Installation Problem!

[mackay12]

No nothing up the top, only things in top I see is the Nav, the thing telling you where you are then the title of the doc, after that it goes straight to telling you the things to change.

And it didn't work on 755 either, I must say Ive trued installing TP on so many hosts, most use VistaPanel. But im gonna try one on cPanel.

[IchBin]

If you pay close attention you'll see that the file name is referenced right in the center of the page for each of the edits that need to take place.

[mackay12]

Im sorry but I just cant see it, I looked Everywhere!

Im gonna try a host with cPanel other than VistaPanel, it seems for work better and has better features.

[G6Cad]

Cant understand how you can miss it.
Look at my attachment.

Center top of the image, it says

OPEN FILE Index.php

It have that for all files down the page.

[mackay12]

No it is TP its self, I spoke with my hosters and they asured me that the Permissions could be set to 777 and 755, i uploaded it, changed the settings but Still nothing. So it is TinyPortal, you didn't really make it well if it doesn't even upload to SMF.

EDIT: But can the themes for 1.0.5 be used in 0.98 or whatever it is, cause if i get the older one to work, im happy.

[IchBin]

Well considering that 40,000+ have joined this site, and the vast majority have no problems installing through the package manager, I can tell you that it is your server that is the problem. I don't care what you're host says. I'm a server admin at my work so I know how this works. If TP doesn't install its because of permissions. Permissions doesn't always mean the writing permissions of files. It can also mean that you're host has other restrictions set as well. Like PHP safe_mode or open_base_dir restrictions. There are a TON of restrictions that can be put on clients for hosting. How about I set you up a test install on my server and show you just how easy it is with a server that is configured right?

[Ken.]

No it is TP its self, I spoke with my hosters and they asured me that the Permissions could be set to 777 and 755, i uploaded it, changed the settings but Still nothing. So it is TinyPortal, you didn't really make it well if it doesn't even upload to SMF.

mackay12, there are any number of issues that can cause an install to not go well... the two main ones are host/server issues and conflicts with other Mods that may already be installed.
It's not really a question of whether or not TinyPortal is well made, (it is well made) the real question is what caused the conflict. If it is a server issue the hosting company can sometimes solve that by giving the site owner (you) actual 'ownership' of the files so that you can change the permissions, or they can make the changes for you, or if that can't be resolved you may need to do some file edits. If it's a conflict with another Mod then some file edits may be called for there as well.

And just to add to what IchBinâ,,¢ has said... sometimes the people who are running servers simply do not understand the issue at hand, lots of folks may know lots of stuff, but none of us know everything. One thing is for sure, if IchBinâ,,¢ says that the host is mistaken I am willing to take that as truth.

In any case, doing the file edits, or a full manual install is not that much of a big deal, you should be able to easily do it if you follow the guides carefully.
Try the manual install, it's not hard to do and will teach you a lot about how your forum works.   

[mackay12]

hmm strange that over like 15 different hosts and none of them worked.

I think SMF should make TP a feature of SMF, or at least work with it so when installing it makes it easier.

[G6Cad]

It is easy when you do it the correct way.

And what are these 15 diffrent hosts?  Would be rather fun to see what hosts