Forum Templates
i'm thinking of making a forums but have no idea how to, (with only very limited knowledge of PHP) are there any sites out there with templates for forums?
Thankx
i'm thinking of making a forums but have no idea how to, (with only very limited knowledge of PHP) are there any sites out there with templates for forums?
Thankx
mjames posted this at 04:46 — 27th October 2002.
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You are attempting to create your own forums? That's a *VERY* complicated thing to take on, IMO, especially considering you have limited PHP skills. Why not use one of the free options out there like phpBB, IkonBoard, or InvisionBoard? They are advanced and have been worked on by many contributors. All I'm saying is there is no reason to reinvent the wheel...
Brian Farkas posted this at 19:49 — 27th October 2002.
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Hi Renegade,
Are you simply trying to add forums to your site, and looking for a template for them? If so, what forum package are you using? Most forums sites generally have links to external templates or theme add ons for that forum.
Good luck,
Brian Farkas
Renegade posted this at 10:44 — 28th October 2002.
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well, i just dled yabbse and phpbb but i can't install it, any suggestinos?
Abhishek Reddy posted this at 11:04 — 28th October 2002.
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What's the problem?
Renegade posted this at 11:09 — 28th October 2002.
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i can't install, it jsut comes up with a whole lot of code, and the install.php don't work either
Busy posted this at 20:55 — 28th October 2002.
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does your web host support PHP and MySQL?
I just installed phpbb last week and had no problems.
Give us some more info, like what errors are you getting, did you upload in assci and binary as they request, did you chmod any folders, did you upload case insensitive ...
Brian Farkas posted this at 03:24 — 30th October 2002.
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Hi, you said you couldn't install phpbb either? Did you follow the exact instructions in this install document? http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/docs/INSTALL.html
Mark Hensler posted this at 07:29 — 30th October 2002.
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Do you have PHP capabilities on that server? It sounds like Apache isn't configured to parse *.php files.
Renegade posted this at 11:21 — 31st October 2002.
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yeah, php files do work on the server,i just can't figure out what is wrong, when i open up the install.php file it jsut comes up with a whole lot of coding.
o and btw ti does support mysql
Abhishek Reddy posted this at 11:33 — 31st October 2002.
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Sounds like a server-side problem.
Tell you what, why don't you start up a thread in the Server-Side Scripting forum, and also include more details - like just what errors you're getting, and what code you're seeing.
nike_guy_man posted this at 22:54 — 31st October 2002.
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Are you opening it in a browser or in a text file??
I've spent a while figuring out for people why they can't install a script, and they are opening the raw code, not using a browser
Renegade posted this at 11:27 — 3rd November 2002.
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i'm opening in a browser,
dk01 posted this at 12:40 — 3rd November 2002.
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Try checking of the install.php has <? or <?php in it. If they used the shortcut ( <? ) then your server might only be set up to handle <?php in which case it would not parse the file.
-dk
kb posted this at 01:52 — 4th November 2002.
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if you are having troubles, check out IkonBoard...thats what i use...no problems, easily customized
Abhishek Reddy posted this at 02:47 — 4th November 2002.
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Any chance that you could post the error messages you see?
Renegade posted this at 11:10 — 4th November 2002.
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sorry abhishek, i deleted it, i'm going to try something else now... maybe ikon board or dev_forums
TDS2599 posted this at 18:58 — 5th November 2002.
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Have you set up the MySQL database before running the install?
necrotic posted this at 19:21 — 5th November 2002.
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That wouldn't matter. He said the Raw code was displaying. Nothing to do with MySQL.
Abhishek Reddy posted this at 04:50 — 6th November 2002.
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No, he sent me a link earlier. What comes up is error messages. One was "db not found" or something to that effect. I can't quite remember. But it was definitely not PHP code.
Renegade posted this at 08:00 — 6th November 2002.
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u got it abhi,
jeez, i got heaps of problems, i never knew i'll get when i try to install a forum
would it b a good idea for me to post a link up so u all can c what the error is?
Busy posted this at 09:00 — 6th November 2002.
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which forum you going with?
Renegade posted this at 10:43 — 6th November 2002.
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i'm goind with invasion dev or something
should i post up a link?
Busy posted this at 20:07 — 6th November 2002.
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If your still getting the errors.
I have seen a similar question asked before about phpbb and I nearly did it myself when installing it. You have to make a database table before you install it, so it has somewhere to install to.
This may not be the problem in your case but thought I'd share it for anyone else having a similar problem.
Renegade posted this at 09:02 — 7th November 2002.
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o ok, thanx busy, ummm i htink u all don't get what i'm going on about so i'll paste the link,
it's here
[edit by mod]Removed link for your safety[/end edit]
Renegade posted this at 04:12 — 8th November 2002.
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well the board is up and running so go check it out at
http://chengeu.krayup.com/BIF
but u need to register b4 u can post so yea...
and thanx for every ones help
Busy posted this at 09:40 — 8th November 2002.
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just check on the forum (of the forum) and see if you have to delete any files once you have it set up, I know with phpbb there are 3 files that need deleting
Renegade posted this at 10:18 — 8th November 2002.
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yeah, i've deleted the sm_install.php that i was having trouble with
but thanx for the warning
MrByG posted this at 06:22 — 20th November 2002.
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One time I was having the same problem.... Check the install.php file and make sure that there are no extra returns at the end of the file. I know that it is odd but I have had it happen a couple of times.
somethines you can and sometimes
you can't.
Renegade posted this at 07:25 — 20th November 2002.
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i got it working now
European Lee posted this at 08:56 — 30th November 2002.
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I use Sitenet BBS on a couple of my sites you can download a freeware version from http://www.focalmedia.net, it is honestly one of the easiest forums installations i have ever done.
Regards,
Lee
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