Problems installing latest 1.2.1

[Rockman X]

I tried installing fresh with the latest 1.2.1, but at the end of the installation step (where you enter your shop name, shop logo, your name, email address and shop password), it hanged. Nothing happened, except the progress bar on the top.

Both back and next buttons were disabled.

tried on both firefox 3 and IE8, same results.

this is what i get from IE 8

Webpage error details

User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729)
Timestamp: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 02:43:27 UTC


Message: Object doesn't support this property or method
Line: 607
Char: 4
Code: 0
URI: http://localhost/mywebsite/install/controller.js

never had any problem with version 1.2


Any help?

Thanks

[Rockman X]

i also just noticed, version 1.2.08 has 138 tables (database), but version 1.2.10 only has 134 tables.

is this right?

[Patric]

They have both 134 tables. You may have installed modules that created new tables.

[Rockman X]

They have both 134 tables. You may have installed modules that created new tables.

oh ok

did you encounter any problem while installing the latest 1.2.1 version?

[wakasm]

I think I am having this problem as well.

I can't get from Step 4 to Step 5. Thus - it doesn't ever create a user I can login with.

I've tried both in IE7 and FF3.

Everything else looks like it installed. I'm using a godaddy hosting account (for a client).

I'm new to Prestashop - I searched the forums - and this is the only thread I saw with this specific problem. I tried uninstalling and installing 3 times.

I could just go into the database and manually add an employee - but I'm not 100% what all the fields are supposed to default with. Any help would be appreciated!

[wakasm]

Whoops - wanted to add that mine installed with 134 - not 138 like the above poster.

Some more digging on the forums - I found a solution from Multiple Threads.

Go into your database - and into the empty ps_employee field - enter the following:

id_employee : 1
id_profile : 1
lastname : A
firstname : A
email : your login email
passwd : 78ae4e028017d65ab4cea1b7577085aa (for the moment… because can’t be blank)
last_passwd_gen : 2009-06-08 09:42:50
stats_date_from : blank (empty)
stats_date_to : blank (empty)
active : 1

2/
Try this to generate a new MD5 hash string in the passwd field of ps_employee :
http://www.prestashop.com/forums/viewreply/92709/

(from the above link)

The simplest way to generate a new password (for example “mypassword”) is as follows :

1/ Open /config/settings.inc.php and copy the COOKIE_KEY value, a string like :
ugVz7xCw9mYzkUWL1285CCyLb5dQOyNgnTxXDrGP0LZNBLrzKTvWyC0n

2/ Open http://www.md5.fr or http://www.md5.cz and in the field, past the copied string immediately followed (without space) by your password :
ugVz7xCw9mYzkUWL1285CCyLb5dQOyNgnTxXDrGP0LZNBLrzKTvWyC0nmypassword
Submit the form and copy the generated MD5 hash which is like :
c838e4909b92e180e6428e85c15b003d

3/ In your database, in the ps_employe table, locate the record that contains the e-mail address you want to use to connect to the BO, modify this record, and past the MD5 hash in the passwd field. Submit the form.

4/ Connect to the BO.