Igor,

A long time ago in a blog post, I made the suggestion that Boonex provide a single php file that people could upload to their server, that would check to see if ALL server requirements are met, BEFORE they attempt an installation, with suggestions on how to correct the problem if one is found. I think to check for mod rewrite might take 2 or 3 files, but that's a lot simple than uploading and installing D7. The purpose of this would be to help people make sure that their server meets installation see more requirements, and if there are server problems, to encourage people to work things with their server and hosting company.

When I made that suggestion, it was basically ridiculed by Boonex staff..... the reason being that the installation script already does the checks. HELL-OOOOOO..... if you have to attempt an installation to see if the server meets requirements, you are going to get a ton of complaints like the ones you mentioned. Maybe that requirements check script doesn't seem like such a bad idea now..... does it.

What did you guys think was going to happen when you gave every existing member of this site, a Boonex staff member as an agent? And for $5, any new member can send mail to an agent?? If you think you are flooded with mails now, you haven't seen anything yet.... just wait until the Dolphin auto-installer is installed on tens of thousands of websites owned by blithering idiots. When you guys created the agent system, and made it available to every member of this site, you overestimated the average intelligence of the people that would be using it. Giving everybody such easy, and cheap acces to an agent was a big mistake in my opinion.