The installation instructions say that I need to install the cgi files in a web directory, but my cgi-bin is a non-web directory. How can I make this work?
Thanks!
Reported on Movable Type 5
The installation instructions say that I need to install the cgi files in a web directory, but my cgi-bin is a non-web directory. How can I make this work?
Thanks!
Reported on Movable Type 5
Movable Type can be installed on any web-visible directory where CGI has been enabled. It doesn't have to be cgi-bin. Many MT users have CGI enabled on their whole site and run MT from domain.com/mt instead of domain.com/cgi-bin/mt. Check with your host about whether or not they've enabled CGI outside of cgi-bin and if so, where.
Julia, some hosting providers are separating the folder home from the folder cgi-bin, but that doesn't mean that the 'cgi-bin' is not web-visible.
So what I would recommend is that you upload the movable type source files in ASCII mode to the 'cgi-bin' folder and the 'mt-static' folder in BINARY on the root.
It should work for you!
If not, just follow Mike's recommendation.