woothemes/woocommerce — Issue #641: Activation Problem with WooCommerce 1.4.2
Author: BugRat
Created: 2012-02-15 06:09:36+00:00
State: open

Can anyone please point me in the right direction to troubleshoot problems with WooCommerce activation? Once I came across this I started testing this on a fresh install of WordPress with no other Plugins or Themes installed. Here are the step taken an errors received.

1. Fresh Install of WordPress 3.3.1
2. Install WooCommerce 1.4.2
3. Activate WooComerce plugin
Right after activation a message pops up with error:
"The plugin generated 1017 characters of unexpected output during activation. If you notice “headers already sent” messages, problems with syndication feeds or other issues, try deactivating or removing this plugin."

4. Navigate to Pages (/wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=page)
There are no pages generated by WooCommerce

5. Navigate to WooCommerce Options panel (/wp-admin/admin.php?page=woocommerce)
6. Make any adjustments to settings and click Save changes button.
WordPress reports that "Your settings have been saved."
but shows the following error above the TABS:
"Warning: fopen(/woocommerce_uploads/.htaccess) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/EXAMPLE/domains/EXAMPLE.COM/public_html/test/wp-content/plugins/woocommerce/admin/woocommerce-admin-functions.php on line 33"
Warning: fopen(/woocommerce_uploads/.htaccess) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/EXAMPLE/domains/EXAMPLE.COM/public_html/test/wp-content/plugins/woocommerce/admin/woocommerce-admin-functions.php on line 33

PHP Version 5.2.17
MySQL Version 5.1.61
WordPress 3.3.1
WooCommerce 1.4.2
No other Plugins or Themes installed.