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Hi there,

I tried again to install a Movable Type installation (third time or so), this type I did not get even as far as last time. I think the manual etc. is just unprecise and doesn't help me!
Why not a video tutorial? Ok, but however first my configuration:

My URL is "philipp-grunwald.de", hosted on a Linux server (not mine, but of a provider).
My server is built up like the following: /is/htdocs/wp1000009_XXXXX12345/www/, meanwhile I'm kicking into at /*/www/ via ftp. Under /*/www/* all my data is stored.
I did also create a subdomain , "blog.philipp-grunwald.de" pointing to */www/blog/.

I did remove this subdomain (forward) only after step 4 failed and I wanted to know, if I could turn it around somehow, but obviously, this didn't help but only made it work even less.

1. I'm not sure if I should just follow the installation wizzard which is also explained here oder should I follow the detailed manual, which wants me to separate the mt-static, the cgi-bin and the /mt/? Question: If I have to follow the second one (or is it just not updated?), which is the right path?

*/www/blog/(everything)
OR

*/www/blog/cgi-bin/ AND
*/www/blog/cgi-bin/mt AND
*/mt-static

OR (as also read)

*/?/cgi-bin/mt/*.cgi

OR

anything in between?

For me, <ins>at first</ins> the first alternative worked.

Concerning the CGI-folder I have to add, that there is no visible cgi-bin folder anywhere in my account, although there was one in */www/cgi-bin/ until I deleted it (because it was empty) with the other old, failed MT installation.

2. What is "execute permissions" from your point of view exactly?
Why don't just directly talk about 755 and 777 ?!?! Why has one to guess.
I say that, because it just doesn't work. I got several errors:
2.1. I couldn't save the mt-config.cgi automatically, I had to create & upload it manually. Error message:

"Die Movable Type Personal-Konfigurationsdatei konnte nicht gespeichert werden.

Bitte überprüfen Sie, ob der Webserver Schreibrechte für Ihr Movable Type Personal-Hauptverzeichnis hat und klicken Sie dann auf "Erneut versuchen"."

2.2. I couldn't persuade MT to use the publishing path (s. 4.).

All files were 755 (including my /blog/ directory) and all *.cgi's were 777.

3. Sendmail doesn't work! It's not the standard path but: /usr/sbin/sendmail.
But the path change didn't help, no Testmail delivered...

4. What to do about the specific blog you shall create at the end? I used:
Blog URL: http://blog.philipp-grunwald.de/ (wanted to use this subdomain, should've done it later?)
Publishing path: /is/htdocs/wp1000009_XXXXX12345/www/blog/content/

Before adding /content/ I got an permission/write error, but as I didn't want to change /blog/ to 777, I created /blog/content/, as I thought the blog's content (!) must have it's own data folder anyway! Wrong thoughts?

Was only the /content/* wrong here or everything? Or is my blog URL a bad choice?
And where are all those options saved? Didn't find anything about it anywhere!

* I actually created this folder of course.

In the end, I couldn't open MT via www.philipp-grunwald.de/mt.cgi, but via blog.philipp-grunwald.de/blog/mt.cgi (if I'm not wrong). But after entering the login credentials, I get a 404 Error, page not found. I think it is because of both my different subdomain and my wrong /content/ path part.

5. How do I reinstall / repair MT? Do I have to wipe it out completely every time?!
I mean, I don't use a blog yet, but what if I use one and there's huge data?
Isn't there any repair option - if you're not a geek - in this case?

Finally:

What did I do wrong?

Hi there,

I do have a problem, I made sth. wrong:
I wanted to point my weblog URL to "blog.domain-name.de" - only! But the root URL on my server is of course /www/blog/. Now after MT installation it is "even worse", I do find my blog at: http://domain-name.de/blog/blog/". And the "About" page e.g. at "http://domain-name.de/blog/about/". It would be ok to have the about page at "domain-name.de/about" or at "about.domain-name.de", but not this way.

I already pointed the /www/blog/ path to "blog.domain-name.de" in my web hosting console of course and this does also work. :) But how do I get away that those ones show up and what do I have to change to get rid of the dispensable "/blog/"?

One other problem: If I click on "New/Page" and "Configuration/Own fields" (I don't know if the translation is correct, I hope you know what I mean), I always end up on a blank page shown to me! :( What did I do wrong or what should I maybe re-upload?

Also I don't really see how to change the /paths/ as it was possible in MT v.3.x. I mean, maybe I'd want to change the path from an existing page? (e.g. "/about/" to "/me/")

Thanks for your help in advance!

Kind regards.