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Gossamer Links Setup
I had Gossamer Threads upgrade my Links to Gossamer Links, converting data and setting
up database, etc. I ran the BUILD program to create static pages and also tried to
modify the luna template.
During the course of these relatively minor changes of creating a left sidemenu I ended
up being sent to the Gossamer Links Setup and get the following message:

Welcome to Gossamer Links. Before you can begin to use the program, we need to setup
Gossamer Links to work with your SQL server. You will need to know the following information before proceeding:

The database and server information is already set up and I don't want to go any further
so the setup program doesn't wipe everything out.

I can not log into the admin section without gettting the SETUP opening message.
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Re: [muddauber] Gossamer Links Setup In reply to
Hi,

So it did work, and you were logged into the admin panel? Send over the login details for admin (i.e logging into admin.cgi), and FTP access - and I'll have a look over it for you.

Do you have any data in it?

Cheers

Andy (mod)
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Re: [Andy] Gossamer Links Setup In reply to
Yes, I have the original data. Thanks for the reply. I've had to do
a setup or install before with other programs and it ended up
wiping out my old database and settings, so I was cautious on
taking a step without reviewing it with you.

I went ahead and did the INITIAL SETUP again and got the
errors noting "failed - file already exists" etc. But everything worked
and I'm up and running.

It's was a little disconcerting to see how easily the main admin
section allowed me to reset the entire system by just opening
the SETUP option. I was looking for the place to change the
title pages. GT installed the software for me and the home page
title had "Gossamer Threads." I was able to change that in the
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Re: [muddauber] Gossamer Links Setup In reply to
Hi,

Yeah, keeping backups is always a good idea =)

I wrote a plugin that helps you keep backups (run whenever you want,via cronjob - setup from the admin panel).

Heres the link if your interested:

http://www.ultranerds.com/...gins/Auto_Backup_L5/

Cheers

Andy (mod)
andy@ultranerds.co.uk
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