- Unzip the Forum zip file onto your hard drive keeping the files in there original directories.
- Edit the two files called common.asp with a text editor like notepad. One common.asp file is with the main files and the other should be in a directory called admin.
- In both these files you should find the following line: -
'strDbPathAndName = Server.MapPath("/USERNAME/db/wwForum.mdb")
- Remove the single quote mark ' shown in red above from the beginning of this line.
- Place your Brinkster username in the place, USERNAME, marked above in red.
- Save the amended files.
- Upload the database called wwForum.mdb found in the admin directory of the forum to the directory called, db, on your Brinkster web space.
- Create a new folder on your Brinkster web space called forum.
- Create the following directories in the forum directory you have just created.
- admin
- forum_images
- avatars
- smileys
- Now upload all the Web Wiz Forums files and images to there respective folders you have created on your Brinkster web space.
- Once all the files are uploaded point your web browser to the location on your Brinkster web space where you uploaded the forum to.
- If you have any problems trying to run the forum check that you have carried out all the above steps and edited both common.asp files correctly.
- If the forum still isn't running try signing up to Brinkster again as it is not unheard of for Brinkster accounts to not be set up correctly.
- Once your forum is up and running see, Moving the Location and/or Renaming the Forum Database, to find out how to set up forums and administer
your forum.
- To login into the forum the default admin username and password is: -
- Username: - Administrator
- Password: - letmein
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