Unable to access Joomla in installation process

[Davidjsn]

I have just installed Uniform Server and I am trying to then install Joomla using the template "siteground11" which is definitely on the disk(w).

 

The result is this:

 

Invalid at the top level of the document. Error processing resource 'http://localhost/siteground11/'. Line 1, Position 44

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>Direct Access to this location is not allowed.

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[Ric]

The error message is the results of coding in the index.php template files when you directly access this file by typing into you browser some_ip_address/index.php you get the error message.

 

The pages can only be accessed via a valid top-level index path such as the index.html page.

 

I think the problem you are observing is the fact you have gone live with your site and downloading templates from Siteground at

 

http://www.siteground.com/joomla-hosting/j...a-templates.htm

 

Which expects a valid path for your live site however your path is probably set for a local test site! (This looks like a direct access from an external source)

 

Edit the configuration file configuration.php located in folder W:\www\joomla with a suitable text editor.

 

Change the line:

 

$mosConfig_live_site = 'http://localhost/joomla';

 

To something like:

 

$mosConfig_live_site = 'http://www.yourlivesite.com/joomla';

 

Well give that a bash and see if it works.

 

All the best

Mike