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installin simple subforum how to???? help

Post by shadowcodes »

hi guys im new to phpbb i have installed easymod and xs ..please tell me how to install simple subforum with theese two:). thank you.

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Re: installin simple subforum how to???? help

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If you haven't done so, read this section: Installing MODs with EasyMOD

If you run into any problems during the MOD install, don't hesitate to ask for additional support. Let me know how it goes..

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Re: installin simple subforum how to???? help

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hey i did soo..i wuz coffused coz they told i need xs to install it..i did install with easymod in a windows server..all settings are done in easymod settings for windows server but still i got this error

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Critical Error 

FIND FAILED: In file [admin/admin_forums.php] could not find: 

$sql = "INSERT INTO " . FORUMS_TABLE . " (forum_id, forum_name, cat_id, forum_desc, forum_order, forum_status, prune_enable" . $field_sql . ") 
VALUES ('" . $next_id . "', '" . str_replace("\'", "''", $HTTP_POST_VARS['forumname']) . "', " . intval($HTTP_POST_VARS[POST_CAT_URL]) . ", '" . str_replace("\'", "''", $HTTP_POST_VARS['forumdesc']) . "', $next_order, " . intval($HTTP_POST_VARS['forumstatus']) . ", " . intval($HTTP_POST_VARS['prune_enable']) . $value_sql . ")";  
what to do about this

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Re: installin simple subforum how to???? help

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Often times MOD authors provide far more information than EM needs to FIND a certain line in the file, which limits the number of boards that the MOD will install cleanly on. That is the case with the Simple Sub-Forums MOD too. EM only needs a unique word or phrase to know where to move the file pointer...

So do this:

OPEN
simple_subforums_1.0.1.txt

FIND

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#
#-----[ FIND ]------------------------------------------
#
			$sql = "INSERT INTO " . FORUMS_TABLE . " (forum_id, forum_name, cat_id, forum_desc, forum_order, forum_status, prune_enable" . $field_sql . ")
				VALUES ('" . $next_id . "', '" . str_replace("\'", "''", $HTTP_POST_VARS['forumname']) . "', " . intval($HTTP_POST_VARS[POST_CAT_URL]) . ", '" . str_replace("\'", "''", $HTTP_POST_VARS['forumdesc']) . "', $next_order, " . intval($HTTP_POST_VARS['forumstatus']) . ", " . intval($HTTP_POST_VARS['prune_enable']) . $value_sql . ")";
REPLACE WITH

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#
#-----[ FIND ]------------------------------------------
#
$sql = "INSERT INTO " . FORUMS_TABLE
Save, upload, and try again using EM...

If this doesn't resolve the conflict, I will need a Text link for your admin/admin_forums.php file

Creating text Links for phpBB files

First create a duplicate of the phpBB file on your PC, then rename the file by adding .txt to the end of the file name. Next upload the file to a location on your FTP Server accessible to the public and provide a link back here for us to analyze it...

The path to your file could look something like this now:

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http://yourdomain.com/downloads_folder/admin_forums.txt
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Re: installin simple subforum how to???? help

Post by shadowcodes »

hey thanx for the help ..but it gave me some errors again as follows

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Critical Error

IN-LINE FIND FAILED: In file [admin/admin_forums.php] could not find:

intval($HTTP_POST_VARS[POST_CAT_URL])
and here is the text file of my admin_forums.php

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http://www.gsmlanka.com/avatars/admin_forums.txt
atleast if it is asp.net i would have given a try in the code...im a newbie to php.:) sorry to trouble u again..now im heading to bed..will resume with the discussion tomorrow..opps its already morning hehe..

thanx again frend.

cheerz
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Re: installin simple subforum how to???? help

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Ok, the MOD author pulled a trick that would have worked if the original FIND statement had worked. But since I modified the MOD statement, it changed the flow of the MOD script...

So do this:

OPEN
simple_subforums_1.0.1.txt

FIND

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#
#-----[ FIND ]------------------------------------------
#
$sql = "INSERT INTO " . FORUMS_TABLE
REPLACE WITH

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#
#-----[ FIND ]------------------------------------------
#
$sql = "INSERT INTO " . FORUMS_TABLE
VALUES
Save, upload, and try again using EM...

Note in the FIND that I iniatially suggested, I told EM to find only ONE line of code in the admin_forums.php file. By adding the keyword VALUES on the second line of the FIND statement, EM will be looking at two lines of the admin_forums.php file which will contain everything EM needs to FIND for the following MOD IN-LINE commands. Also note how little information I had to provide to tell EM what to find. All EM needs is a unique word or phrase from each line of the FIND statement in order to know where to move the file pointer...

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Re: installin simple subforum how to???? help

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Critical Error

FIND FAILED: In file [templates/subSilver/admin/forum_admin_body.tpl] could not find:

<td class="row2"><span class="gen"><a href="{catrow.forumrow.U_VIEWFORUM}" 
now i get this error as shown above.. :? :?

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Re: installin simple subforum how to???? help

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Ok, now I need a text link to your templates/subSilver/admin/forum_admin_body.tpl file. Do you have other templates installed on your board???

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Re: installin simple subforum how to???? help

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here is the subsilver forum_admin_body

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www.gsmlanka.com/avatars/forum_admin_body.txt
* when i tried to open the text file it displays it as html so i posted the code here also.

forum_admin_body.tpl

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<h1>{L_FORUM_TITLE}</h1>

<p>{L_FORUM_EXPLAIN}</p>

<form method="post" action="{S_FORUM_ACTION}"><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0" class="forumline" align="center">
	<tr>
		<th class="thHead" colspan="7">{L_FORUM_TITLE}</th>
	</tr>
	<!-- BEGIN catrow -->
	<tr>
		<td class="catLeft" colspan="3"><span class="cattitle"><b><a href="{catrow.U_VIEWCAT}">{catrow.CAT_DESC}</a></b></span></td>
		<td class="cat" align="center" valign="middle"><span class="gen"><a href="{catrow.U_CAT_EDIT}">{L_EDIT}</a></span></td>
		<td class="cat" align="center" valign="middle"><span class="gen"><a href="{catrow.U_CAT_DELETE}">{L_DELETE}</a></span></td>
		<td class="cat" align="center" valign="middle" nowrap="nowrap"><span class="gen"><a href="{catrow.U_CAT_MOVE_UP}">{L_MOVE_UP}</a> <a href="{catrow.U_CAT_MOVE_DOWN}">{L_MOVE_DOWN}</a></span></td>
		<td class="catRight" align="center" valign="middle"><span class="gen">&nbsp;</span></td>
	</tr>
	<!-- BEGIN forumrow -->
	<tr> 
		<td class="row2"><span class="gen">{catrow.forumrow.FORUM_ICON_IMG}&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="{catrow.forumrow.U_VIEWFORUM}" target="_new">{catrow.forumrow.FORUM_NAME}</a></span><br /><span class="gensmall">{catrow.forumrow.FORUM_DESC}</span></td>
		<td class="row1" align="center" valign="middle"><span class="gen">{catrow.forumrow.NUM_TOPICS}</span></td>
		<td class="row2" align="center" valign="middle"><span class="gen">{catrow.forumrow.NUM_POSTS}</span></td>
		<td class="row1" align="center" valign="middle"><span class="gen"><a href="{catrow.forumrow.U_FORUM_EDIT}">{L_EDIT}</a></span></td>
		<td class="row2" align="center" valign="middle"><span class="gen"><a href="{catrow.forumrow.U_FORUM_DELETE}">{L_DELETE}</a></span></td>
		<td class="row1" align="center" valign="middle"><span class="gen"><a href="{catrow.forumrow.U_FORUM_MOVE_UP}">{L_MOVE_UP}</a> <br /> <a href="{catrow.forumrow.U_FORUM_MOVE_DOWN}">{L_MOVE_DOWN}</a></span></td>
		<td class="row2" align="center" valign="middle"><span class="gen"><a href="{catrow.forumrow.U_FORUM_RESYNC}">{L_RESYNC}</a></span></td>
	</tr>
	<!-- END forumrow -->
	<tr>
		<td colspan="7" class="row2"><input class="post" type="text" name="{catrow.S_ADD_FORUM_NAME}" /> <input type="submit" class="liteoption"  name="{catrow.S_ADD_FORUM_SUBMIT}" value="{L_CREATE_FORUM}" /></td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td colspan="7" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="../templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td>
	</tr>
	<!-- END catrow -->
	<tr>
		<td colspan="7" class="catBottom"><input class="post" type="text" name="categoryname" /> <input type="submit" class="liteoption"  name="addcategory" value="{L_CREATE_CATEGORY}" /></td>
	</tr>
</table></form>
i use subsilver and ambience themes.. well why phpbb doesnt have their own sub boards in their forum..i wish atleast the newer version have them:)

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Re: installin simple subforum how to???? help

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Your text link worked just fine. That is the best way to go...

This is a simple fix. Again you can work around these types of problems by simplifying the FIND statement down to a unique word or phrase...

So do this:

OPEN
simple_subforums_1.0.1.txt

FIND

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#
#-----[ FIND ]------------------------------------------
#
		<td class="row2"><span class="gen"><a href="{catrow.forumrow.U_VIEWFORUM}"
REPLACE WITH

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#
#-----[ FIND ]------------------------------------------
#
{catrow.forumrow.U_VIEWFORUM}
Save, upload, and try again using EM...

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