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[bluecollarblues]

It's been a long time in the making, but BitArtist v. 1.0 (Release Candidate 1) is finally out and ready for download. It's not ready for full release, however, so I need a few brave souls to join Sean C in beta testing my little webcomic script. The bug tracker is up and running, and all bugs can be reported through there. Don't worry, there's a link at the bottom of each of the pages in the admin area.

If you're interested in downloading and using BitArtist here is the information you'll need.

• Download BitArtist.
• Support Wiki
• License

If you do decide to beta test it, please let me know so I can add you to the list on the support forum later of who is running my script.

[Chad]

I'm gonna poke around with it.

[Zappit]

Already poking around with it.

[bluecollarblues]

Any and all feeback is appreciated.

[ilitchev]

Hey, I just registered because Sean C got me interested in using this BitArtist thing for my future comic that I'm planning to do. I just installed it into a subcategory on my regular site, but now it won't log me in because it's assuming that the login file is on the main site. Did I miss a portion of the customization process where I should've changed it from mysite.com to mysite.com/bitartist? Thanks in advanced, the program looks good so far;

Ilitchev

[Zappit]

Just keep an eye on this thread. Jerry (Migo) can help you get things set up. Me, I dunno how to fix things like that.

[bluecollarblues]

Sounds like you left the site URL field as the main site and didn't change it to the subdirectory. I'll make sure I'm clearer on that in later releases. I'll also probably change it up so that you can change it via the Options tab.

To fix it for right now open you FTP to the directory BitArtist is installed at and look for a file called "ba-conf.php". Open it in a text editor and check for this line (line 10)
$site_url = "http://mysite.com";
change it to
$site_url = "http://mysite.com/bitarist";

That should take care of the login problem.

[ilitchev]

Great, thanks. That got the login page working, but now when I hit login, instead of taking me to http://www.mysite.com/bitartist/login.php it takes me to http://www.mysite.com/bitartist/bitartist/login.php! Can you think of any reason it would do that?

[bluecollarblues]

Whoa! You just found a HUGE bug for me. Apparently, since I was only testing in root directories, I left all the forms (like ALL the forms) with an action based on the REQUEST_URI superglobal, which grabs the directory as part of its return. Basically, in average terms, I'm a moron and I have to correct every form in the program. I'll send you a link to the updated version when I get it done. Shouldn't be more than a day or two.

[ilitchev]

Well hey, that's what I'm here for! 

[bluecollarblues]

It's very much appreciated, thanks a ton. I'm glad you caught that before I put out the stable release and had the entire thing blow up in my face. I logged that bug with the bug tracker as well as the solution, so I wouldn't forget it. If you find anymore, feel free to submit a bug to the tracker yourself. I check that and this forum daily, but in case I miss a day the bug should be emailed to me so I can get on top of it ASAP. Thanks again.

[bluecollarblues]

Release candidate 2 has been uploaded, all forms have been fixed and you can read the rest of the changes that were made on the changelog and you can download the latest version here.

[ilitchev]

Ok, this may be because I somehow set up the MySQL wrong server side but I keep getting "Can't connect to MySQL server on 'mysqldb' (111)". Help?

[bluecollarblues]

That's odd. Did you try emptying your database and re-installing the software? Without more information about the page you were on or anything, I can't tell you why you're getting a that message.

Also, check to see if the database has any tables in it at all. If you're using localhost for your dbhost you may have to change it to 127.0.0.1 depending on your hosting company's php configuration.

[ilitchev]

Any page past the first install.php page is giving me that error message, as well as the general /bitartist/ directory. I even tried making a new, empty database called bitartist1 and installing the program with that, but I'm getting the same thing. Could it just by my host acting up?

Also, no, the database has exactly 0 tables in it at the moment.