I've even got that "noob" smell - basic questions (I searched :( ) (Page 1 of 2)

Aha, found the problem!
You uploaded your files to http://www.ajeepthing.com/forum/upload/
You were supposed to upload the CONTENTS of the upload folder to /forum

I just installed on my site without too many problems.  A 404 error means the file is not there, so you either did not upload all the files, uploaded them to the wrong directory, or you fat fingered the address.  Run your FTP software and look for install.php.

You will have to check with you service provider regarding database setup, but you need to set-up the database before running install.php

My service provider offered a tutorial (Tutorial Link) to show how to set-up this forum software. You can follow the steps, but download the current version 1.2.7  from punBB

Alright - got the setup done, set up the MySQL database, used the info, even made the "config.php" file - I followed the directions below:

Since no application was stipulated in whihc to make this file, I used UltraEdit to create a text doc, named "config.php" - then uploaded that file to the /forum/ folder.

According to the instructions, I'm now good to go... but I see this error message:

Obviously I've missed something along the way.

My hosting interface is showing the database as "Active" from "Pending", so that's up and running.  Could it be it does not like the.php  file I created?

Clearly making progress here - so I'm pretty happy with that, but again with the brick wall... *rubs noodle*

Not sure if this is related or not - do I need to take the contents of the "docs" and "extras" folders out and place them in the forum-root as well?

Love to, but I'm told, via "properties", that "this server does not support changing file permissions".

I'm on the phone with Godaddy right now, so maybe they can make this change for me.

PunBB doesn't require Linux. Plenty of people have had it running on Windows boxes, including me, some even using IIS. More likely its just a case of your host being paranoid and not wanting to allow write access for security reasons.

I'm running a development system on my WinXP laptop.

You can install each service by hand, Apache, MySQL and PHP or go with a ready made solution.

http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html

Just picked this up on another site

"Log into your godaddy account, choose your domain from the hosting list and click 'settings'. On the control panel for that domain there is a link under 'other settings' on the right hand side. Click 'custom directory permissions'"

I don't know whether that is just for their Linux servers or whether it applies to the Windows servers as well but worth a look.

No, that would be an advertising exec with a copy of Frontpage.

OK, I'm in a pickle here.

In my haste/anger, I decided to completely uninstall everything and delete my afore-created database.  No biggie to this point.

I've reinstalled everything, but now I'm getting the error during the setup process saying "unable to fetch forum config".  The darn config.php file is right there in the forum root - /forum/config.php

Paul - I found that spot in the settings - never saw it before, but I added "cache" to the directory list and selected "write" permissions - we'll see if that works it out.  Thanks for finding that tidbit.

Could my current error be caused by this:

The file I created this morning, for the original database included the following info "$cookie_seed = '229572d9';"

I used the SAME config.php file again this afternoon for the NEW database I created, though I switched up the database name, username & password portions of the original file for the updated info from my new database (hope that makes sense - I just edited the code).

BUT, the "$cookie_seed = '229572d9';" is identical, naturally, because I simply edited the original file...and now I have no clue where to find that little tidbit of data, or if it even matters...

Better yet, how, again, do I create a new config.php file?  I can't recall how the heck I got this code earlier today...

OK, I'm game to give it a try, but I 'm not completely sure what you just said.  A programmer I am not...

I edited the common.php file (the instructions conveniently written in the code said to remove the // to set debug mode - done and the file is updated.

Thanks again for the help.

http://dev.punbb.org/file/trunk/extras/ … config.php

Thanks you very much.

Looks like I've made some progress.

I took everything back to clean again, installed the latest version, and am now back to my original error:

One item I noted in the above error - where I have place "accountname" in the string - the name in this spot does not match that of the database - does this matter?

I have checked the "Other Setting" in my hosting account and have set the directory access to "Enable Write" on the following combos:

cache
include\chache
forum\include\cache

None of those worked for me...   Same error after the changes took effect.

I then allowed "write" permissions to the following:

forum\include\cache.php

...and the error went away.

To be replaced by a blank screen

http://ajeepthing.com/forum/index.php

Nada.  Page source confirms there is nothing there [ <html><body></body></html> ] ...

This is baffling, as there is an index file IN the cache folder - it too, has no code in it...well, it has the following:

<html>
<head>
<title>.</title>
</head>
<body>
.
</body>
</html>

But, really, it's nothing.

I guess, now, I need to find the ACTUAL index file that's supposed to reside in the cache folder - any thoughts?

...at least the database seems to all be there now - I have 17 tables in the database for the forum.  Not sure if that's what it should be, but it all LOOKS to be in order.

Here's what I currently have inside the cache folder:

index.html
.htaccess

That's it...