GUYS, I really like NextBBS. However....
I downloaded the forums.0.4.7.zip archive and don't know where to go from that point.
I have Apache server, and that's where I plan to use it.
Please, anybody, post here a step-by-step instruction on what to download, where to download from (maybe SVN?) and how to get it to work.
I've searched for 1 hour for such instructions, but was unable to find.
Your help is greatly appreciated.

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Sorry this isn't obvious: there's a 'Doc' button in this site's toolbar and it stands -almost secretly- for 'Documentation'. I reckon that we broke some kind of record as far as making it inconspicuous.

Anyway, I recommend this page: www.nextbbs.com/?act=extmw/Install

Feel free to ask for more in-depth explanations, obviously

-Chris.

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Ok, I have installed it fine! Thanks for help!

But now... I get some very strange errors: isclass_based, dbdriver, etc.etc.
I tried to correct few of them but still there are more.
I have Apache 1.3, PHP 5, MySQL 5.
I desperately want to get it to work, but looks like it does not work with PHP 5, or I don't what the problem is.

P.S. I tried to install it on Linux Apache2 MySQL 5 PHP5 - same exact thing - LOTS of errors. I don't know what to do....

-Vlad

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Vlad, could you copy/paste some of these errors here?

Also, is this the nightly build or 0.4.7 from Sourceforge?

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Chris,

I have fixed a few error messages, you even posted a solution for one of them here (regarding isclass_based variable): www.nextbbs.com/do_topic_title_after-install_id_717?PHPSESSID=320de4463eea066d69d98639ab361c92

The other one was regarding $CONFIG variable, it was used in a function, but wasn't declared as global. So global $CONFIG; inside of the function fixed it.

Now this one is tricky (can't figure out what's going on), this is Apache1.3 on OS X:


Error type: E_NOTICE
Message: Trying to get property of non-object
Location: /Library/WebServer/Documents/forum_nextbbs/dbdriver.php (line: 89)


Looks like somebody has had the same exact problem, but there is no solution posted: www.nextbbs.com/do_topic_id_1042?PHPSESSID=dab0309bc06023cba8551a221e20a79e

I got it from Sourceforge (0.4.7), and from SVN too (svn version did not work - -it displayed blank page right after it connected to the database and inserted all the data).

Regarding 0.4.7 - I downloaded it, unzipped, renamed .data file to .zip file, extracted the latter one, changed the permissions, and the install process went well.

What is nightly build and where do I get it from?
Thank you so much, I still want to get it to work, it looks extremely cool.

-Vlad.

Last edit by wimpog97 on Jun 25, 2007, 10:47 pm

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Can you confirm that line 89 and its neighbours looks exactly like this:

php Code:

function prequery($qry, $db=null) { global $DB, $CONFIG, $COMMON;   if($CONFIG->debuglevel>=2) { $this->total_queries++; $this->start = $COMMON->microtime_float(); } if($CONFIG->debuglevel>=5) $this->queries[] = $qry; }

Thanks,
-C.

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Yes, this function looks exactly what you have!

Also, what about the nightly version? What is it and where do I get it from?

-Vlad.

Last edit by wimpog97 on Jun 27, 2007, 3:06 pm

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The nightly version is a version of the software which is released each night. It is basid off this forum, so any changes or fixes done each night will appear on it.

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( Trinest.Com )

Thanks everybody. I was able to install NextBBs on Ubuntu (Apache 2) using nightly version. However, I still can't install it on apahe 1.3 (OS X) - shows lots of errors, even though I tried to install it the same way as on Ubuntu.

One more question: is it possible to read-protect forum (all topics and posts) if the user is not logged in? That is - in order to read (and possibly write) you ought to log in.

Thank you!

-Vlad.

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Yes: just uncheck 'read' and/or 'view' in the ACP for that area and the guests group.

-C.

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Thank you! It worked!!!

I am still unable to install it on OS X/Apache1.3, I don't know why. Just gives lots and lots of errors. On Ubuntu/Apache2 it is great!!!!

-Vlad.

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chris wrote:

Sorry this isn't obvious: there's a 'Doc' button in this site's toolbar and it stands -almost secretly- for 'Documentation'. I reckon that we broke some kind of record as far as making it inconspicuous. Anyway, I recommend this page: www.nextbbs.com/?act=extmw/Install Feel free to ask for more in-depth explanations, obviously -Chris.

thank you for the link

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