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CaroUK
Starting Member
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 Posted - 05 October 2005 : 02:16:16
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OK now the following may seem silly to you but before l even start the Reefer (nortons/nis fix) l need to know l am on the right track.
I took one look at the sticky and paniced. I run/admin a phpBB site and now a snitz site but have never done a back up or MODS etc
Now if l go onto the host site with Cute my FTP uploader and do a copy of the forum files.
I have never done this before just put my website files there and delete the old ones when l add new site info.
I then paste them into a file l set up on my C/ drive that l can experiment in and not risk messing up the forum.
I then download the Reefer MOD onto my cmputer and open up the sticky help and the MOD help and am able to do everything to a point to practice without messing everything up.
When l come to actually do the MOD l have to work out what this means (path)\0-Forum_v34_04\ ForumAfterInstall. before l even get started.
l realise these may seem stupid and in a way answered but for me is very scary ground. |
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ruirib
Snitz Forums Admin
Portugal
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golfmann
Junior Member
United States
450 Posts |
Posted - 05 October 2005 : 12:47:31
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Pick a simple mod, make a backup of your forum, do the changes and upload it with your cuteFTP.
Go slow and easy and you'll see it's not so hard.  |
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CaroUK
Starting Member
42 Posts |
Posted - 05 October 2005 : 18:04:44
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I am waiting for the owner to get me the isp thingy for me to Cute. We been passing each other like ships.
As to easy!! I scared myself silly reading the easy help part.
Soon as l get the passwords etc l will start praying. Thought l would get it today hence posting when l did ready to get going but looks may be a few days now.
Soon as l get the passwords l will be back here for help l can feel that in my bones.
l do want to learn it so l can do things but at same time if l screw up ... l dont even want to go there!!.
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Soar
Junior Member
USA
197 Posts |
Posted - 05 October 2005 : 22:28:30
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| Screwing up is part of it. But the best part is how easy it is to fix when you do. Just make backups of any files you edit. If something goes wrong, just upload the backups and you're back in business. |
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Helterskelter
Junior Member
United Kingdom
331 Posts |
Posted - 06 October 2005 : 02:57:39
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Always keep a copy of the data base, if when adding DBS_ file to upgrade the database it's possible for something to happen on the bad side  . so with that copy u can at least reupload it and cary on.
One time i lost about 3 weeks of posting's on my site because i for got to do this!
What i also do is creat a testing site, like :- www.mysite.com/testing
I do my testing there and if all goes well i then just move the files around and hope for the best.
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CaroUK
Starting Member
42 Posts |
Posted - 06 October 2005 : 07:47:24
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I now have my FTP details to make a start can anyone tell me how l do a backup please?
Do l just copy the forum files from the server onto my computer?
Or can l at least do that to be able to have a look inside them so l can see what l have to do without messing about in the main server based section? |
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ruirib
Snitz Forums Admin
Portugal
26364 Posts |
Posted - 06 October 2005 : 07:52:09
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Originally posted by CaroUK
I now have my FTP details to make a start can anyone tell me how l do a backup please?
Do l just copy the forum files from the server onto my computer?
Yes, just store a copy in a backup folder. You will need another folder where you will keep the files (to be) changed by the mod.
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Or can l at least do that to be able to have a look inside them so l can see what l have to do without messing about in the main server based section?
If you're running XP Pro, or Win2k Pro, you can even create a local copy of your forum, and test everything there. You just need to install IIS. |
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CaroUK
Starting Member
42 Posts |
Posted - 06 October 2005 : 10:25:32
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| What and where do l find IIS please? Yes l do have XP |
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ruirib
Snitz Forums Admin
Portugal
26364 Posts |
Posted - 06 October 2005 : 10:31:52
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| Must be XP Pro. You need to install it from the Windows XP Pro CD. Just go to your Control Panel, choose Add / Remove Programs, Add Remove Windows Components, and check Internet Information Services, and then proceed with the install. |
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grunion
Starting Member
Bhutan
26 Posts |
Posted - 06 October 2005 : 22:10:49
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I installed the avatar mod and it seemed to be working ok and then I added a url that had an avatar of 150x150. Now my DB has crashed and I dont know what to do.
Error Type: Microsoft VBScript runtime (0x800A000D)
this is the error I am getting
what in the heck do I do. I am using ms sql. can anyone help? |
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why did you not post this at Snitz?
The main reasons why this was not posted at Snitz and why I might not post the bugs I find
directly at Snitz anymore are the ways "ruirib and HuwR" take pleasure to criticize just about
anything I post and seem to resent the fact that I want to improve and correct Snitz which, I agree,
serve as the original base for my own Forum.
These are some of the actions I find unacceptable:
ruirib and HuwR take fun to Delete some of my topics, of my replies, locked or move my topic.
A topic posted last week from me to Davio in "Help: MOD Implementation" Forum as been deleted.
Two replies in my topic as been deleted about a bug on snitz topic page:
http://forum.snitz.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=5.96&TOPIC_ID=44136#372029
A Fix to texanman as been deleted (first reply to texanman subject):
http://forum.snitz.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=66162
One of my Multi-Language Topic on Snitz has disappeared last night
Multi-Language and Multi-Language Skin3D
http://forum.snitz.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=40765
etc...
3 times I changed my password and the day after the same game start.
Since I send to HuwR a donation of $200 on December 22, 2006
this guy HuwR has never stop to pick on every thing I post on the Snitz Forum. |
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ruirib
Snitz Forums Admin
Portugal
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