Quickstart troubles

Hi,

I am setting up a brand new site with a clean database.

First I tried to install the Joomla 3 quickstart. That went well until the final step of the installation, "Creating configuration file". The installer got stuck there and wasn't able to finish. I tried several times using different browsers and emptied the database between each attempt but never got past the "creating configuration file".

So instead I tried to install the 2.5 quickstart after emptying the database and files again. Everything appeared to have gone smoothly, but when I log into the administrator I only get a blank page. Front end is fine. After deleting the browser cookies and reloading the admin page, I get the login screen again. If I try to enter a wrong password, I get the standard Joomla error message saying that user name and password do not match. If I enter the correct password, I am sent to a blank page.

Are there any issues with the quickstart packages or do you have any other suggestions?

PS! I have installed dozens of Joomlas before without these problems, including other Gavick quickstarts.

By the way - Internet Explorer 10 gives me a 500-error; This error (HTTP 500 Internal Server Error) means that the website you are visiting had a server problem which prevented the webpage from displaying.

Chrome and Firefox return blank pages.

You need to check your .htaccess file and any error_log files if any that will help getting proper help.

You need to check your .htaccess file and any error_log files if any that will help getting proper help.

I don't have a .htaccess yet - just the default htaccess.txt sitting in root as part of the default install.

Same with error_log in /administrator. It doesn't show anything after 28. Sep, which is before this template was released. Is there anywhere else I can/should check?

Update;

I suspected some files were not transferred via the FTP client and after another couple of more attempts I now got the Joomla 3 quickstart installed without any problems.