This issue was noticed during an attempt to install drupal 6.x-dev from the development snapshot tarball.
If you don't provide access to the ./sites/default folder, you get the following error message before the 'setup database' step:
Drupal database setup
The following error must be resolved before you can continue the installation process:
The Drupal installer requires write permissions to ./sites/default during the installation process.
A screenshot of the page is attached.
You are not presented with any information regarding what to do once the error has been resolved. I pressed my browsers back button and then repeated the previous step, but that did not feel right as I had no idea what behind the scenes changes had taken place between steps.
A 'Continue' button along with the following message would be very helpful:
Please resolve the error and then click on the continue button.
This is just a usability issue, but this could well be the very first error that a new user encounters. To make the best possible impression on that new user, we need to make things as simple as possible.
| Comment | File | Size | Author |
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| d6_install_error.jpg | 77.81 KB | ff1 |
Comments
Comment #1
beginner commentedhttp://drupal.org/node/147324
Comment #2
ff1 commentedThe wrong url was specified by 'beginner' above, the correct url is:
http://drupal.org/node/145335
Comment #3
beginner commentedSorry, I misunderstood your description. Thank you for correcting me.
Comment #4
ff1 commentedNo problem.
I should really learn to search drupal.org thoroughly before posting an issue ;)