Problems with the Installation

[gastroll]

Hi guys,
I ve got 2 questions and

2 big (or hopefully for you just little) PROBLEMS in my arfooo installation:

Question1:
"Enable URL rewrite ON / OFF ? "
What should I prefer or what is the best to do?

Question2:
Can I choose the user name or do I have to use the one that gave me my host?

Problem1)
Tried to change it in the .htaccess file but there is still a "No" for
"mod_rewrite is Present"
Is that bad or very bad?

Problem2)
In step 4 of installation there is ab buck:

Warning: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysqld.sock' (2) in /homepages/32/d316848323/htdocs/gastrollogy.de/gastronomie-verzeichnis/install/dbfunctions.php on line 29
could not connect to mysql


Can someone tell me what to do?

[effi]

hello
if your server support mod rewrite it is better, because url will be "pretty" : best for SEO
the script can be used by server which dont accept rewrite

username for database is important part of the connection word it MUST be the one your host gives to you

it seems that you change it so it cannot connect to the database

[gastroll]

hi effi,

normaly it should not be a thing to aktivat mod_rewrite on my host (1und1.de)
but don´t matter what I try it still says
"mod_rewrite is Present: No"

Here is my htaccess code:

RewriteEngine on
Options FollowSymLinks

I WANT "pretty URL"

[gastroll]

finaly with the code out of an other post I finished the installation:
the .htacess-code I am now using is:

#Put the line here to enable PHP5
AddType x-mapp-php5 .php
AddHandler x-mapp-php5 .php
#You may need to un-comment the following line
#Options +FollowSymlinks
# REMEBER YOU ONLY NEED TO STARD MOD REWRITE ONCE
RewriteEngine On
#REWRITE BASE
#RewriteBase /
# HERE IS A GOOD PLACE TO ADD THE WWW PREFIXE REDIRECTION
# HERE IS A GOOD PLACE TO ADD THE OLD SCRIPT REDIRECTION
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ index.php