THANK YOU!

This certainly is a departure from any other database installation I have done in the past (and I have done dozens)!

Anyway, installation completed without any further problems.

I moved the 2 xoops folders to the uppermost level, next to the public_html folder and edited the mainfile.php to reflect that location.

Thanks for the help. I can see that this forum is going to be a GREAT resource for me. I just hope I don't get banned for asking too many questions!

I followed your advice and was able to get to the database connection page but there is no place to enter my database name.

My database name is of the form "loginname_databasename" and so is my username.

I tried creating a database named "loginname_xoops" but it was not recognized. I have multiple databases in my hosting account so I can't understand how the installation program can identify the correct database.

I am new to XOOPS so I do not know what went wrong.

I downloaded the latest version 2.5 and installed the files according to the Installation PDF. I set all the permissions after verifying the install with the checksum.php. I deleted the checksum files, moved the 2 xoops folders to the root level, along side public_html, and began the installation.

Th installation would not proceed beyond the first screen. I clicked the "Next" button several times and each time the browser behaved as if something was happening but I did not go any further, no error message, no error in the Error Log.

No "extra" files were uploaded, no additional language files or modules, just the bare installation files.

Any ideas as to what I did wrong or what I now need to do will be appreciated.

TY