Experiencing some problems during installation find a summary below:
1.) Database error:
Installing Dolphin I got a database error together with the error message:
GetParam() on non object <PATH>\header.inc.php line 83
This error is reported in a couple of other posts but no explanation / solution.
Reason for error:
haeder.inc.php was not built up properly during installation;
A couple of parameters (like $site[title], $site[email_notify]) were not stored in header.inc.php.
Not being sure which action exactly lead to this problem there are three probable scenarios:
- Moving backward/forward with browser navigation during install process
Not recommended; make sure you run the install process through without using browser navigation
- Leaving blank some fields in page after Database Setup (something like Page Description)
Make sure you put a value in each of the fields on this page, if you leave any blank, page is reloaded potentially causing the problem
- Reversing the access rights of /inc as suggested in step Reversal of Permissions:
Chose skip here so that header.inc.php can be completed and reverse rights to read-only afterwards
If you have an error like this, I suggest you delete your dolphin directory and start from scratch, considering the suggestions above.
2.) Empty links (404 page not found error)
This also has two possible reasons:
- Permalink error (described in other posts): remove permalink settings in Advanced Settings
- .htaccess problem (described also by moderators)
In my specific case I had to provide an .htaccess statement to activate PHP 5 in the dolphin directory.
If you have to make changes to .htaccess use the existing one and modify it.
Uploading a new .htaccess via ftp will overwrite the existing (invisible) one without any message and cause the described error
