Quote Originally Posted by keneso View Post
Hi,

I downloaded v.1.5.4, and tried installing on local server, after the needed configuration of Apache, and PHP, all went thru well (all green), can access store fine, but when trying to go to admin I get:
WARNING: An Error occurred, please refresh the page and try again.

The log file reads:
[03-Jan-2015 20:12:52 UTC] PHP Fatal error: 1101:BLOB/TEXT column 'logmessage' can't have a default value :: ALTER TABLE admin_activity_log ADD COLUMN logmessage mediumtext NOT NULL default '' ==> (as called by) C:\Users\PC\sites\AAAhtdocs\zentest\admin\includes\classes\class.admin.zcObserve rLogWriterDatabase.php on line 90 <== in C:\Users\PC\sites\AAAhtdocs\zentest\includes\classes\db\mysql\query_factory.php on line 155

Also there is an install warning log:
[03-Jan-2015 20:12:19 UTC] PHP Warning: date_default_timezone_get(): It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected the timezone 'UTC' for now, but please set date.timezone to select your timezone. in C:\Users\PC\sites\AAAhtdocs\zentest\zc_install\includes\application_top.php on line 59

Thank you
I've found errors like that relate to the mysql installation, particularly when working on a windows server. I have often corrected by modifying table settings or sql for the applicable problem field/table. Or if necessary settings in the mysql database to allow such "default" setting against a BLOB/TEXT column for example...