Total n00b here

[Killgore]

I'm completely new to PHP, so I'm almost clueless on how to make this work. BUT, i am very good with HTML and CSS so i'm not entirely new to some of these things. so if there's anyone who's willing to give me a walkthrough, I'd be eternally grateful.

[BMR777]

Fisrt thing to do is get yourself a hosting account somewhere.

Then in the hosting account find the MySQL database section. If using CPanel you can look and find the MySQL Database Wizard which will guide you through the process of creating a database, database user and password. Write these down as you'll need them later.

Then, using an FTP program upload the files inside the adoptables folder to somewhere on your website.

Then open the file inc > config.php in the adoptables download package and insert the info for your site, such as database username, password and database name, plus domain name and script path. See the file for more info. Then re-upload the config.php file, copying over the blank one you had previously uploaded.

Then in your CPanel find the PHPMyAdmin link or icon and click. Then when the page loads click on your database that is listed on the left. Then once the next page loads, click on the "SQL" icon that says SQL on the left, should be the middle icon. In the box that loads paste the contents of sql.txt from the download package in the box and submit.

Then in CPanel go into the legacy file manager and locate your inc directory. On the right you'll see something like file permissions or CHMOD or something. Set the files levels.php and settings.php to CHMOD 777, or check all the boxes. :)

That should be all. :)

BMR777

[Killgore]

how do i find the database info for the config?

[BMR777]

Originally Posted by Killgore

how do i find the database info for the config?

When you create the database that is the info. So when you create the database, write down the name of the database and use that. Same for database user and password. You specify these when you make the database. :)

[Killgore]

i think i did something wrong. none of the pages are coming up as they should (and if they are, they look rather bland, don't they?)
most of them show up as just plain text, except the admin login page. and when i try to log in, it says the url isn't found. do i have to go to the files and manually change the urls for every single document?

[BMR777]

What is the url / link to your site? Did you upload the template files? If you're missing the templates that would explain the bland look.

[Killgore]

http://sylonia.superihost.com/index.html

that's my site so far. my goal is to make the template look like what i have done so far.

i uploaded the whole winzip file to my host. my host had an "Unpack" option, so i unpacked it and everything's there. i think so, anyway. i don't have links to the adoptables part yet, so i'll just give you a link to that part.

http://sylonia.superihost.com/adoptables/account.php

something's wrong with the config file then. hmm.....can i PM you with my database info?

[BMR777]

PM me with the database info provided by your host along with the current content of your config.php file and I'll take a look.

I think the issue is that for the database host you may need to put "localhost" instead of "http".

Also, since your host forces ads on all pages of your site not all features of my script will work properly. :(

BMR777

[Killgore]

alright, sent. would it be easier if i switched to a new host?

[BMR777]

Well, some things won't work on your current host because of the forced ads, mainly the BBCode that users will use to have people click on their adoptables won't work fully because of the ads and a problem they cause with the part of the script that shows the images for the adoptables in the BBCode.

For best results, switch to a host without forced ads, but it will still run on your current host, just not 100%.

BMR777