pre-installation check

[ROUBOS]

Hi,
trying to install Elxis 2009.1 and getting two red notes on the pre-installation check.

one is the following:
ELXIS WARNING: There is no Timezone indentifier defined!
You must set the proper timezone in php.ini. Example: date.timezone = "Europe/Athens"
Elxis set timezone to Europe/Helsinki

I asked the service provider and I was told their server has the right timezone set.

and the other is this:
Session save path      / var/ lib/ php/ session (Unwritable)

How do I go about correcting these?

Also the PHP short open tag is set to ON (red):
Short Open tag:    Off    On

thanks in advance.

[Ivan Trebješanin]

If you don't have SSH you must ask your server admin to fix this warnings.

[ks-net]

http://wiki.elxis.org
http://wiki.elxis.org/wiki/Elxis_Installation_Guide
http://wiki.elxis.org/wiki/PHP_settings
http://wiki.elxis.org/wiki/Set_timezone

why don't  you read the wiki?

[ROUBOS]

SSH through Plesk Control Panel?
How do I go about fixing them if I do have it?
Will just check now

EDIT>> SSH terminal is locked

[kebic]

If you don't have SSH you must ask your server admin to fix this warnings.

[ks-net]

still worrying why you don't read the links i past above

what do you think that ssh will do? probably you are in a vps .... if so , you have not access to the server's php.ini....

you can only work inside  your user-folder.... you can do all you need with cpanel and or ftp...

unless you want to learn and write command-line commands in order to add-edit files in your user-folder...

[ROUBOS]

sorry,
I'm reading the wiki pages, and the alternative method of applying settings.

through the plesk control panel, I have access to the .htaccess file, but not permission to edit it.

So I'm contacting the service provider to make the changes for me.

[ks-net]

can you access elxis .htaccess?

[ROUBOS]

there is a .htaccess file above the httpdocs/ folder but I dont have permissions to it.

I see it through the Plesk Control Panel File Manager.

I've FTPed the Elxis files and there is no .htaccess file in the elxis directory. just a htaccess.txt

[ks-net]

it is sure that you have not access above /htdocs..  thats sure...

rename htaccess.txt in elxis dir to => .htaccess   notice the [.] infront of the htaccess

then you can edit- add those settings from the wiki  above  existent contents in this .htaccess (becareful not to delete existent contents)

this the dir you  have to work =-> your elxis dir...

[ROUBOS]

great thanks.

OK thank you all very much. got it working

thanks a lot.

Elxis CMS is a great product with a great community .. thanks