvas site does use SkyBlueCanvas because it is the right tool for that job. Thanks for the question, and I hope this answer is satisfactory.

By: jerryLee

jerryLee — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 05:08:00 +0000

Why are you using Wordpress for this site instead of SkyBlueCanvas?

By: neille

neille — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 01:21:40 +0000

OK disregard all! Enabled ctype in php.ini and I’m all set

By: neille

neille — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 00:43:10 +0000

Actually, I enabled XML through my host, filled out the first few screens and then got this error when hitting the admin screen

Fatal error: Call to undefined function ctype_alnum() in /htdocs/www/skybluecanvas/managers/login/login.class.php on line 165

By: neille

neille — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 00:23:08 +0000

Hi there –

I have installed skybluecanvas.v1.1.r246 and when I try to get to the admn screen and keep getting the following error:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function xml_parser_create() in /htdocs/www/skybluecanvas/includes/xml.parser.php on line 67

I have tried all three permissions settings and get the same error each time.

Any thoughts?

Thanks so much!!!!!!!
Neille

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:30:52 +0000

It sounds like mod_rewrite may be disabled on your server, or Apache is not configured to allow directory level over-rides of the configuration. If you are using a hosting company, check with their technical support to find out if AllowOverrides is enabled for your web directory.

If this is your own web server or you are managing the server yourself, refer to Apache’s documentation http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/core.html#allowoverride

Cheers,
Scott

By: dominic

dominic — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:25:24 +0000

Hi,
Put the site up no problems to test all worked well. Left htaccess as a txt file first time around.
Deleted it all and re-uploaded, set the permissions, renames to .htaccess and finished the setup.
But it hasn’t created the .html pages and the menu and any other links 404.
Any ideas?
Thanks

By: scott

scott — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:59:51 +0000

Manny,

It looks like the problem is with the htaccess URL routing. Since you are using Windows (which is not supported by SkyBlueCanvas), I’m not sure how to suggest a solution. I don’t know if mod_rewrite exists/works on Windows.

As far as adding menu items, you do this in Admin > Pages. When you create a new page, you can select which menu the link to that page appears.

Thanks,
Scott