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nankingrevenge
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 Posted - 06 December 2001 : 11:21:15
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Hello,
I'm a real, real novice with the whole webhosting and server administration stuff so please bear with me.
I have a Win2k hosting account with hostonce.com. I've read some of the posts here, so I know that some of you are using the same host. I need step-by-step instructions on how to get the latest version of Snitz Forums installed. I'll document what I've done so far and throw in my questions as I go along.
I've downloaded the latest 3.3.03 version. I unzipped the contents into its own directory on my hard drive, c:\snitz.
One of the files is called tools.zip. The readme.txt file tells me that the tools.zip file contains an Access97 database that I should unzip into the same folder. Unzipping adds another dozen .gif files, plus the snitz_forums_2000.mdb database to the folder. So far, so good.
Readme.txt instructs me to modify the config.asp file. Since I'll be using Access, not SQL server, I remove the ' before the line
strDBType = "access"
[Is this correct?]
Now, this is where I start having trouble...
I also need to uncomment one of the strConnString lines. There are several lines for Access 97 and Access 2000, and I'm not sure which one to use, nor do I know what changes I need to make (if any) to the chosen line.
[Help needed here. Should I choose Access 97 or Access 2000?]
Time to upload the files. When I ftp to my account at hostonce.com, it throws me into a root directory. One of the directories is 'htdocs', within which resides the default.htm. Also, under htdocs is cgi-bin. So the directory structure looks kinda like this:
\htdocs\htdocs\cgi-bin
I need to create a directory to dump all the files (minus the Access file). Not really knowing where to put it, I create a directory under htdocs. The new directory is
\htdocs\forum
[Is this correct?]
Readme.txt recommends that the Access file be placed in a different place, hinting at the cgi-bin directory. So I place it in \htdocs\cgi-bin.
[Is this correct?]
OK, now all files are in their proper places (I think). Time for some server administration.
[Here is where I need the most help.]
Hostonce.com uses a Matrix Control Panel. I THINK I have 2 tasks to accomplish here. First, to add the Access file as an ODBC datasource. Second, to properly set up folder permissions.
[Anything else I need to do?]
ODBC Datasource---
I choose 'Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)' as my ODBC Driver type. I then choose the database path as 'blahblah.com\cgi-bin\'.
[I think I did this part right]
Permissions---
[I think I already screwed this up. Please help.]
I believe I should set folder permissions for the following 3:
\cgi-bin\forum
The permissions I have to choose from are:
Read
Write
Script Exec
Full Exec
Browse
I've fiddled around with this part so much, I can't remember what values I started out with. Here is what I currently have:
\ - Read
\cgi-bin\ - Read, Write, Full Exec
\forum\ - Read, Write, Script Exec
[Please advise]
There are also 2 other directories called
\_hide\images\*
but I didn't mess with those.
[Correct?]
For each of the three directories above, I can fill in something called 'Application Settings: Script Application Name'. Since I don't know what this is, I left this blank for all three.
[What is this anyway?]
Finally, for each of the three directories, I can enable and define the default documents for that folder.
For \ and \forum\, this is enabled and the default documents are
index.htm
index.html
index.wml
index.asp
default.htm
default.html
default.wml
default.asp
For \cgi-bin\, the default documents are disabled.
[Correct?]
I've tried to be thorough in the explanation of my problem. Hopefully, the installation is the hardest part and the setup/configuration will be a slam dunk. If not, I'll be posting a followup plea for help. Thank you in advance.
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