Thread: Struggling with vbulletin

I have purchased the vbulletin software, but I am getting no where!

First I am having trouble setting up the config.php file. Any help?

Then I am not sure how to get it up to the server. Any help?

I know VodaHost will install for me at a cost, but then I do not learn how to do it myself!!

Thanks

Vbulletin comes with FULL documentation on how to do this.. Contact them if you cant find the HELP files to do it.

Karen

Craig, the ultimate answers are in the docs and forum at vBulletin.com as Karen said. If you find the size and magnitude of that forum intimidating, I'd encourage you to also register at vbcodex.com, a new community staffed by very competent and helpful vB experts.

Originally Posted by Karen Mac

Vbulletin comes with FULL documentation on how to do this.. Contact them if you cant find the HELP files to do it.

Karen

Karen, thank you yes.

I have found the documentation you speak of. My trouble is the terminology. I think I know what they want me to do, I am just not sure what they are looking for.

like this stuff:

// ****** DATABASE TYPE ******
// This is the type of the database server on which your vBulletin database will be located.
// Valid options are mysql and mysqli, for slave support add _slave. Try to use mysqli if you are using PHP 5 and MySQL 4.1+
// for slave options just append _slave to your preferred database type.
$config['Database']['dbtype'] = 'mysql';

// ****** DATABASE NAME ******
// This is the name of the database where your vBulletin will be located.
// This must be created by your webhost.
$config['Database']['dbname'] = 'forum';

// ****** TABLE PREFIX ******
// Prefix that your vBulletin tables have in the database.
$config['Database']['tableprefix'] = 'xxxxxx';

// ****** TECHNICAL EMAIL ADDRESS ******
// If any database errors occur, they will be emailed to the address specified here.
// Leave this blank to not send any emails when there is a database error.
$config['Database']['technicalemail'] = 'dbmaster@example.com';




I think they want me to fill in the red, but I do not know what the question is. Does this make sense?

Originally Posted by Tom Finley

Craig, the ultimate answers are in the docs and forum at vBulletin.com as Karen said. If you find the size and magnitude of that forum intimidating, I'd encourage you to also register at vbcodex.com, a new community staffed by very competent and helpful vB experts.

Tom, thank you.

I find the whole thing from start to finish intimidating!!!!!


I am very much the novice.

These are the things I am having trouble understanding!!



Editing the config.php file is one of the few times in vBulletin where you will need to edit raw PHP code. The file is heavily commented in order to help you fill in the necessary information.

Of the settings in this file, only a few need to be edited in order to create a working vBulletin configuration file.

These settings are:

$config['Database']['dbname']

This value should be altered to state the name of the database that will contain your vBulletin installation on the database server.

$config['Database']['technicalemail']

An email address should be entered here. All database error messages will be forwarded to the email address provided.

$config['MasterServer']['servername']

This sets the address of your database server. On most installations the database server is located on the same computer as the web server, in which case the address should be set to 'localhost', otherwise use the address of the database server as supplied by your web host.

$config['MasterServer']['username']

This variable contains the username provided to you by your host for connecting to your database server.$config['MasterServer']['password']The password that accompanies the database username should be entered here.

$config['Database']['dbname'] should be set to "username_database" where username is your cpanel username and database is the name of the database you need to create in cpanel

$config['Database']['technicalemail'] can be any email. Anytime a database error occurs it will send an email

$config['MasterServer']['servername'] should be set to localhost

$config['MasterServer']['username'] should be set to "username_databaseUser" where username is your cpanel username and databaseUser is the name of the database username you create in cpanel for the database you also created.

$config['MasterServer']['password'] is the password for the user you set above

Hope that helps