Issues after "Quick Installation" with both Versions 1.5 & 1.6

Hello,

i installed the template in both versions (1.5 & 1.6) with the quick installer. the 1.5 version came up with a sql connection issue and the 1.6 with a blank page.

i used the standard settings during the installation. it means during the 1.5 installation the sql typ was 'mysql' and the 1.6 version used the 'mysqli' as sql type. so due to some posts on the site, i added these 2 lines to my joomla index.php:

ini_set('display_errors', 'On');
ini_set('error_reporting', E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE & ~E_WARNING);

the 1.6 version still comes up with a blank page.

regarding the 1.5 version, i modified the configuration.php file via FTP and changed the sql type manually to 'mysqli' and now it comes up with this error:

Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Europe/Berlin' for 'CEST/2.0/DST' instead in /homepages/31/d140164888/htdocs/new1_5/libraries/joomla/utilities/date.php on line 198

i have to mention, that after modifying the the sql type to 'mysqli' at least the backend is working. it wasn't before! the 1.6 version comes up with a blank page both on frontpage and backend.

i'm usin php ver 5 and its not the first time, i'm installing joomla templates. so actually i know what i'm doing, when i'm working with joomla... so this should be a template issue. the webhoster i'm using is also not a new one. i'm using this host (1&1 from germany) for years, and installed a lot of joomla templates during the years on it...

so please help me to get both versions work.

Hi

It looks like the server is not keeping up with requirements. The blank screen in joomla panel (which is a clear joomla not related with template at all) and the message about the date() function are pointing at it. Please tell me which PHP version is Your server using.