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[paulf]

I have experienced the same install prob. as nrbeard in his posting on "blank calendar_admin screen". I have done everything he described doing sucessfully ...  but it didn't work for me. Even got the TAR version... still no good.
1.Server OS - Unix L8
2.Firefox-tries to open cal_admin but executes cal.pl fine
  Explorer returns a blank screen.
3.no errors in error log...
4.yes - WSFTP ascii mode - chmod 777 all files and dirs
5.no change to $BASE_DIR
6.no help from web host w/o more info on problem.
7. debug.pl runs w.o error
8. read the docs, FAQ's,etc...

Any assistance greatly appreciated. Looks like a great product- if we can resolve the javascript quirks?

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[DanO]

** Firefox-tries to open cal_admin **

You mean calendar_admin.pl?

That sounds like incorrect file or directory permissions.

** chmod 777 all files and dirs **

Not all server's allow that, check your host's CGI FAQs. It is definitely NOT a good idea on a cgi-bin directory (and not even other directories) for security reasons.

** if we can resolve the javascript quirks? **

What 'javascript quirks'??? Your problem has nothing to do with JavaScript, CalendarScript is a Perl script.

Dan O.

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[paulf]

calendar_admin.pl is the problem...

can't chmod cg-bin directory or files - they're all 755 - might that be the problem?

My misunderstanding - I thought that the calendar_admin.pl script used/called javascript in some way.

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[DanO]

** calendar_admin.pl is the problem... **

Good. It helps to be accurate when requesting assistance.

** can't chmod cg-bin directory or files - they're all 755 **

That seems to contradict your previous statement of "chmod 777 all files and dirs". Or is that not where you uploaded the CalendarScript script files to??

** 755 - might that be the problem? **

755 should be all that is needed for the script files to run. Whether they'd be able to write to their data files, I don't know but I doubt it would cause your described problem.

** I thought that the calendar_admin.pl script used/called javascript in some way. **

There are some uses of JavaScript by the calendar_admin.pl script but none would cause the error you described. When JavaScript fails, it usually produces a browser JavaScript error.

I suggest you look at the server's error logs for the time when you tried running the administration script to see what error(s) were reported.

Dan O.

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