I'm not sure if it's the fact that I'm on an IIS server or not but my installation got messed up.
First after the install, i saw a page but then my browser told me that i lost connection to that page. I try to refresh it, but couldnt (I prob shouldnt have done that anyway).
So, now, in SMF it says that i have TP installed, but I can't see an admin panel for it, BUT WAIT!! WAIT!! I KNOW LOL.. yes, I am aware that this is a common problem and that there is a fix for it, but my SMF is already set to use ENGLISH as the language. So changing it to English probably wont fix it. It is not on UTF-8 or anything else. I am missing the TP admin panel entirely including the heading text.
Should I have done a manual install? I tried to do Uninstall the package, and i got all errors in the Test, so i didnt Uninstall either. Maybe all i need to do is set write permissions to those files that are listed and then i can uninstall it? I just wanted to check with you guys first.
Oh and before i installed TP , all the tests were positive and I WAS USING THE DEFAULT CORE THEME. :P
Thanks
Manual installs are easy to do and can be valuable experience for learning the code that is in your TinyPortal files.
If it were me I would use the manual install steps to check all of the files and folders to be sure they all uploaded and that they made all of the changes to SMF files that were supposed to happen... and make any needed corrections of course.
Ok this is the route I may go. Luckily it is a new site that didnt have a userbase yet. I'm not even very sure I want to use Tiny Portal anymore because i'm afraid of how things might go if i ever decide to upgrade SMF.
But anyway, i was avoiding the manual install because it's a TON of file editing. But it looks simple enough.
Thanks
The manual install is easy and it's a good thing to know.
As for upgrading SMF or TinyPortal, there are issues sometimes, but as you learn how to work with the files to correct those issues that process become easier as well.
TinyPortal is an excellent addition to any forum and its easy to learn and use, so you shouldn't let a small bump like this one put you off.
In any case, these file and install/upgrade issues are something you'll need to learn to deal with, whether you use TinyPortal or not.
Ok i decided to go through with it, manually. I just gotta say, that could be easier on the end user lol. Finding and replacing all that text is one of the most tedious things I've ever done as an end-user. There was absolutely no knowledge or anything gained by that experience IMO - Not to mention it is one of the most error prone operations you could ask an end user to do.
I saw that there were some pre-changed SMF files that could be downloaded but didnt see that they were for ver 1.1.3, so i did it myself. And in your instructions on how to do it a few things should be noted:
- If you load up one of the .php files with notepad there's a lot of jibberish characters probably because it's showing line feeds and carriage returns or something.
- Doing a google search for Areanae or Areanae Download doesnt offer too much, is it misspelled? Maybe I just didnt keep looking after 1-2 pages of links on the first search. The second search "Areanae Download" yielded only 2 worthless results.
- I ended up going with Wordpad and saving it as pure text. Lets hope the formatting of the text is ok.
Now, i'm just hoping to get some sweet themes out of this thing :)
If you didn't learn anything you will after a couple times of doing it. :) When doing it you should try to realize where you're putting it and why it goes in that certain spot. There are a lot of text editors out there, so there's no reason you couldn't use any others. Its a matter of personal preference. I wouldn't use any premade files if I were you either. It is a error prone opperation. But this is where you start to learn PHP if you want to.
I use context as my editor. It is free for download .
Quote from: IchBinâ„¢ on August 06, 2007, 05:14:08 AM
If you didn't learn anything you will after a couple times of doing it. :) When doing it you should try to realize where you're putting it and why it goes in that certain spot. There are a lot of text editors out there, so there's no reason you couldn't use any others. Its a matter of personal preference. I wouldn't use any premade files if I were you either. It is a error prone opperation. But this is where you start to learn PHP if you want to.
lol, actually I do want to learn php, but I thought I'd start with a place like this: http://www.tizag.com/phpT/index.php
it's actually a great website there.
but i see what you're trying to say.
anyway, thanks for the help guys.
I found "PHP and MySQL For Dynamic Web Sites - Second Edition" by Larry Ullman to be very helpful. $30 @ Books-A-Million. (ISBN 0-321-33657-7)
I'm not a fan of buying books with the web at your fingertips, but sometimes you just have to have it in print...
As for using TP- I don't think I could ever have my website without it now. Once you dive in and get to know the characteristics of how it works, you'll find the flexibility and amazing power it has.
Well things are working great as far as I can see now. The hardest part was choosing a theme :2funny: I spent the whole day, even before starting to install TP, shopping for themes. Then, i spent another few hours after installing trying to decide again.
In the end i was either a Moonraker or Cerberus sorta guy. I chose Cerberus, and it looks great.
Thanks again. I'll have fun messing around with blocs and mods soon.
Glad you got it working!
As for learning something... me thinks that you just may have done so in spite of yourself. ;)
On the editor question, you should use an editor that is capable of working with PHP and you'll find that there are many free ones available, the one I use is called Notepad++ ... it supports a long list of languages including the two main ones for my usage, php and html.
A good php editor won't add a bunch of extra code to your work and it should also have a search feature to help you find the line of code you need to work on.
Notepad ++ (http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm)
On the 'pre-changed' SMF files... we don't do that, only SMF can offer SMF files for download so we will not be offering those.