Registered: Aug 2000
Location: Bonners Ferry, ID
Posts: 681

does anyone know how to setup a forum?

I have tried three diff ones yabb, ikonboard, and vbulliten i follow the directions carefully and keep getting a 5oo server error. if someone can help me figure this out id appreciate it.

I have cuteftp for ftping and i have plenty of space and my host says there is no prob on there end all the correct items are there on the server i must be fucking something up but if someone can help me i know i can figure this out.

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Registered: Jul 2000
Location:
Posts: 7236

You probably have the permission wrong. Are they CGI forums or php? Is it runnign straight off the srever or from a cgi-bin. I had similiar problems trying to display html from the bin directory.

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Registered: Feb 2001
Location: Chicago, IL
Posts: 1749

Hmmmmm...

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CLICK MY LINK. I HAVE A FORUM!! COME TO MY FORUM, PLEASE???

In retrospect, I probably should have taken the vanilla icecream. But the chocolate looked far too tempting. Little did I know at the time, it was actually little children all mushed up into a fine icey paste. Needless to say, I didn't sleep well that night, and neither did those kiddies. Well, I didn't stand for such a crime!! NO WAY. I marched back in that store and demamded an explanation. And there is was. Double chocolate icecream. Sitting there, waiting to be ingested. Oh, the taste. Oh the pure orgasmic feeling when you consume the delicious cream. Oh, how I love chocolate icecream.

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Registered: Jul 2000
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Posts: 10183

yes, all the scripts need to be set to 755 (right click the file in cute and choose chmod)

also the first line of every script needs to be the path to perl. normally its #!/usr/bin/perl but some servers its #!/usr/local/bin/perl . make sure the path is correct.

also make sure you have the right directory structure for the forum, if a script tries to include a file that doesnt exist itll give a 500.

if these are all ok as a last resort you can encapsulate the whole script in a eval command and catch any errors...

code:


#!/usr/bin/perl

eval
{
    #the whole body of the script here

};

if($@)
{   print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
    print qq(error: <P>$@\n);
    exit(0);
}

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Registered: Nov 2000
Location: UK
Posts: 4737

Just one note. On some servers perl is in /bin/perl. This mostly exists in chrooted enviroments.

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Registered: Jul 2000
Location: Erehwon
Posts: 7537

another note, if your host allows you shell access to the webspace (if it doesn't - change hosts) then

"which perl"

at the prompt will tell you what to use in the shebang.

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[This message has been edited by aminal (edited 05-10-2001).]

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Registered: Jul 2000
Location: zanzibar
Posts: 10428

I installed YaBB last night. It went much easier than I expected. Double check the permissions and also make sure that you upload the ascii and binary files properly. My only problem was forgetting to upload the contents of the member directory, so I couldn't post or register. But I fixed it all up and so far so good. Its got a lot of features and there are some mods and hacks available for it.

plus its free.

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Registered: Mar 2001
Location: To the north.
Posts: 85

I am pulling my mullet out trying to install YaBB. One more day, thats it, thats all I'll give!

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Registered: Jul 2000
Location: southern island
Posts: 526

Whats the word on the cgi-factory.com Message Board V4.5.1 ???? (freeware)
would it be good for a single index on a personal site??? Anybody know of any thing under $50 thats better???

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