1 Reply by Roi

(5 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 troubleshooting)

Dear Lucas,

<This is text of my email to you.  I hope you find the time to visit this topic. Thank you.>

I was lead to your MOD by one of the PunBB forum members as your MOD seems to be exactly what I am looking for. The MOD clearly states it is tested only for 1.2.15, but being desperate, I tried to apply the MOD to 1.2.17 .

Unfortunately, I met a barrier in the first file:  include\parcer.php:

In the last Find/Replace instruction I couldn't find

return '<a href= ... bla bla

and the nearest code I could find had

return $img_tag;

The bottom line questions are:

1) Do you have a version that supports 1.2.17?
2) If not, can you provide me with some hints as to how I might get your MOD to work in 1.2.17?

My topic in the forum is:

http://punbb.informer.com/forums/viewto … 12#p115312

My knowledge of PHP is pretty much elementary, but I will try my very best to
understand any techie tip you might care to offer. The whole integrity of my
private web site that I am trying to develop very much depend on your MOD.

Thank you in advance for any help you can provide.

Sincerely,

Roi

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2 Reply by Roi

(2 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 troubleshooting)

How about this: http://punbb.informer.com/download/plug … _Email.zip

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3 Reply by Roi

(5 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 troubleshooting)

Thanks Bert... looks like exactly what I am looking for.  Will try it tomorrow... it's midnight here now in Japan.

Edit: The MOD doesn't seem to support 1.2.17 as I couldn't find the code to be replaced in one of the steps in the instructions.  I'll try to contact the author and see if he can help out.  But I do thank you for leading me to the way to a possible solution.  Thanks again.

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4 Reply by Roi

(2 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 troubleshooting)

Search for "Subscribe Forum".  It's a MOD that allows users to subscribe to a forum so even new topics are reported.  So Admin or Moderator just subscribe to all forums that are created and that's it.  I've tried it in 1.2.17 and know it works wonders. 

It even has language MODS that you can use as base to translate into your own language (for the email templates for Forum email alerts.).  Truth be told, I am having problems with Japanese language email alerts due to font compatibility of Japanese email clients - particularly Outlook Express, but that is another problem.

The built-in Subscribe Topic is very limited since it is impossible to subscribe to future topics... and you can't be looking at the forums all the time for new topic to subscribe to. You can't subscribe to a topic that doesn't yet excist.  This Subscribe Forum MOD is the only way to go, I think.

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5 Topic by Roi

(5 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 troubleshooting)

I'm using frames -- menu on the left, main content on the right. PunBB opens in the main frame. My problem is that clickable links in the PunBB posts (message) open to "target=_self", that is... the linked site opens in the same main frame and that's not morally correct if the linked site is not my own.  I would like the clickable link to ALWAYS open a new browser window (target=_blank).  Can anybody give me hints as to how I can do this?

I've searched the forum for "clickable links" but I couldn't get anywhere near this topic.

What file do I look in, and what code do I look for (find) for starters? Has anybody had the same desire and succeeded to do it?  Any code or tips will be much appreciated.

Thank you in advance to members of the community who can help out.

PS... I think the developers of PunBB are doing a great job, and whenever I read complaints in the forum, I wonder if people have lost sight of wonderful service the developers are giving us (and for free, at that.) My sincere thanks to all concerned.

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6 Reply by Roi

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Thank you for your kind suggestions.   It seems Mat1298 hit the target... I noticed the install form says the mysql database must exist.  I presume mysql engine is installed and running in my dev box because the test.php statement  "$si = function_exists('mysql_connect');" returns "true" (so PHP can access the mysql function.)

< mysql database for PunBB >

Now, I've got the book "SQL for Dummies" in front of me, and it seems I need to do a "create schema... " and I'm lost how to do that...

From where (which app?) should I run the sql "create schema" command?

Is there a free SQL frontend that I can download somewhere to create the mysql database that PunBB can use?

What character set should I specify for the database for PunBB (running only in English)? Ascii?

Is there a database structure (fields) that I need to specify when I create the mysql database so that PunBB can use it? (or will a Create Schema be enough for PunBB to work on?)

I'm sorry for asking too many questions, but the "SQL for Dummies" book really makes me feel like a true dummy...

< sqlite for PHP/PunBB >

PERHPAS it might be easier if I use sqlite since PunBB, it seems, will create the database automatically. 

So my question about sqlite is...

How do I install sqlite support in PHP4.4.7 ? If there is a URL around that will guide me through this, I would very much appreciate hearing from the PunBB community. 

Thank you very much.

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7 Topic by Roi

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I am new to PunBB... so new I have not yet succeeded to install it. 

Current Setup:

Development Box OS: Windows 2000 Server (English)

Running User Account: (OS Built-in) Administrator

PHP: 4.4.7 (I tried 5.2, but couldn't get mysql running, thus 4.4.7 which has mysql integrated support) -- info.php works fine... mysql "appears" installed correctly.

PunBB: 1.2.16 (install.php form appears fine...)

****
The following test.php shows mysql appears to be installed correctly:

<?php

  $si = function_exists('mysql_connect');
  if ($si)
  {
    echo "MySQL appears to be installed correctly<br/>\n";
  }
  else
  {
    echo <<<EOM
       Whooops! MySQL does not appear to be compiled or enabled
       properly!<br/>
EOM;
  }

?>
****

When I run PunBB's install.php, PunBB's install form appears, and I fill in the entry boxes...

BUT... when I click on submit, I get the following message:

****
An error occured on line 58 in file
X:\Forum\include\dblayer\mysql.php.

PunBB reported: Unable to connect to MySQL server. MySQL reported: Can't connect to MySQL server on 'localhost' (10061)
****

I've given my Forum folder read, write and script execute rights... where might I start tweaking to get to install PunBB?  Any help that can be provided will be much appreciated. 

Does the mysql Database user need to be an existing OS user account?  Or is this unrelated to the PunBB install? Does it have to have administrator rights?

The PunBB Troubleshooting Section has about 147 pages, and I can't search for the key word 10061... thus this post crying for help...

Thank you

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