I don't have any media types available when I right-click and select create on the Media node. As a result I can't create a folder and can't upload any images.
Have a look in Settings -> Media Types. Are there any in there?
If not then somebody must have deleted the default File, Folder and Image. Create your own then and you are ready to go, check another Umbraco installation (or even set up a new one) for fields used etc.
Thanks for your reply. I don't have any Media Types in Settings!! I did install and then uninstall a starter pack (I think it was the business one), could that have deleted these Media Types?
What's the easiest way of creating a new, separate, Umbraco installation since the Windows Platform Installer won't allow a new installation if it finds one on the system already?
Copy the files from the zip file into the folder you want to point your IIS site to.
When you setup the site, name it something like myumbracosite.local and point it to the folder containing the files. Go to the app pool settings and make sure it's running .NET framework 4 (If you're installing 4.5 > and in integrated mode.
Make sure to add the host header to your hosts file.
On the folder containing your Umbraco files make sure to set proper permissions for network service and iusr (On local installs I normally just give them full access).
Connect to MSSQL server express using the MSSQL manager tool and create a new database. Once the database has been created you need to create a new login under "Security"-"login". When you create the new user, you should provide a password. Then you must map it to the database you wish to access with it.
When you're mapping the user check all of the possible fields except the "db_denydatareader" and the "db_denydatawriter" ones. Leave those unchecked.
Thanks Sascha and Jan, apologies for not responding sooner.
I did a fresh install and the media types were now there, so I re-created them on the dodgy install using the clean install as a guide, and all is now well.
To install a new instance, I bypassed the Platform Installer, downloaded the binaries from CodePlex then used WebMatrix to create a site from a folder (I don't have full blown IIS, I'm using IIS Express on a Windows 7 box). There are possibly better ways of doing it, but this worked for me.
No media types available
Hi everyone,
I don't have any media types available when I right-click and select create on the Media node. As a result I can't create a folder and can't upload any images.
What might the problem be? Anyone?
Regards.
Wole.
Have a look in Settings -> Media Types. Are there any in there?
If not then somebody must have deleted the default File, Folder and Image. Create your own then and you are ready to go, check another Umbraco installation (or even set up a new one) for fields used etc.
Hope that helps,
Sascha
Hi Sascha,
Thanks for your reply. I don't have any Media Types in Settings!! I did install and then uninstall a starter pack (I think it was the business one), could that have deleted these Media Types?
What's the easiest way of creating a new, separate, Umbraco installation since the Windows Platform Installer won't allow a new installation if it finds one on the system already?
Thanks.
Wole.
Oluwole
I think the most easy way is to make an installation using the binaries from http://umbraco.codeplex.com/
Copy the files from the zip file into the folder you want to point your IIS site to.
When you setup the site, name it something like myumbracosite.local and point it to the folder containing the files. Go to the app pool settings and make sure it's running .NET framework 4 (If you're installing 4.5 > and in integrated mode.
Make sure to add the host header to your hosts file.
On the folder containing your Umbraco files make sure to set proper permissions for network service and iusr (On local installs I normally just give them full access).
Connect to MSSQL server express using the MSSQL manager tool and create a new database. Once the database has been created you need to create a new login under "Security"-"login". When you create the new user, you should provide a password. Then you must map it to the database you wish to access with it.
When you're mapping the user check all of the possible fields except the "db_denydatareader" and the "db_denydatawriter" ones. Leave those unchecked.
I hope this makes sense.
/Jan
Thanks Sascha and Jan, apologies for not responding sooner.
I did a fresh install and the media types were now there, so I re-created them on the dodgy install using the clean install as a guide, and all is now well.
To install a new instance, I bypassed the Platform Installer, downloaded the binaries from CodePlex then used WebMatrix to create a site from a folder (I don't have full blown IIS, I'm using IIS Express on a Windows 7 box). There are possibly better ways of doing it, but this worked for me.
Cheers,
Wole.
Hi Wole
Thanks for sharing you solution - maybe others can benefit from it later on :-)
/Jan
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