kiwicra Posted June 12, 2005 Posted June 12, 2005 Gidday I have a few problems, and they like to all come up together to confuse me. [1] I have had my forum on my website for quite a while and it was installed from my cpanel. I have had a person hack into the forum and delet an entire thread. I believe that this is much harder on the later versions of phpBB but can I update without loosing everything that is on there at the moment. And can a newer version still not cost more. [2] I have just realized that I don't even have a link back to my main website from my forum, and was wanting to change the phpBB logo to my own and have that as a link, can someone tell me how. [3] How can I change my password for the cpanel as I have had a couple of computer crashes since I set it up and no longer have the original password. I know I am a bit of a dumby when it comes to these things so could anyone offering help please take that into consideration and explain in very simple lEnglish language. Cheers Jack. Quote
TCH-Rob Posted June 12, 2005 Posted June 12, 2005 1. Yes, you can get the latest version at phpbb.com and there should be instructions there to assist with the upgrade. The instructions can be found in section 2 here; http://www.phpbb.com/support/guide/ and you can download the latest version here http://www.phpbb.com/downloads.php 2. http://www.phpbb.com/kb/article.php?article_id=18 That should do the trick. 3. Open a helpdesk ticket, link at the top of every forum page here, and let them know your intentions. Quote
kiwicra Posted June 13, 2005 Author Posted June 13, 2005 (edited) Gidday Thanks Rob. But I did say I was a thicky didn't I. I have read that article and understand how it works but I don't know how to upload my logo or how to down load those files to do the changing. Do I have to use a FTP program to get at them? Is that the thing that my tiny little brain is missing? I have also just read the link about the upgrading and it warns to make sure I have fully backed up everything. How do I do that? Thanks again mate. Cheers Jack Edited June 13, 2005 by kiwicra Quote
dcumpian Posted June 13, 2005 Posted June 13, 2005 (edited) Gidday Thanks Rob. But I did say I was a thicky didn't I. I have read that article and understand how it works but I don't know how to upload my logo or how to down load those files to do the changing. Do I have to use a FTP program to get at them? Is that the thing that my tiny little brain is missing? I have also just read the link about the upgrading and it warns to make sure I have fully backed up everything. How do I do that? Thanks again mate. Cheers Jack <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You must either edit the overall_header.tpl file for the forum style you are using to use your new logo and make sure that you don't mess up the formatting. However, it is much easier to simply make your logo the same size as the phpbblogo and just FTP yours over theirs. Again, you can find the references for the log in the overall_header.tpl file. This is also where you would add the link back to your home page (assuming you want to have visitors click on your logo to achieve this). To backup your forums, you can either go to the forum's administration panel and perform a backup there, or use phpmysqladmin from CPanel to export your forum database. Regards, Dan Edited June 13, 2005 by dcumpian Quote
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