Installing mods

[excessive34]

I have a lot of trouble installing mods and I really am not sure why...

Theres a few out there that I've tried (phpbbseo, an experience mod) is there any place that gives tutorials or any software out there?

thanks guys

 

[Deleted member 4320]

http://www.xplozion.co.uk/tutorials/xpt3.php :great:

 

[Nexus]

Here's another option. This AutoMOD will install most (if not all) approved phpBB modification in the database at phpbb.com. Check it out here.

Good luck!

-Rich

 

[ADragon]

I do not recommend AutoMOD you maybe able to install mods with but there are more then 3 it has problems if they edit the same file

 

[Nexus]

I have no idea - I've never used it but I saw it on the phpbb.com site so I figured I would work. heh

-Rich

 

[ADragon]

The auto mod is a wast i have tested and tested it. but i don't know if there is a software tutorials i learned myself. so i never looked

 

[excessive34]

yeah im toying with it now... very good idea but a very annoying program.

 

[NBK*Twitch]

Automod is just way to buggy. If you are having trouble installing mods I suggest moving to mybb or smf. Both being so easy to use a caveman can do it lol.

 

[Deleted member 4320]

Why move software if you can't install MODs? Practice and if you still can't do it, see if someone else will do it for you, and for the record, SMF is crap.

 

[NBK*Twitch]

Why move software if you can't install MODs? Practice and if you still can't do it, see if someone else will do it for you, and for the record, SMF is crap.

Thats your opinion. SMF is great software imo. Phpbb is crap imo .As for your question.

Well its kind of simple... If you are not able to install mods you will not make it to far. Mods are basically always needed.

Why see if someone else can do it? Then you are being lazy,which means you should not even be an admin..

 

[Nexus]

Personally, I'd suggest trying to install the modifications yourself. If it becomes too much of a hassle or you're just not getting it, then I'd recommend MyBB - I agree (It's awesome). To help you out just a smidge, here are the following things you need to install your own modifications:

1) FTP CLIENT (Something like Filezilla)
2) A text editor (I recommend PSPad or Notepad++)
3) Internet Explorer (Hopefully you already have this. lol - As it is built into your Windows OS) <-- But you'll open the .xml instructions file in IE.

When you open the instructions, it's literally step by step so you should have any problems unless you're using some really weird template joe shmoe created during a drunken stupor.

Good luck!

-Rich

 

[Deleted member 4320]

Why move software if you can't install MODs? Practice and if you still can't do it, see if someone else will do it for you, and for the record, SMF is crap.

Thats your opinion. SMF is great software imo. Phpbb is crap imo .As for your question.

Well its kind of simple... If you are not able to install mods you will not make it to far. Mods are basically always needed.

Why see if someone else can do it? Then you are being lazy,which means you should not even be an admin..

If you have tried and can't get the hang of installing them; that isn't being lazy - that's simply not being able to install MODs yourself due to lack of knowledge.

 

[sapper]

AutoMod latest release is fine, it's poor workmen who blame tools, as with any MOD install it's best to have the install.xml file open as well, so that you can track any bugs.

If AutoMOD does throw up any cannot finds because of in line edits, you can 99.9% of the time find them with Dreamweaver and do manual edits.

As others have said, MODS are fairly easy things to do, start with small ones, the install.xml file will give you some idea of the complexity.

One other thing, always back up before installing any MOD, at least then you have a good save to go back to.

 

[excessive34]

AutoMod latest release is fine, it's poor workmen who blame tools, as with any MOD install it's best to have the install.xml file open as well, so that you can track any bugs.

If AutoMOD does throw up any cannot finds because of in line edits, you can 99.9% of the time find them with Dreamweaver and do manual edits.

As others have said, MODS are fairly easy things to do, start with small ones, the install.xml file will give you some idea of the complexity.

One other thing, always back up before installing any MOD, at least then you have a good save to go back to.

Yes, i learned this the hard way... Had to wipe my entire forum.

I have a fair amount of knowledge ... I have dreamweaver, I've looked over all of the mod edit sequences but for some reason I just cant ever get it. Maybe I should start with something more basic.

Automod gave me "Cannot Find" messages for every mod that I attempted to install.

 

[sapper]

AutoMod latest release is fine, it's poor workmen who blame tools, as with any MOD install it's best to have the install.xml file open as well, so that you can track any bugs.

If AutoMOD does throw up any cannot finds because of in line edits, you can 99.9% of the time find them with Dreamweaver and do manual edits.

As others have said, MODS are fairly easy things to do, start with small ones, the install.xml file will give you some idea of the complexity.

One other thing, always back up before installing any MOD, at least then you have a good save to go back to.

Yes, i learned this the hard way... Had to wipe my entire forum.

I have a fair amount of knowledge ... I have dreamweaver, I've looked over all of the mod edit sequences but for some reason I just cant ever get it. Maybe I should start with something more basic.

Automod gave me "Cannot Find" messages for every mod that I attempted to install.

Dreamweaver can be tricky, especially when using the find and replace tool, even though AutoMod edits work systematically through the coding, I find it best to use "Find All" instead of "Find Next".

Sometimes a previous MOD may have altered a line slightly, so Dreamweaver will not find it in any case, in this instance I tend to delete all but the first bit of the code and then try using "Find" again, and comparing it with the line in the install.xml file.

Another tip:
If you cannot find a "Find", find the one previous to it, and the one after it, that will sometimes narrow it down a bit.

 

[excessive34]

I'll get half way through manually installing a mod and then.... of course. The next line of code is no where to be found. 3 of them so far