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bbPress support forums Topic: Installation problem..please help fast http://bbpress.org/forums/ bbPress support forums Topic: Installation problem..please help fast en Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:13:59 +0000 chrishajer on "Installation problem..please help fast" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/installation-problemplease-help-fast#post-13612 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 17:25:40 +0000 chrishajer 13612@http://bbpress.org/forums/ Or, just turn off permalinks in your config.php: <code>$bb->mod_rewrite = false;</code> At least at that point, things would work for you. _ck_ on "Installation problem..please help fast" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/installation-problemplease-help-fast#post-13608 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 13:37:56 +0000 _ck_ 13608@http://bbpress.org/forums/ Before I got to the bottom I almost knew right off it was dreamhost and a localhost issue. Slugs aren't working because they don't do multiviews. You'll have to place a real htaccess file into the directory with rewrite rules. <a href="http://bbpress.org/documentation/faq/#pretty-permalinks" rel="nofollow">http://bbpress.org/documentation/faq/#pretty-permalinks</a> salman1485 on "Installation problem..please help fast" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/installation-problemplease-help-fast#post-13607 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 13:17:15 +0000 salman1485 13607@http://bbpress.org/forums/ problem solved.. :) instead of localhost i had to enter the other thing which dreamhost told me ... but now another problem the forum is working fine <a href="http://test.nofullstop.com/bbpress/" rel="nofollow">http://test.nofullstop.com/bbpress/</a> but the slugs arnt?? what went wrong now?? chrishajer on "Installation problem..please help fast" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/installation-problemplease-help-fast#post-13601 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 09:54:50 +0000 chrishajer 13601@http://bbpress.org/forums/ It is most certainly a problem with the details you have entered for the database. One of the four items is incorrect: that is precisely what the <code>Cannot select DB</code> error is telling you. I can help you off list of you would like to contact me (check my profile for a website where you will find contact information.) I will need access to the config.php and your Dreamhost control panel to see the database details. salman1485 on "Installation problem..please help fast" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/installation-problemplease-help-fast#post-13599 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 08:20:38 +0000 salman1485 13599@http://bbpress.org/forums/ i use different database for my wordpress blogs and i created new database for my test forum database name: testforum user: testforum password is also correct I doubt what I need to enter in host..currently it is localhost and i am using dreamhost to host my account... but i am sure i do not need to enter that in place of localhost..!! :) so what could be the problem? and in that BBLANG i have written en even though i dont have any MO file.. confused ...please help me chrishajer on "Installation problem..please help fast" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/installation-problemplease-help-fast#post-13594 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 01:05:47 +0000 chrishajer 13594@http://bbpress.org/forums/ Posting an edited config will not help in this case. The error you have is because it cannot connect to the database, and the only way for someone to verify that would be to see your database connection details. Are you certain the database name, username, password and host are all absolutely correct? Do you use that same database elsewhere (like for WordPress maybe) where you can verify things are entered exactly the same in both places? salman1485 on "Installation problem..please help fast" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/installation-problemplease-help-fast#post-13589 Sat, 02 Feb 2008 18:55:43 +0000 salman1485 13589@http://bbpress.org/forums/ I am not sure what is wrong with my config.php file.. this is a test forum which i am not finalising so i created a new database with new password and new user and updated the config.php file with the details...please tell me what is the problem..am copying the file here (pwd, akismet key, email have been removed) ______________________________________________ <?php // ** MySQL settings ** // define('BBDB_NAME', 'testforum'); // The name of the database define('BBDB_USER', 'testforum'); // Your MySQL username define('BBDB_PASSWORD', ''); // ...and password define('BBDB_HOST', 'localhost'); // 99% chance you won't need to change these last few define('BBDB_CHARSET', 'utf8'); // If you are *upgrading*, and your old config.php does define('BBDB_COLLATE', ''); // not have these two contstants in them, DO NOT define them // If you are installing for the first time, leave them here // Change the prefix if you want to have multiple forums in a single database. $bb_table_prefix = 'bb_'; // Only letters, numbers and underscores please! // The full URL of your bbPress install $bb->uri = 'http://test.nofullstop.com/'; // What are you going to call me? $bb->name = 'test forum'; // This must be set before you run the install script. $bb->admin_email = 'something@gmail.com'; // Set to true if you want pretty permalinks, set to 'slugs' if you want to use slug based pretty permalinks. $bb->mod_rewrite = slugs; // The number of topics that show on each page. $bb->page_topics = 15; // A user can edit a post for this many minutes after submitting. $bb->edit_lock = 1; // Your timezone offset. Example: -7 for Pacific Daylight Time. $bb->gmt_offset = 0; // Change this to localize bbPress. A corresponding MO file for the // chosen language must be installed to bb-includes/languages. // For example, install de.mo to bb-includes/languages and set BBLANG to 'de' // to enable German language support. define('BBLANG', 'en'); // Your Akismet Key. You do not need a key to run bbPress, but if you want to take advantage // of Akismet's powerful spam blocking, you'll need one. You can get an Akismet key at // <a href="http://wordpress.com/api-keys/" rel="nofollow">http://wordpress.com/api-keys/</a> $bb->akismet_key = ''; // Example: '0123456789ab' // The rest is only useful if you are integrating bbPress with WordPress. // If you're not, just leave it as it is. $bb->wp_table_prefix = ''; // WordPress table prefix. Example: 'wp_'; $bb->wp_home = ''; // WordPress - Options->General: Blog address (URL) // Example: 'http://example.com' $bb->wp_siteurl = ''; // WordPress - Options->General: WordPress address (URL) // Example: 'http://example.com' /* Stop editing */ if ( !defined('BBPATH') ) define('BBPATH', dirname(__FILE__) . '/' ); require_once( BBPATH . 'bb-settings.php' ); ?> ______________________________________________ please help me .. chrishajer on "Installation problem..please help fast" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/installation-problemplease-help-fast#post-13569 Sat, 02 Feb 2008 00:06:55 +0000 chrishajer 13569@http://bbpress.org/forums/ 1. Looks like this is the correct URL: <a href="http://test.nofullstop.com/bbpress/bb-admin/install.php" rel="nofollow">http://test.nofullstop.com/bbpress/bb-admin/install.php</a> 2. Looks like the database connection details in config.php are incorrect: <code>Cannot select DB.</code> Tmeister on "Installation problem..please help fast" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/installation-problemplease-help-fast#post-13568 Sat, 02 Feb 2008 00:06:50 +0000 Tmeister 13568@http://bbpress.org/forums/ umm.. The rigth address is: <a href="http://test.nofullstop.com/bbpress/bb-admin/install.php" rel="nofollow">http://test.nofullstop.com/bbpress/bb-admin/install.php</a> :P Cheers salman1485 on "Installation problem..please help fast" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/installation-problemplease-help-fast#post-13565 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 19:29:26 +0000 salman1485 13565@http://bbpress.org/forums/ Hi I owe the domain nofullstop.com and I started a domain test.nofullstop.com Then I set up a MySql database on the URL testforum.test.nofullstop.com After this I changed the config-sample.php file to config.php and entered the required information in that file. Now when I load <a href="http://test.nofullstop.com/bb-admin/install.php" rel="nofollow">http://test.nofullstop.com/bb-admin/install.php</a> it shows a 404 error..?? what did I miss?? I upload the bbpress files to my root folder test.nofullstop.com/ please help quick...please thank you