diff -r c75ad574b56d -r 8a00247d1dee includes/common.php
--- a/includes/common.php	Sat Oct 27 13:54:44 2007 -0400
+++ b/includes/common.php	Sun Oct 28 14:32:13 2007 -0400
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@
                       // In addition, $enano_config is used to fetch config information if die_semicritical() is called.
                       
 global $email;
+global $lang;
 
 if(!isset($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'])) grinding_halt('Cannot get hostname', '<p>Your web browser did not provide the HTTP Host: field. This site requires a modern browser that supports the HTTP 1.1 standard.</p>');
                      
@@ -188,6 +189,27 @@
   }
 }
 
+// Is there no default language?
+if ( getConfig('lang_default') === false )
+{
+  $q = $db->sql_query('SELECT lang_id FROM '.table_prefix.'language LIMIT 1;');
+  if ( !$q )
+    $db->_die('common.php - setting default language');
+  if ( $db->numrows() < 1 && !defined('ENANO_ALLOW_LOAD_NOLANG') )
+  {
+    grinding_halt('No languages', '<p>There are no languages installed on this site.</p>
+        <p>If you are the website administrator, you may install a language by writing and executing a simple PHP script to install it:</p>
+        <pre>
+&lt;?php
+define("ENANO_ALLOW_LOAD_NOLANG", 1);
+$_GET["title"] = "langinstall";
+require("includes/common.php");
+install_language("eng", "English", "English", ENANO_ROOT . "/language/english/enano.json");</pre>');
+  }
+  $row = $db->fetchrow();
+  setConfig('default_language', $row['lang_id']);
+}
+
 // Our list of tables included in Enano
 $system_table_list = Array(
     table_prefix.'categories',