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Davedanger
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 Posted - 26 June 2001 : 19:27:30
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Ello, im a total newb at setting up these forums, could anybody help,There are not HTML files or exe files in the snitz folder so how can i get it loaded, A lil help would go a long way
Cheers People
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Space_Cowboy
Starting Member
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Posted - 26 June 2001 : 23:44:57
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Huh? Are you asking how can you access your forum having uploaded your fourm to a server or are you asking how to even extract the files to begin with? If you are asking the first question, just type in the url of your fourm (ex- my fourm is accessable at http://www21.brinkster.com/spacecowboy9999/db/default.asp). If you are asking the latter question, you need to use a zip program to do this. If for some reason you don't have a zip program, I'm sure you can get one by plugging in the term "Win zip" into http://www.download.com ! 
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bcooper
Starting Member
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Posted - 27 June 2001 : 02:08:03
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Snitz Forums are not HTML at all. It is a language called ASP. Your server must support this as well. To get the forum running, you must upload all (if youre on brinkster, have fun! There is no ftp) of the files to your server and open the config.asp file in your favorite text editor, such as Notepad or Word Pad. Once you have it open, you're gonna need to choose your database type (access, mysql) and remove the ' infront of the line, ex:
'strDBType = "sqlserver"
strDBType = "access"
'strDBType = "mysql"
and then youll need to find out what your virtual path is to the forum, as well as the address to your forum, and fill out that section of config.asp (its right below the config for the ' thing). If you send me a link to your site, I will reply to this when I can and tell you how to set it up to get it going.
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Ello, im a total newb at setting up these forums, could anybody help,There are not HTML files or exe files in the snitz folder so how can i get it loaded, A lil help would go a long way
Cheers People
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Davedanger
Starting Member
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Posted - 27 June 2001 : 06:35:13
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Ah that will be why i cannot get it working,Thought it would be an exicutable or html, never heard of ASP, i think ill use access as database, Dont fancy SQL, had enough of that at college. Ill download apache tonight and try it on my comp, I have no web site yet, But im helping to make an Ultima Online shard and i will be dealing with web site side o things,So just getting it all sorted in advance, Once i get it setup or stuck again i will repost
Thank You
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Davio
Development Team Member
Jamaica
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Posted - 27 June 2001 : 11:01:03
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ASP cannot work on Apache, *nix servers without having some additional software like Chili!Soft(http://www.chilisoft.com), which you would have to buy.
You would need Windows NT with IIS (Internet Information Service) or Windows 95/98/ME with PWS (Personal Web Server) to use this forum.
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Davedanger
Starting Member
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Posted - 29 June 2001 : 14:07:40
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Cheers, I would have been stumped for hours then end up sending Apache some dodgy e-mails,
Got 2k and thats got IIS so ill have a bash at that and lets uz know
Cheers again
- Dave
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Davedanger
Starting Member
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Posted - 29 June 2001 : 14:14:29
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Ok still got a prob people, I installed ISS but it still insists on opening it with Frontpage, I double click on setup and i get a spout a code opening up in front page
Any ideas???
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Davio
Development Team Member
Jamaica
12217 Posts |
Posted - 29 June 2001 : 16:28:53
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No, you can't double click the asp files to vew them. You need to go to them using your browser. If you have setup IIS and it is running you can access your server like this: http://localhost/
Lets say for example you placed your forum files in a folder called "forum" in the wwwroot of your website, then you would access the forum like this: http://locahost/forum/
ASP files aren't executables that you can double click and run. And they aren't like html files which you can double click and it opens up in the browser. ASP files need to be run from the web server, which interprets the code and then produces the output to the browser.
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