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Raul
Starting Member
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 Posted - 04 January 2005 : 17:45:20
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Hi this is the first time I have tried setting up a forum, The forum will be hosted on domaindlx.com free web host. I have read the read me file managed to set the database to access (guessing thats the one I need)step 4.
This is where I am lost (didnt get far did I )
Any help would be apreciated
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ruirib
Snitz Forums Admin
Portugal
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Posted - 04 January 2005 : 18:48:54
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What about the connection string? Have you tried placing whereami.asp in the folder where you will place the database file and executing it? That would give you the connection string.
Also, I know domainddlx is free, but I guess you will find out 'free' also has a price. There are paid hosting offers that go from $50 to $100 / year. That is almost free and will save you quite some trouble. Just MVHO. |
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Raul
Starting Member
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Posted - 04 January 2005 : 20:08:31
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Thanks ruirib
The free thing, yes I figured you get what you pay for, at the moment we are trying to see which forum we want to use then we will get a paid host, been fiddling with another forum that comes installed you just customize it, now I want to check out the Snitz one, familiar with how the front end works but want to see how the back end is.
The connection string is where I am stuck, first thing the database file is that on the site or my HD, secondly what is a cgi-bin folder?
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Gremlin
General Help Moderator
New Zealand
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Posted - 05 January 2005 : 03:18:50
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The database file will be on your server, you should have uploaded something called snitz_forums_2000.mdb this is your database file, it's recommended you put it in a folder outside the root of your website (many hosts provide a folder called DB or similar for this) doing this prevents people from downloading it and potentially compromising your users passwords.
If your just testing though, it's probably fine to just rename it something a little less obvious than the default name and leave it in your root webfolder. |
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Raul
Starting Member
26 Posts |
Posted - 06 January 2005 : 23:42:17
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I uploaded the whereami file into the area I go into when I log in, I presume this is my root directory, it gave me this path
strConnString = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=d:\n\username\snitz_forums_2000.mdb" '## MS Access 2000
I couldnt find that conecting string in the config file so I cut and pasted the one above there, was this the right or wrong thing to do?
I loaded the .mdb file into the root directory now when I click on my url I get "you are You are not authorized to view this page" message
Am I better of forgetting the snitz forum and just using one thats already loaded?
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SundayNiagara
Starting Member
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Posted - 07 January 2005 : 00:04:42
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I believe you should have substituted "c" with "d"and that should clear it up. I stared at it a long time, before I figured it out.
Mark
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Gremlin
General Help Moderator
New Zealand
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Posted - 07 January 2005 : 01:52:40
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If whereami.asp tells you the path is c drive, then it should be c drive rather than d drive SundayNiagara.
using the strconnString the whereami.asp file gave you should be fine Raul, just make sure you haven't got any of the sample ones uncommented as well.
Can you post a link to your forum Raul ? |
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Raul
Starting Member
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Raul
Starting Member
26 Posts |
Posted - 11 January 2005 : 21:09:14
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Up and running, now I can play with it
Thanks all |
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