Dotcombuilder help please! Asap +Rep

[evermore2000]

Hi guys,

Ive just subscribed to dotcombuilder and am having some problems using their ftp.
I really need some help asap, can anyone help me?

Basically when I go to install it asks for 1.Server, 2.Username, 3.Password, 4.Port (21)

Ive got past that and then it asks for a directry to install the files. This is where im stuck.
It says enter :

URL to Chosen Directory/Path:
(Note: NO trailing slash: / at the end.)
(E.g. http://www.mydomain.com/directory)

So ive entered http://www.mydomain.com/public_html (replacing mydomain with the actual domain)

but it comes up with an error saying :

Error: Verification of URL to Chosen Directory/Path failed. Please try again, make sure your URL is complete with domain + the directory/ies.


Can someone help me please. Either reply to this, PM me or add me to MSN : [email protected]

asap please!

Many Thanks

Rob

Im with BlueHost

 

[Gene]

Hi Rob,

http://www.mydomain.com/public_html is not a valid URL in your web space. You need to create a URL like http://www.mydomain.com/directory. The "public_html" is invisible to any URL -- it is a server path, not a usable part of your URL.

Any directory you create inside your "public_html" will become http://www.mydomain.com/yourdirectory

Hi guys,

Ive just subscribed to dotcombuilder and am having some problems using their ftp.
I really need some help asap, can anyone help me?

Basically when I go to install it asks for 1.Server, 2.Username, 3.Password, 4.Port (21)

Ive got past that and then it asks for a directry to install the files. This is where im stuck.
It says enter :

URL to Chosen Directory/Path:
(Note: NO trailing slash: / at the end.)
(E.g. http://www.mydomain.com/directory)

So ive entered http://www.mydomain.com/public_html (replacing mydomain with the actual domain)

but it comes up with an error saying :

Error: Verification of URL to Chosen Directory/Path failed. Please try again, make sure your URL is complete with domain + the directory/ies.


Can someone help me please. Either reply to this, PM me or add me to MSN : [email protected]

asap please!

Many Thanks

Rob

Im with BlueHost

 

[evermore2000]

Thanks Gene,

Thats a big help. Ive uploaded the files to BlueHost now and dotcombuilder says to to to http://www.mydomain/admin but theres nothing there when I do.
Is there a certain folder I should be uploading the files to for them to show on my webpage?

Sorry if this sounds a bit amateur, I just need a bit of help on this first one.

Many thanks

Rob

 

[Gene]

Hmm, I don't know why that would be. If you upload to a folder, the files should be right where you put them. Unless the directory 'admin' is reserved by your host and can't be used by you. Try making a different directory.

Thanks Gene,

Thats a big help. Ive uploaded the files to BlueHost now and dotcombuilder says to to to http://www.mydomain/admin but theres nothing there when I do.
Is there a certain folder I should be uploading the files to for them to show on my webpage?

Sorry if this sounds a bit amateur, I just need a bit of help on this first one.

Many thanks

Rob

 

[evermore2000]

Thanks for the reply again gene. The files did upload as I can see them in my file manager on BlueHost. I saved them to public_html/directory

So theyre in the directory folder which is in the public_html folder on my server. It might sound like a stupid question but how to I get them to show up on my domain?

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When I type in www.mydomain.com/directory (where the files are) it comes up with this:

Warning: mysql_connect(): Unknown MySQL server host 'bluhost' (1) in /home/ratefoud/public_html/directory/connection.php on line 6
Cannot connect to the database.


Have I entered the wrong Host name? Should I contact BlueHost for the Host name?

 

[dgridley]

try using localhost, that might be your problem.

Thanks for the reply again gene. The files did upload as I can see them in my file manager on BlueHost. I saved them to public_html/directory

So theyre in the directory folder which is in the public_html folder on my server. It might sound like a stupid question but how to I get them to show up on my domain?

---

When I type in www.mydomain.com/directory (where the files are) it comes up with this:

Warning: mysql_connect(): Unknown MySQL server host 'bluhost' (1) in /home/ratefoud/public_html/directory/connection.php on line 6
Cannot connect to the database.


Have I entered the wrong Host name? Should I contact BlueHost for the Host name?

 

[JMJ]

Did you create the DB which it will connect to? Also you most likely need to edit that information in the config.php file or something along those lines.

 

[evermore2000]

Thanks dgridley,

that was the problem.

 

[dgridley]

I've done it before myself.. can be confusing if you've not experienced it before.

Thanks dgridley,

that was the problem.