jayson

Step by step of how I installed SMF downloaded smf 1.05 FTPed it to a folder called forum cpanel>file manager>public_html>smf 1.05>extract file contents all extracted like it should of ran www.****/forum/install Server:localhost Port: 21 This should be the server and port for your FTP server. Username: ********* The username to login with. This will not be saved anywhere. Password: ********* The password to login with. This will not be saved anywhere. Install Path: jaysarahandy.com/forum This is the relative path you use in your FTP server. changed permission on: attachments avatars Packages Packages/installed.list Packages/server.list Smileys Themes agreement.txt Settings.php Settings_bak.php added Db in cpanel MySQL server name: ****** This is nearly always localhost - so if you don't know, try localhost. MySQL username: ******* Fill in the username you need to connect to your MySQL database here. If you don't know what it is, try the username of your ftp account, most of the time they are the same. MySQL password: ******** Here, put the password you need to connect to your MySQL database. If you don't know this, you should try the password to your ftp account. MySQL database name: jaysarah_smf Fill in the name of the database you want to use for SMF to store its data in. If this database does not exist, this installer will try to create it. MySQL table prefix: smf The prefix for every table in the database. Do not install two forums with the same prefix! This value allows for multiple installations in one database. Create Your Account The installer will now create a new administrator account for you. Your username: **** Choose the name you want to login with. This can't be changed later, but your display name can be. Password: ****** Fill in your preferred password here, and remember it well! Password: ****** (just for verification.) Email Address: *************** Provide your email address as well. This must be a valid email address. MySQL Database Password******** The installer requires that you supply the database password to create an administrator account, for security reasons. ********* FINISH Congratulations, the installation process is complete! If at any time you need support, or SMF fails to work properly, please remember that help is available if you need it. Click here to delete this install.php file now. (doesn't work on all servers.) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^removed Now you can see your newly installed forum and begin to use it. You should first make sure you are logged in, after which you will be able to access the administration center. Good luck! Simple Machines ADMIN>MANAGE BOARDS>ADD BOARD ERROR: Forbidden You don't have permission to access /forum/index.php on this server. Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request. Well that is what I did step by step Any idea? I did the same steps each and every time I tried to install SMF!

I can do that, I just need to find the SMF program again, then I will give it a try thanks

Ok, I will explain this again, I do a straight install of SMF, it installs fine no problem, the problem begins after the install. I try to add more boards and that is where I run into the problem, I can have someone ( a TCH-???) person only, do the install to see the error I get. ( to see if they get the same error I get) but I know that the TCH personal are extreamy busy. So I can not impose upon them this problem Jayson

I thought I meantioned I had trouble with simple machine, PHPnuke went off with out a hitch. I liked SMF it was a small program

I wonder what my trouble is, I gave up on the SMF, I wouldreally like to use it, but oh well

man, I get emails when people register on frapper, and am I the only one from the frozen north land.. Theres got to be more then just me in Minnesota.

well after 17 hours of rewriting the script, I finally ( I think) got it to do what I wanted it to do. could I impose upon you fine people to look at it one more time...... I still got a lot of tweeking to do, but for the better part it is like I want it to be, the whole file is created with a .CSS form family tree I do believe it works now in FF and IE.

sorry, I meant to the right.. been up since 6:00 am so a bit tired I will try ti get this worked out, thanks for all the great suggestions and help

night

ok, there are 2 problems, 1] compare the baxckground of family tree between FF and IE, notice that the background in IE dissapears at the bottom 2] then compare the rollover link between IE and FF, if IE it is where I want it to be, but in FF it is to far down and to the left, is there a code to make it work in both FF and IE... thanks maybe I should just give up

Replying to my post instead of doing an edit, ok, got the IE problem fixed, except for one small problem, can not get the background url to fit in all the screen, works fine in FF. but no matter what I do the image will not all fit in a IE window suggestions?

I just loaded the orginal page ( the link is on here) and IE works there, now got to figure out why it will not work for me Eric Meyer has a bit about it on his site. (The menu on the left is a working example.)

suppose I could put the picture above the name ok, the picture now is above the name, does that look ok? ok, now got another problem to deal with, well back to the drawing board

Ok, I think I solved the problem, I did one example, can I get an opion on it. family tree test Thanks

forgot to mention, what I need to popup is a picture

I would go to linux, but not really willing to learn all the coding, but I enjoy FF and think I will keep it as my browser for now.

Glad you all got the board to work, I gave up for the simple reason, mine never worked right, could not add boards

ok, before you all jump to cnclusions it is not what you think, I have a site for my son, and on it is a family tree, I want a popup that will work with the exting format. but not really a click on link popup, I want one that as you scroll the mouse over the text, a info window shows, then as you move the mouse off the text, the window goes away. I have spent a better part of about 15 hours since sunday looking and trying scripts, but none are what I want. To see the format I have go to Family Tree it will give you an idea, I got one such script to work, but once I added the imagemap the script stopped working. This has frustrated me to no end, can someone please help.. Thanks

Can I make a suggestion, (if it has already been mentioned sorry) can a php forum board be added? I am going to start converting my site to PHP, an just though that a PHP topic area would be a nice addition. Thanks

thank you, I also have been wondering how to do that, now how about the incoming and outgoing server ports? no I need to enter in a number, or leave them blank

Ok, I took the chance and downloaded it and tried it, and I love it, I do web design and I need to have different styles of web ideas, this is a great place to keep them

I am just learning PHP, so not familar with either option

I need a way to password protect a php file, I know thta I can password protect a directory, but nort what I want to do, my last site UI could do tghis Thanks

See my trouble started after the install, it went great for me, less then 5 minutes, but when I went to admin>manage board>add board (or modify board) that is where I got the errors.. Did you try that, and if not could you? Thanks

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