Installing Creativity Template Quickstart Package

I am writing this post so that other members may benefit from this.

I recently purchased and downloaded the Creativity template and learnt that the Quickstart file needs to be installed which contains Joomla + Sample data + Components/Modules.

Since i was using Siteground hosting i uploaded Quickstart zip package to the /public_html directory. Then i unzipped its contents to the /public_html directory and in the browser visited http://mydomain.com

The installer opened up and i proceeded by entering details about my site in Step 1. Then in Step 2 i specified the database credentials and name. All good so far. In step 3 it showed me whether my system was meeting installation criteria.

Everything under necessary settings was OK (Green) on the left side. On the rigth side one of the recommended settings "display_errors was set to ON" which should be OFF as recommended. Ignored that and moved forward. However on the last step the installation completed up to 30-50 % and looped back to Step 3. The installation didnt go through.

Hence, please note that the display errors should be set to OFF. How do you do this? Simply create a file in the /public_html directory and another in the /public_html/installation directory with the parameters

display_errors = off;

But the problem is that when you do this the setting MAGIC_QUOTES_GPC gets turned ON automatically. So to switch that OFF which is necessary you add another line to the file at both places as follows:

magic_quotes_gpc = Off;


Hence your php.ini files should have the two lines as:

display_errors = off;
magic_quotes_gpc = Off;


After this your installation will happen flawlessly!

Hope this helps someone in need

regards
Kamal Akhtar

Yes, we have some number of users, who doesn't see display_errors as not recommended setting.
Thanks for sharing the way to install correctly.
Its great that You was able to help yourself.

I am trying to achieved the same with the same template, but after following your instructions it stills loops back. It is really frustrating.

Should I use a special editor to create the php.ini file? I created with dreamweaver and textedit (in Mac) and none of them helped.

Please any suggestions!

regards,
V

Putting php.ini in installation root doesnt always work. It depends on hosting company settings. If something doesnt work, ask your hosting provider for help and instruction how to get rid of display_errors.

I tried all the fixes that I could find, the Joomla docs one had worked in the past and then I got a bit smarter and asked my hosting provider and they fixed it for me.

My advice save some time and talk with hosting support first

It seems, some of the users cant change display_errors.
In my opinion each and every hosting company should allow that.