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[James Weston Friend James WestonJoin date: September 2014Posts: 1030Downloads:11Uploads:70 Thanks: 408 Thanked: 16 times in 1 posts]

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Hi Guys, I stuffed up big time last week. I was trying to reinstall a quickstart as there was a problem with the previous installation of the template and we couldn’t find a way to rectify it. I have several domains all hosted on the one account with BlueHost.

I always have trouble uploading the quickstart templates and sometimes have to upload them folder by folder. I think during this process i accidentally put some files in the wrong domain folder. When I alter went to my main website http://www.vivaasiamagazine.com instead of seeing my full site I got the joomla start page. After deleting the installation folder i end up with this “Database connection error (3): Could not connect to database”

I have Akeeba back up but how do i use it as I cannot access my admin site as when i go there i also get the same message “Database connection error (3): Could not connect to database'”

Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

Jim

[TomC Moderator TomCJoin date: October 2014Posts: 14077Downloads:58Uploads:137 Thanks: 948 Thanked: 3155 times in 2495 posts]

#443828

Hey There, Jim . . . .

Please tell me this isn’t the installation I helped you with last week . . . . is it? :((

How much customization had you performed prior to this error occurring?

[James Weston Friend James WestonJoin date: September 2014Posts: 1030Downloads:11Uploads:70 Thanks: 408 Thanked: 16 times in 1 posts]

#443836

Hi Tom,

No it is the http://www.vivaasiamagazine.com site. This I believe happened when I was try to reinstall the quickstar on another domain :((

http://Www.vivaasiamagazine eas a fully completed site nothing else needed to be done.

Jim

[Phill Moderator PhillJoin date: February 2014Posts: 7013Downloads:40Uploads:77 Thanks: 917 Thanked: 2206 times in 1818 posts]

#443840

If you have the Akeeba backup file you can retrieve your site using the kickstart.php package from the Akeeba site.

The backup will be in administrator>components>com_akeeba>backups and is a .jpa file. Look for the last one in the list

All instructions on using this method are on the Akeeba site.

[James Weston Friend James WestonJoin date: September 2014Posts: 1030Downloads:11Uploads:70 Thanks: 408 Thanked: 16 times in 1 posts]

#443904

Thanks Phil. Bugger the backup there is another site. Guess i will have to start all over again.

Jim

[Phill Moderator PhillJoin date: February 2014Posts: 7013Downloads:40Uploads:77 Thanks: 917 Thanked: 2206 times in 1818 posts]

#443944

It could be that you just killed the configuration.php file. You couls probably just put your correct MySql details in a fresh copy of that. and that should get your site running again.

[James Weston Friend James WestonJoin date: September 2014Posts: 1030Downloads:11Uploads:70 Thanks: 408 Thanked: 16 times in 1 posts]

#443946

Thanks Phil,

I hope it will be a simple as that. Which folder will the confriguration.php file be in?

Jim

[Phill Moderator PhillJoin date: February 2014Posts: 7013Downloads:40Uploads:77 Thanks: 917 Thanked: 2206 times in 1818 posts]

#443959

It is in the Joomla root folder. It contains all the connetction details amongst other things. If it is wrong you will get the error you saw. Most of your data is held in the DB so if you overwrite the files via ftp all is often not lost but you may still have some work to do depending what was overwritten.

[James Weston Friend James WestonJoin date: September 2014Posts: 1030Downloads:11Uploads:70 Thanks: 408 Thanked: 16 times in 1 posts]

#444002

Thanks for the input Phil. Am still worried about picking the wrong confirguration.php file.

Have sent you a PM if you get chance to give me some further input.

Jim

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