How I Got Media Manager Installed
Believe it or not, tonight was the first night I actually attempted an upgrade from 3.17 to 3.2 that already had BookQueueToo data in the database. It was not the trivialest of processes, but I got it working relatively quickly. Here are the issues I ran into (keep in mind that I did not just copy MT32b1 over my old installation, instead I decided to install a brand new instance and just point the new instance at my old database):
- Upgrade MT - I unpacked beta 1 into a dedicated directory and then copied my old mt.cfg and mt-db-pass.cgi files to the new MT3.2 installation. I then accessed my MT instance and it prompted me to upgrade. This was by far the easiest step.
- Install Media Manager.
- I tried to access Media Manager and got an MTAmazon error. Oops - forgot to install that. Install amazon.pl, .mt.amazon and extlib/MTPlugins/MTAmazon.pm. Also make sure MTAmazon has the cache directory setup and is referenced in the .mt.amazon config file.
- Now Media Manager couldn't find MTAmazon-Compat. A plugin I wrote to make it easier to configure MTAmazon. Oops - I never packaged that. You can get it now.
- Now my styles were all borked. First, I edited mt.cfg to make sure StaticWebPath was pointing to the right place. Then I created a symlink called mmanager in MT_HOME/mt-static and linked it to the static web directory that comes in the Media Manager package: MT_HOME/plugins/MediaManager/static.
- Aaaaand: scene. All done.
Granted, I really didn't perform a routine upgrade. For most people using MT 3.1x, it will be more than sufficient to cp MT3.2's file over your old ones. But I am glad I did it the way I did. It really helped to understand what the issues might be for some of you.
That being said, the process clearly needs work and I am debated packaging MTAmazon and MTAmazonCompat with the plugin - just to make things easier. In the meantime - I hope this helps.
Comments
I've been downloading and following instructions (or trying to) but I find myself thwarted. Because some items here are not so transparent to me as maybe they should be. Before I start, let me say: most recent release of MT is installed and works fine. MTAmazon32 is installed and I put in my various numbers and ids. Media Manager shows up on the list of plugins. But when I click on 'edit my media q' I get error messages.
So some of my questions:
color me confused. how do I make sure the cache directory is set up? Where is it? What should it have in it? Ditto for the config file.
I'm starting to despair. May come back and try again another day.
Posted by: saradonati | October 16, 2005 2:29 PM