A mishap caused my soft link to the source file (typo3_src) to be erased. The link was reset, but the site (back and front end) goes directly to
/typo3/install.php
and wants a new installation.
Attempting to fix the problem now has all my typo3 based sites doing the same. I have since replaced the source folder with a backup from when the system worked, but the install page persists. I do not see the site nor can I call on the backend login.
I am on the verge of deleting all and scrapping t3. I used to be pretty good at t3 2 decades ago. Currently, rather frustrated. Is there a solution or are my sites lost?
it seems that the TYPO3 symlinks seem to be in order, otherwise prompting /typo3/install.php would probably result in an error itself already, so that seems fine at least.
Does your /typo3conf/LocalConfiguration.php file still exist in the given pages with that problem? TYPO3 usually only prompts a new installation if that file doesn’t exist in the first place, so maybe the mishap also happened there and you also need to restore that file!
Yes, you discovered the problem. I can’t figure out how the LocalConfiguration.php disappeared in the first place. I know that on the server’s FTP, erasing a symlink essentially erases where it is pointed as well (hence my restore of the backup file). But I am certain I didn’t erase the LocalConfiguration.php. Mystery. Glad I got my sites back.
Thank you!
I am still a fan of T3. Like I said, I used it a while back (2006ish) and loved it. A lot has changed since then.