tiny portal and smf 1.1.2

[martinmarinekeeper]

hi i like this idea of having a front page but being a driver and not a pc programer its get baffling
so i have a couple of questions please

1 will this work with my forum www.marine-keepers.com/forum/
  (please take a look) as its four months old and getting 30.000 hits a week now so really dont wont to loose all the hard work

2 how do i instal it to work with it

3 are all the pages dummy proof ie can i put forinstance on the home page simple image to entice new members .then say docs on this one put my banner adds

4 most impportent i think i had to revert back to default forum as dibler couldnt do the addsmod  would this still work with mods

sorry for the questions but i dont want to reclessly destroy three months work

almost lost it all when i swapped to a vps last month

www.marine-keepers.com/forum/

[tick]

Well to answer a few of your questions yes it will work with your forum.   I would not say it is completly dummy proof but I find it very easy to use.   Most everything you will do with it can be done through the admin panel.  I would suggest taking a read through the installation topics and the docs section to read up before doing a install.  I see you are using the default theme which is the theme you need to use when installing this mod as with all mods.  Most cases installing is just a matter of uploading and pressing apply.  But if for some reason you run into trouble you will find there are lots of people that will help around here.   Hope this helps. 

[Crip]

Do you see anything wrong with this Forum..anything at all?

...Seeing this Portal/Forum should answer all your questions..

[martinmarinekeeper]

thanks guys just gonna have a read now
while i do
do install this like anyother mod ? and this kinda wrapps itself around it ?

[Crip]

something like that yes, enjoy & help is here if you need it.

[martinmarinekeeper]

thanks gonna do it but just having a read first

[martinmarinekeeper]

hi guys select the right file to down load to upload
is it the second one ?
i sure it is but not sure if that makes sence


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[Crip]

Looks ok, be sure to backup 1st, and use smf Default Theme when installing it all

[martinmarinekeeper]

ok installed 2nd
about to upload it fingers crossed lol

phew got that message in time then
just admin
forum maintenence

all these
Forum Maintenance - Backup Database
Save the table structure.
Save the table data. (the important stuff.)

Compress the file with gzip.

then download

yeah thats right in it i think or i being backin up wrong

[martinmarinekeeper]

i got this message when i tried to install/upload
The package you tried to upload either is not a valid package or has become corrupted.

[Crip]

Correct!

[martinmarinekeeper]

got this message when trying to upload

The package you tried to upload either is not a valid package or has become corrupted.

[martinmarinekeeper]

no tried it again
and still getting

The package you tried to upload either is not a valid package or has become corrupted.

[tick]

Try down loading it from a different browser. 

[martinmarinekeeper]

ok try explorer

[Crip]

do a complete manual_install, then upload TP_zip again via package manager

[martinmarinekeeper]

ok got it in on redownload and got error report big red words do not install ??
here why n# 10 and 11bablon thought that was built in as a theame

Installing this package will perform the following actions:  Type Action Description
1. Extract Tree ./Themes 
2. Extract Tree ./Sources 
3. Extract Tree ./tp-downloads 
4. Extract Tree ./tp-images 
5. Extract Tree ./FCKeditor 
6. Extract Tree ./wysiwyg 
7. Execute Code tp_install.php 
8. Execute Modification ./index.php Test successful
9. Execute Modification ./Sources/Load.php Test successful
10. Execute Modification /home/marineke/public_html/forum/Themes/default/index.template.php Test failed
11. Execute Modification ./Themes/babylon/index.template.php File not found
12. Execute Modification ./Sources/Subs.php Test successful
13. Execute Modification ./Sources/ManagePermissions.php Test successful
14. Execute Modification ./Sources/Security.php Test successful
15. Execute Modification ./Sources/Errors.php Test successful
16. Execute Modification /home/marineke/public_html/forum/Themes/default/style.css Test successful
17. Execute Modification /home/marineke/public_html/forum/Themes/default/Help.template.php Test successful
18. Execute Modification ./Sources/Profile.php Test successful
19. Execute Modification ./SSI.php Test successful

[IchBin]

This is because TP is looking for code that either you have modified, or a mod has modified. The code has changed, so TP fails because it cannot find the code. You'll have to do one of the following.
1. Install the mod anyway, and make the changes to the indext.template.php file in your default theme from these instructions.
http://www.tinyportal.net/index.php?topic=14195
2. Uninstall all mods and then install TP. Then you can try to install the old mods again.

[martinmarinekeeper]

this is what it said
!!Error in Package Installation

At least one error was encountered during a test installation of this package. It is strongly recommended that you do not continue with installation unless you know what you are doing, and have made a backup very recently. This error may be caused by a conflict between the package you're trying to install and another package you have already installed, an error in the package, a package which requires another package that you don't have installed yet, or a package designed for another version of SMF

and these are what mods i have in if this helps

Mod Name Version 
1. Ad Managment 2.3 [ Uninstall ]
2. audiblepm 1 1.0 [ Uninstall ]
3. SMF Gallery Lite 1.7.4

[tick]

Did you uninsall all of your mods like Ichbin suggested?   I see from the list some are still installed.

[martinmarinekeeper]

still copy and paisting and writting the setting down for the addmod
as i have 4 adds and adsence + adsearch in there

and i dont want to have to sit here for hours re writting the banner links etc again

so its a deff i need to remove them all ?

[martinmarinekeeper]

ok its half 1 in the morning will come back to this with fresh eyes and continue tomorrow dont want to c=== up at this stage of the game

thanks for the help so far and as i say if i have any problems tomorrow i know were to pick up from

night all

[tick]

All of your info should stay intact when you reinstall the mods.  The info is stored in the database and should be safe.

[martinmarinekeeper]

oh so i dont need to re do them once i reinstall it should see them and reinstigate them ?

[tick]

On most mods it does this.  To be sure I would copy the code down.  After thinking more thats what I would do.  I have not used the ad mod so I am not sure.  Hate for you to lose your info.

[martinmarinekeeper]

sites buisy at the moment so i will wait for a quite time then do the ness deads lol
will  inform of sucsess or come crying at the problems lol

[martinmarinekeeper]

hi guys got it in
works nice thanks
and got my banners running again slightly diffrent tho

couple of things tho
i would like pinch the idea of the liinks tab on the left colum ?
and i cant get the front page to display a welcome text ?
had a quick look at user guid but nothing jumps out at me on how to

any pointers would be gratley thanked

[IchBin]

These aren't installation issues. First, use the search to find what you need. These things I'm sure have already been done. Use a block code snippet to put links in a block where ever you want. Welcome text as well, can be added to a block  or an article and displayed as you wish.

[martinmarinekeeper]

all running now exept i havnt done the links bit yet been too bust trying to do the front page issue
thats been sorted now tho thanks to tick


chears tick
well bed time for me as work in a couple of hours so will battle on tomorrow

must admit tho forum looks 100 times better with this tc added to it
thumbs up to all involved