Q. I'm not sure how to find the path to my forums.
A. Look in the "Extras" folder that came with your download for a file called 'forumpath.php'.
Upload that file to your server into your 'forums' folder where you have vBulletin installed, go to it in your browser, and it should print out the correct path to your forums.
Copy that path, paste it over what you currently have for your path in cmps_index.php file, and re-upload that file.
bandare said:I get a 500 internal server error when trying to do the install part. I've uploaded as per the instructions and added the forum path using that forumpath.php file.
Any ideas?
Note: If you intend to use this software in the same directory as your vBulletin forum and plan to upload the cmps_index.php file to your vBulletin forum's directory (ex: /forum/cmps_index.php) then you may skip this step.
In your cmps_index.php file:
Open your cmps_index.php file in this folder and find:
$forumpath = '';
Add the full path to your forum on your server between the '' marks here.
Upload the new vBadvanced CMPS files to the directories listed below. Note that this guide assumes your vBulletin files are in a folder called 'forum'. If vBulletin is uploaded elsewhere or the folder is named something different, you will need to upload the folders and files in the 'forum' folder with this package to whatever folder your vBulletin files reside in.
Note: Be sure to upload the /forum/images and /forum/cpstyles folders and their contents in Binary mode and the other files in ASCII mode.
root directory
(usually public_html or htdocs)
cmps_index.php (you will probably rename this file to index.php once everything is set up)
forum/admincp vbacmps_install.php
vba_cmps_admin.php
forum/clientscript vba_cmps_admin.js vba_cmps_admin_dd.js vba_cmps_dd.js
forum/cpstyles vba_cp_logo.gif
forum/includes vba_adminfunctions_cmps.php
vba_cmps_global.php
vba_cmps_include_bottom.php
vba_cmps_include_template.php
vba_cmps_include_top.php
forum/includes/xml cpnav_vbacmps.xml
hooks_vbacmps.xml
forum/images/misc noavatar.gif
vba_cp.gif
vba_cp_collapsed.gif
forum/modules Upload this folder and all of it's contents into your vBulletin {forum} folder.
Now you will need to chmod the /forum/modules folder to 777
The last step is to run the installation file. This file may be run from your browser by going to http://yoursite.com/forum/admincp/vbacmps_install.php.
This file will make all necessary changes to your database and install the modules, templates, phrases, settings, and etc for you. Once the file is done, go to your Admin CP and you will see a new group of options called "vBadvanced CMPS". This is where you will modify the settings, add/edit modules, and add/edit new pages.
Note that you will find the main page of your CMPS wherever you uploaded your cmps_index.php file to.