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Quicomm Shoutbox [Resolved]

As a rank amatuer, what am I doing wrong here?

I love the nuke site, but it can aggravate the php outta one, especially one like me who is learning on the fly....

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Step One: Place files on server (keep directories hierarchie !!)
Step Two: Log into phpnuke as an administrator
Step Three: under administration/Qshoutblock select "install database"
Step Four: copy/paste modules/Qshoutblock/language/lang-english.php into
admin/language/lang-english.php starting from :

/////HERE////////
//admin for ShoutBox --> to be added in admin/language/lang-english.php
define ...

Step Five: add and activate the block-ShoutBlock.php (admin/blocks/Add a new block).
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I figure explaining it to me might help others get it on their site also, so here goes...

That seems to be the easiest install method....I uploaded the Quicomm folder to the modules section of my nuke site....I think that was the 1st goof.....I'm thinking it goes into the main section of the site....

2ndly...this part,
copy/paste modules/Qshoutblock/language/lang-english.php into
admin/language/lang-english.php starting from :

/////HERE////////
//admin for ShoutBox --> to be added in admin/language/lang-english.php
define ...

Whaaaa????????????????? Shocked

PS....I might have to find a bend-over swift kick in the pants smilie for you here....so I can use it everytime I present a problem ... Embarassed

You guys (and ladies) are the best....Couldn't do it without you .........Especially those of us who have to learn the hard way sometimes.....

PSS....I won't tell you how bad the Coppermine install went......it didn't...it really was brutal..... Rolling Eyes

damnitmike Wrote: :

That seems to be the easiest install method....I uploaded the Quicomm folder to the modules section of my nuke site....I think that was the 1st goof.....I'm thinking it goes into the main section of the site

If you upload the entire contents of the folder to your modules then yes that was as you called it a goof. When you open these modules and you see the html folder that corresponds to your root directory of your site which most people have that folder name public_html. Then you will see admin, blocks, images, modules, you will need to upload the contents of those folders to your site. Meaning the folders inside admin upload to admin on your site, blocks to blocks on your site images to images and you upload the folder that is in modules to modules to your site. If you have you site in a different directory say an x directory same thing applies since that is considered your root of the site. You will need to upload the

Code: :

quiecom-shoutblock.php

to the root of your site. Once all of that is done login to your admin panel of your site.

Code: :

http://yoursite.com/admin.php

hit backspace a few times so you only see your site url

Code: :

http://yoursite.com/

at the end after the / put

Code: :

quiecom-shoutblock.php

so it looks like this

Code: :

http://yoursite.com/quiecom-shoutblock.php

. This will install the database for you only thing you will need to do after that is go to the modules section of your admin panel and activate the module. You dont need to do anything as far as editing files. Before doing any kind of work like this I would suggest that you fully backup your site and sql file.

Quote: :

Step One: Place files on server (keep directories hierarchie !!)
Step Two: Log into phpnuke as an administrator
Step Three: under administration/Qshoutblock select "install database"
Step Four: copy/paste modules/Qshoutblock/language/lang-english.php into
admin/language/lang-english.php starting from :

Ok lets review this hierarchie means. Keep it as is. OPEN the quicom folder inside it you should find folders marked:
Blocks
Modules and so on:
just upload it as is without changing the directory structure. Meaning. Blocks go with blocks, modules go with modules, etc etc.

Login as admin... DUH

If you uploaded everything correctly part 3 is a no brainer. Click the shoutbox link in your admin section and select install Smile

Last part open Qshoutblock/language/lang-english.php
copy it's contents and paste them into admin/language/lang-english.php before the closing ?>

The rest of it is just gibberish or however ya spell it.

Ok...

I was uploading the Quicom folder as a whole...... Rolling Eyes

So I upload the contents of Quiecom module folder to the modules phpnuke folder at the site.......same with the blocks folder contents......

Quiecom Admin? Jeez....there's a bunch of files and folders there.....they all go into the admin folder of nuke?

Images, just upload the 1 folder in it into the main phpnuke image folder?

Sounds easy enough if I got it right iin this post.....

The last part I can do!

Do I have it right? I'm going to be sure before I brutalize the site some more.... Wink

That didn't work too well. Confused

: ..I get this error,

SQL error : select * from nuke_quiecom_shoutblock order by id DESC LIMIT . Array

And I can't get into the admin now....its way off to the right (off the screen)

Login to your cpanel go to MYSqlDatabases then to PhpMyAdmin. Select your database then look for any nuke_quiecom tables and put a check in each box then go down to the bottom and select DROP as your action. Confirm you want to drop the tables. Then go back and check your entire installation make sure you updloaded the right files to the correct folders. Then and only then after you have confirmed that login your admin panel and then run the installer quiecom-shoutblock.php that you uploaded to install your shoutbox.

I went into the phpmyadmin for the SQL...I saw no quiecom tables anywhere.... Confused

: ......I did recheck it...

well..i backtracked, deleted all the files....they were in the correct spots....and I got the site back.....

It didn't create the sql for some reason...there were no Quicom tables in it at all......

Upload the contents of the html folder to your FTP leaving the directory structure intact.. don't open any folders just upload the modules, blocks, admin and images folders as they are.

Then while logged in as admin click on the shoutbox icon. It should give you the option of installing the tables. do so. That should do it.

I learn by asking the painfully dumb questions NC.....

I can upload the html folder as a whole to the main directory of my nuke? where the other admin-images-modules-blocks- etc folders are?

It will then look like admin-images-modules-blocks-html-etc?

The other way we tried did add the Quiecomm to the admin, but it had no option to install database that way.....it did show the configuration settings for the shoutbox though....(how many shouts, etc to display)

Thanks for your patience.

admin-images-modules-blocks-html-etc? = NO

the contents of the html folder:
admin-images-modules-blocks = YES

So in my main nuke directory, I will have 2 admin, 2 modules, 2 blocks, 2 images folders, along with the quiecomm php file?

I've got to be totally misunderstanding.... or am I?

No

Just upload the files as instructed they will put themselves in the folders they need to go in. It's called overwriting. The stuff in the admin folder will put itself in the correct admin folders; case, links, etc. The blocks will place themselves in the blocks folder and so on. All you need to do is upload the 4 folders and 1 file in the html file.

Heres a hint, the HTML file represents root on your server, root being public_html. Just think of the html file in the zip as public_html and upload everything inside the html folder (except the html folder itself).

When you are done there will be only one of each folder the contents of the zip will be added to the existing folders.

Thanks

I understand how the overwriting works....that makes sense now!....I didn't know this was going to rewrite some of those folders.....

I have to check the overwrite box when I upload with cpanel.....

Thanks Seven!

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