Is it easy to put up vBulletin if you are useless at:

Is it easy to put up vBulletin if you are useless at:

Apache
MySql
PHP
Programming in general​

??

I really want to set up a vBulletin forum but I'm crap at all of the above. By crap, I mean, really crap. I can't even get Apache to talk to PHP on my home computer. Dunno what's going on there.

I can probably set up a MySql database on the site but only because there is a button that does it for me. What else do I need to know to get vBulletin up and running? I'll get a license, etc. but what's the point if I can't get the board up?

<sigh>

 

yeah, if you can ftp, you can install vbulletin

 

I can ftp! I have a program with a button that does that!

 

im crap at all mentioned above (minus FTP) and my vbulletin forum is running just fine its just a case of download, unpacking, uploading files to server and running the automatic installer, oh and creating a mysql database (or using an existing one)

 

Excellent! I'm in with a fighting chance of getting a forum up and running then.

 

Sometimes it's like that with my kids too...

 

I am clueless at the stuff you mentioned, but managed to install vbulletin and hacks.

Even if you can't, I'm sure you can find someone to install it for a small fee.

 

OK! No-one mentioned .htaccess and configuring for php (or something like that). Bah!

 

mcfox, if you can use this forum (dp), i'm sure you can install vb... it's actually quite simple and you don't need to be very technical...

 

You'd be surprised at the view from inside my head.

I thought I would have a go at installing Wordpress first of all to see how I got on. I am now about to give up in disgust, at least for a while anyway. Apparently I need to do something clever with .htaccess. Since this does not involve cutting 'n' pasting but something more complex, I am at a loss.

 

For wordpress you just need to create a mysql database and plug in the details into the config.php files...I'd imagine VB is similar, haven't installed it in awhile.

 

heres the stuff that needs to go in the wordpress .htaccess file

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^.*$ - [S=43]
RewriteRule ^feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?&feed=$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?&feed=$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^page/?([0-9]{1,})/?$ /index.php?&paged=$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^comments/feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?&feed=$1&withcomments=1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^comments/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?&feed=$1&withcomments=1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^comments/page/?([0-9]{1,})/?$ /index.php?&paged=$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^search/(.+)/feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?s=$1&feed=$2 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^search/(.+)/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?s=$1&feed=$2 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^search/(.+)/page/?([0-9]{1,})/?$ /index.php?s=$1&paged=$2 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^search/(.+)/?$ /index.php?s=$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^category/(.+)/feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?category_name=$1&feed=$2 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^category/(.+)/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?category_name=$1&feed=$2 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^category/(.+)/page/?([0-9]{1,})/?$ /index.php?category_name=$1&paged=$2 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^category/(.+)/?$ /index.php?category_name=$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^author/([^/]+)/feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?author_name=$1&feed=$2 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^author/([^/]+)/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?author_name=$1&feed=$2 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^author/([^/]+)/page/?([0-9]{1,})/?$ /index.php?author_name=$1&paged=$2 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^author/([^/]+)/?$ /index.php?author_name=$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/([0-9]{1,2})/feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?year=$1&monthnum=$2&day=$3&feed=$4 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/([0-9]{1,2})/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?year=$1&monthnum=$2&day=$3&feed=$4 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/([0-9]{1,2})/page/?([0-9]{1,})/?$ /index.php?year=$1&monthnum=$2&day=$3&paged=$4 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/([0-9]{1,2})/?$ /index.php?year=$1&monthnum=$2&day=$3 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?year=$1&monthnum=$2&feed=$3 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?year=$1&monthnum=$2&feed=$3 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/page/?([0-9]{1,})/?$ /index.php?year=$1&monthnum=$2&paged=$3 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/?$ /index.php?year=$1&monthnum=$2 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?year=$1&feed=$2 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?year=$1&feed=$2 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/page/?([0-9]{1,})/?$ /index.php?year=$1&paged=$2 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/?$ /index.php?year=$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]{1,2})/([0-9]{4})/([^/]+)/trackback/?$ /index.php?monthnum=$1&year=$2&name=$3&tb=1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]{1,2})/([0-9]{4})/([^/]+)/feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?monthnum=$1&year=$2&name=$3&feed=$4 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]{1,2})/([0-9]{4})/([^/]+)/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?monthnum=$1&year=$2&name=$3&feed=$4 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]{1,2})/([0-9]{4})/([^/]+)/page/?([0-9]{1,})/?$ /index.php?monthnum=$1&year=$2&name=$3&paged=$4 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]{1,2})/([0-9]{4})/([^/]+)(/[0-9]+)?/?$ /index.php?monthnum=$1&year=$2&name=$3&page=$4 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]{1,2})/([0-9]{4})/feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?monthnum=$1&year=$2&feed=$3 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]{1,2})/([0-9]{4})/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?monthnum=$1&year=$2&feed=$3 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]{1,2})/([0-9]{4})/page/?([0-9]{1,})/?$ /index.php?monthnum=$1&year=$2&paged=$3 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]{1,2})/([0-9]{4})/?$ /index.php?monthnum=$1&year=$2 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]{1,2})/feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?monthnum=$1&feed=$2 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]{1,2})/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?monthnum=$1&feed=$2 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]{1,2})/page/?([0-9]{1,})/?$ /index.php?monthnum=$1&paged=$2 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]{1,2})/?$ /index.php?monthnum=$1 [QSA,L]
</IfModule>

Code (markup):

 

Thanks for that. I don't think it's what I'm looking for just yet.

I'm talking about telling something on the server to do something with php ... or something like that. Pretty basic probably but I haven't got a clue and the helpfiles on the host aren't very helpful. Nor is the feeling of panic when I look at it all.

 

I don't think you need to do anything like that to install vBulletin, McFox...

 

Before purchasing VB to see if you can get it running or not, try phpBB (or any other) to see if you can. If so, you will easily be able to get VB to work.

 

er, I think I've broken the database

 

The db can auto-repair itself so dont worry about that. What were you trying to do?

 

Well, after much effort, hair-pulling and general gnashing of teeth, I thought I'd carefully read the instructions; whereupon I discovered that the version of MySQL I was trying to install Wordpress upon was an earlier version than that required. Who would've thought?

Why was I trying to install Wordpress I hear you ask? Well, I thought, wrongly, that installing Wordpress would be a good precursor to installing VBulletin and would give me some much-needed practice.

Anyhoo, after realising the error, I uploaded the test file for vBulletin. I then tried to create a database for vBulletin to run the test file on but what was previously a one-button operation is now spitting out errors and won't create a new database.

 

Which version of MySql are you using? It shouldn't really matter, if you want some help contact me on msn messenger.

Should be a piece of cake!

 

Thanks for the offer but if I don't figure it out for myself, I will be condemned to repeat the same mistakes. : o /