Zymic Phpbb

[EssencZ]

Okey, I found a nice host called Zymic & i just got phpbb installed on it.

It has some problems i dont know if this is something to care about

"Failed to obtain latest version information."



im more concerned about this

"
Warning

Please delete, move or rename the install directory before you use your board. If this directory is still present, only the Administration Control Panel (ACP) will be accessible.
"


How do i do this :/?

 

[Joshua Farrell]

To delete or rename the install directory, login to the host you are hosting your forum on, go to your forum directory that is listed in it, and find the install folder then delete. 🙂

 

[EssencZ]

Thanks it worked 🙂


How do i import a theme to phpbb?

 

[Joshua Farrell]

Just upload it to the Themes Directory in your webhost.

 

[Dasher]

Take the images folder (normally your themes name) and put it in the images folder, then go to your ACP => styles => Yourtheme => Install

 

[EssencZ]

yeh, i found a way 🙂 Thanks.

i use filezilla atm 😛 how do i add extras/modules or something 🙂

 

[Sam!]

MODs are easy to explain if you don't waffle on.

1. Download the MOD as a .zip file to your desktop.
2. Extract the files - I use TugZip.
3. Open up install.xml - this should open in Internet Explorer. They are your instructions for installing the MOD.

4. Scroll down to 'File Copy' - this will tell you which files you will need to upload. If Number 1 says something like:

Copy: root/install_example.php
To: install_example.php

Then you need to find install_example.php in your MOD folder and upload it to public_html or public_html/phpBB3, depending on whether you got rid of that folder.

The file should be located in a folder named 'root'. It's also likely that there will be files in 'language/en/mods', and these will need to be uploaded to that location in your file manager. Make sense?

5. Below that should be 'Edits'. You should see something that says:

Open: posting.php
Find
Tip: This may be a partial find and not the whole line.

Below that will be a piece of code. Search for that piece of code in the file posting.php.

Then there will be another piece of code, which will either say 'Add After' or 'Add Before'. If it says 'Add After', you add this after the piece of code that we found. If it says 'Add Before', you add this before the piece of code that we found.

6. If there are DIY Instructions, these are usually really easy and quite self explanatory.

Those are the basic steps for most MODs - easier ones will require less steps, and harder ones will require more. I hope this helped, and if you're still clueless then you have The World Wide Web at your fingertips.