I really don't get it

[totaltutankoll]

I have so many problem with my webhost when it comes to various installations. I also been experiencing difficulties in trying to find out how to install a mod like tiny portal to my SMF. Today I tried out again and an automatic install at my forum seems impossible. It doesn't do me any good what ever I put in to the ftp-info and such I just get an error in return.

I was on my way to install the tiny portal manually and felt everythin went really really smooth until ...

6.| In the folder "TPmanual-install" open the "tp-version.mod" that corresponds with the TP version you are trying to install. Browse through it's content to familiarize yourself with the editing instructions before actually doing so. Now, open a copy of the files in your "TPmanual-install/SMF/TP" directory with your editor, and follow the editing instructions from your "tp-version.mod" file. Remember when reading edit file instructions:

    * $boarddir = files from the forum root listed above.
    * $sourcesdir = files from the sources directory above.
    * $themedir = files from theme directory above.


7.| Upload your edited files in your "TPmanual-install/SMF/TP" folder to there proper directories and your almost done! If you run into trouble, you can always upload the unedited files from your "TPmanual-install/SMF" folder to the proper directories for a quick fix.

8.| Finally, run the "manual_tp_install.php" in your forum root by visiting the URL of that file in your browser. This will update your database. Your manual install should be complete!

What's this. I may be an idiot but I don't get it

[G6Cad]

I also find that instruction a bit confusing actually 
( will ONLY work on SMF1.1.7 so if you have SMF2, just forget about tp all in all cause we dont support SMF2 at this time )
Do like this

1. Download the TP package you want to install
2. Extract the zip on your local PC
3. Upload all the files you extracted to your forum folder ( same dir you have the forum files in )
3. Make the manual code edits to the SMF files according to this doc

* TP V098 = http://docs.tinyportal.co.uk/index.php/topic,139.html ( if you download and want to use TP V098 )
* TP V1.0.5 and 1.0.6 = Modification Instructions ( If you download any of the 2 other TP versions )

4. Point your browser to the file called manual_tp_install.php like this  h t t p : / / w w w . yoursite . c o m / manual_tp_install.php and that will make the db install.

Make sure you do this with Default Core theme as thats the base of everything.

[totaltutankoll]

It's the 1.7 I'm aiming for, I have a little test forum where I've been trying out to upgrade and install portals all afternoon  The upgrade is now working so that I'll try on my actual forum later on tonight when all members are asleep But I really really would like to set up a portal and this is absolutely the neatest of them all  :up: I'll try again and we'll see what happens 

[totaltutankoll]

Just a little ps from a female point of view I can bet money most people working with these modifications are men.

How come there's always a document where you need to find this and replace with. Why doesn't anybody  just upload the actual documents for copy and paste? This is not the only place I found this line of work. ;-)

[totaltutankoll]

G6 or some other hero, I'm stuck! Is the procedure I didn't get an absolute must for 1.7 forum?

[JPDeni]

You have tried using the package install through SMF? If so, what happened, exactly?

How are you stuck? Tell us what has happened.

Why doesn't anybody  just upload the actual documents for copy and paste?

Because someone who is installing TP may have already installed other modifications that have changed the files. If we put files up that have just the TP alterations in them, the changes made by the other mods will have been lost.

Also, I think it is against the agreement with SMF to make available any files on a website other than the SMF site.

[totaltutankoll]

You have tried using the package install through SMF? If so, what happened, exactly?

How are you stuck? Tell us what has happened.

Why doesn't anybody  just upload the actual documents for copy and paste?

Because someone who is installing TP may have already installed other modifications that have changed the files. If we put files up that have just the TP alterations in them, the changes made by the other mods will have been lost.

Also, I think it is against the agreement with SMF to make available any files on a website other than the SMF site.

Complete files are never posted anywhere no matter what which I find very strange. But that's me.

Anyway, uploading the TP via administrator area works absolutely perfect at my test forum, NOT. It needs FTP-info and no matter what I put in at the ftp:s info it will not accept it. A strange thing to me since I use a regular ftp-program with all other alterations on websites made in regular HTML, Joomla or whatever.

But via the SMF I can not get it to work. I had some severe problems upgrading my forum as well and just this minute I actually thought I killed it off once and for all when trying to upgrade it to 1.7.

My site would be perfect if I just could make the crappy upgrade to work and then installing the tiny portal.

[JPDeni]

Complete files are never posted anywhere no matter what which I find very strange.

Right. But I explained the reasons for it. You may think the reasons are dumb, but that's what they are.

(BTW, I'm a woman! )

If your problem is with the FTP part of it, you can bypass that. Using your FTP program, upload the TinyPortal package to the Packages directory. Once you do that, you should be able to go to Admin > Main > Packages and install TP.

[totaltutankoll]

It doesn't matter how I install or bring up the TP either I don't get the crummy explanations as I said when I started the thread or my admin-area won't let my finalize the installation. It's just like a bad circle going round and round and at this point I'm upgrading my actual forum file by file cause it just won't work any other way.

I'm starting to believe there's actually something severly incorrect with my installation which is made by a quick install at my webhotel. I've managed to install test versions of SMF with not this many problems that my actual forum is bringing me and I can not afford up setting my  member cause they've been through not one but TWO moves and sometimes I do regret leaving the phpbb environment

[JPDeni]

Well, if you were really clear about your problems, we might be able to help you. You said your problem was with FTP within SMF. I told you how to overcome that. Now you say it's something else.

If you want me to take a look at it, create an admin accout for me and give me the information -- login name, password and URL -- to your site. I'll see if I can figure out what's going on.