PHPNuke Tut for newbies

Nuke Soldier Joined: Dec 14, 2003 Posts: 10

I did this today to maybe help some people new to installing a phpnuke website. If anyone sees anything wrong in the tut can they lemme know so i can change it Smile

Sergeant Joined: Dec 26, 2005 Posts: 81

GJ Ander!

Simple and to the point, exactly what some people are looking for.

That file from your site is huge though...maybe you should convert this tutorial into a pdf or word doc? Took a while to dl.

Nuke Soldier Joined: Dec 14, 2003 Posts: 10

hmmz, i didnt notice that tbh, im on 2mb broadband so 900kb and 800kb dont seem that big for me. i may try to change them to .gifs or what you suggested.

Sergeant Joined: Dec 26, 2005 Posts: 81

Im on highspeed corporate internet..sure its a T1 or something...but it takes a while to get from your server to my browser initially and then to clear up to the final view.

Nuke Soldier Joined: Dec 14, 2003 Posts: 10

I changed them to .gifs, they now are 200 and 160 kb each shouldnt take that long to load up now i hope Smile

btw did you spot anything wrong with the tuts, errors or summat?

Nuke Cadet Joined: Jan 06, 2006 Posts: 3

lots of effort gone in there Ander but I have a question;

If you've set $dbname to "testing_12" in config.php how does the nuke.sql file add tables to the database called malice_demonz?

Nuke Soldier Joined: Dec 14, 2003 Posts: 10

That section in config.php $dbname is for the name of your database. I just used "testing_12" as an example thats all.

I see what your trying to say though, for the tutorial it does look confusing. I may change that to save on further confusion.

Corporal Joined: Jun 29, 2005 Posts: 50

You have to FTP the sql folder? I thought if you simply uploaded the text file from your own hard drive that was enough? So you need that sql folder within your root directory?

Thanks for your help and this tut!

Scott

Corporal Joined: Jun 29, 2005 Posts: 50

Oh, Wait, I read that wrong...so its not necessary to ftp the sql folder over?

Nuke Soldier Joined: Dec 14, 2003 Posts: 10

No you dont need the sql file or folder in the webhost root folder, you just upload the sql file into your database using phpmyadmin.

Ive edited the section your refering to, ive tried to make it a touch clearer

Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 11:04 pm

Im a total newbie here,
spent all last night trying to get this working.
I think I made a mistake with the config? file?
Could you elaborate on how it should look when done correctly please?

I uploaded the files inside the html folder up to the website-does this make a difference?

Im running Windows XP and phph Nuke 7.5

Thank you,
So confused Smile

Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2006 11:10 pm

how can I get the
$dname
and $dbpass lines?

I read the howto and install text files but dont understand so well.
For example-how do I set the database password and how do I find/set my database user name?

Thank you,
MFM

Site Admin Joined: Aug 17, 2003 Posts: 12403

The database login is set from the MySQL controls.

Nuke Cadet Joined: May 11, 2007 Posts: 1

TEST