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hi,

i know have been complete muppet but.....i have completed new site , doing house keeping before doing sites backup using ftp client.

instead of deleting old folder started delete root of website, have lost root files configuration.php, index.php etc.. , part of administrator folder.

i have backup left , have mysql database in place. have reinstalled joomla tried link mysql database limited skills end.

can please me run through steps link new installation of joomla old mysql database??

many inadvance.

james

hello,

doh, drag. did same thing 2 weeks ago, realized logged wrong site when phone rang - hit delete button. guess happy once phone rang while working....hehehe

if have extracted fresh , full v1.5.14 server side, you're sitting pretty good. file should need change /configuration.php. when have had work on servers didn't know absolute paths files, got lucky auto application installer gizmos in hosts' control panel. using that, i'd install joomla build somewhere else , use paths out of it's configuration.php file, adjusting paths point joomla! install intend run, along db_name, db_username, , db_password.

here's typical configuration.php i'll try highlight you:

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   var $log_path = '/home/useraccount/public_html/joomla/logs'; //replace paths
   var $tmp_path = '/home/useraccount/public_html/joomla/tmp'; //replace paths

   var $host = 'localhost'; //replace info
   var $user = 'db_username'; //replace info
   var $db = 'db_name'; //replace info



if had renamed htaccess.txt .htaccess you'll have again, too.

hope helps you,
doc