Version: YaBB 1 Final
Installation and Readme File
!!!! UPGRADE NOTE !!!!
Please read the upgrade.txt file!
Step 1 - Configure Settings
Open 'Settings.pl' and set the variables inside as follows:
Required Settings-->
require "english.lng" Change to language pack you want to use $mbname The name of your YaBB forum $boardurl URL of your board's folder (without trailing '/') - where YaBB.pl is located $cookieusername Name of the username cookie (no change necessary) $cookiepassword Name of the password cookie (no change necessary) $mailprog Location of your sendmail program (generally "/usr/sbin/sendmail" or similar) $webmaster_email Your e-mail address (must have the slash in it as shown "webmaster\@mysite.com") $boarddir Absolute path to the board's folder (usually can be left as '.') $datadir Directory with messages (can be left alone unless you wish to move elsewhere) $memberdir Directory with member files (can be left alone unless you wish to move elsewhere) $boardsdir Directory with board data files (can be left alone unless you wish to move elsewhere) $sourcedir Directory with YaBB source files (can be left alone unless you wish to move elsewhere) $vardir Directory with variable files (can be left alone unless you wish to move elsewhere) $imagesdir Path to your images directory $helpfile Location of your help index file (yabbhelp/index.html)The remaining settings in Settings.pl are not required, but are only feature and layout variables. It is recommended that you do not change them until you get YaBB working! After that, have fun....
Step 2 - Create Directories
In your CGI-BIN create a directory called "yabb" (or whatever name you wish to use). If you do not have a cgi-bin, then
first create a directory called 'cgi-bin' and then inside that create the 'yabb' directory.
Create the following folders inside your 'yabb' folder (or according to Settings.pl):
cgi-bin/yabb/ cgi-bin/yabb/Boards cgi-bin/yabb/Members cgi-bin/yabb/Messages cgi-bin/yabb/Sources cgi-bin/yabb/VariablesThen, in a section of your webspace (outside the cgi-bin, generally in a 'public_html' folder), create another directory called 'yabbimages' or something similar:
/yabbimages/And create another directory called 'yabbhelp' or something similar in a section of your webspace:
/yabbhelp/
Step 3 - Upload Files
Place the files from the downloaded zip into the directories as shown below:
------- NON cgi-bin section ---------
/fader.js /yabbhelp/ *.* (Upload in Ascii) /yabbhelp/images *.* (Upload in Binary!) /yabbimages/ *.gif all files (Upload in Binary!) /yabbimages/faces *.* all files (Upload in Binary!)------- CGI-BIN section (all files in ASCII) ---------
/yabb/ drwxrwxrwx (chmod 777) /yabb/YaBB.pl -rwxr-xr-x (chmod 755) /yabb/Search.pl -rwxr-xr-x (chmod 755) /yabb/Printpage.pl -rwxr-xr-x (chmod 755) /yabb/Reminder.pl -rwxr-xr-x (chmod 755) /yabb/Settings.pl -rw-rw-rw- (chmod 666) /yabb/template.html -rw-rw-rw- (chmod 666) /yabb/english.lng -rw-r--r-- (leave as is) /yabb/Boards drwxrwxrwx (chmod 777) /yabb/Boards/.htaccess -rw-r--r-- (leave as is) !!DO NOT UPLOAD IF UPGRADING /yabb/Boards/general.cat -rw-rw-rw- (chmod 666) !!DO NOT UPLOAD IF UPGRADING /yabb/Boards/general.dat -rw-rw-rw- (chmod 666) !!DO NOT UPLOAD IF UPGRADING /yabb/Boards/general.txt -rw-rw-rw- (chmod 666) !!DO NOT UPLOAD IF UPGRADING /yabb/Members drwxrwxrwx (chmod 777) /yabb/Members/.htaccess -rw-r--r-- (leave as is) !!DO NOT UPLOAD IF UPGRADING /yabb/Members/admin.dat -rw-rw-rw- (chmod 666) !!DO NOT UPLOAD IF UPGRADING /yabb/Members/memberlist.txt -rw-rw-rw- (chmod 666) !!DO NOT UPLOAD IF UPGRADING /yabb/Messages drwxrwxrwx (chmod 777) /yabb/Messages/.htaccess -rw-r--r-- (leave as is) !!DO NOT UPLOAD IF UPGRADING /yabb/Sources drwxrwxrwx (chmod 777) /yabb/Source/Admin.pl -rw-r--r-- (leave as is) /yabb/Source/BoardIndex.pl -rw-r--r-- (leave as is) /yabb/Source/Display.pl -rw-r--r-- (leave as is) /yabb/Sources/ICQPager.pl -rwxr-xr-x (chmod 755) /yabb/Source/InstantMessage.pl -rw-r--r-- (leave as is) /yabb/Source/LockThread.pl -rw-r--r-- (leave as is) /yabb/Source/LogInOut.pl -rw-r--r-- (leave as is) /yabb/Source/Maintenance.pl -rw-r--r-- (leave as is) /yabb/Source/ManageBoards.pl -rw-r--r-- (leave as is) /yabb/Source/ManageCats.pl -rw-r--r-- (leave as is) /yabb/Source/Memberlist.pl -rw-r--r-- (leave as is) /yabb/Source/MessageIndex.pl -rw-r--r-- (leave as is) /yabb/Source/ModifyMessage.pl -rw-r--r-- (leave as is) /yabb/Source/MoveThread.pl -rw-r--r-- (leave as is) /yabb/Source/Notify.pl -rw-r--r-- (leave as is) /yabb/Source/Post.pl -rw-r--r-- (leave as is) /yabb/Source/Profile.pl -rw-r--r-- (leave as is) /yabb/Sources/Recent.pl -rwxr-xr-x (chmod 755) /yabb/Source/Register.pl -rw-r--r-- (leave as is) /yabb/Source/RemoveOldThreads.pl -rw-r--r-- (leave as is) /yabb/Source/RemoveThread.pl -rw-r--r-- (leave as is) /yabb/Source/Subs.pl -rw-r--r-- (leave as is) /yabb/Variables -rw-r--r-- (leave as is) /yabb/Variables/.htaccess -rw-r--r-- (leave as is) !!DO NOT UPLOAD IF UPGRADING /yabb/Variables/ban.txt -rw-rw-rw- (chmod 666) !!DO NOT UPLOAD IF UPGRADING /yabb/Variables/ban_log.txt -rw-rw-rw- (chmod 666) !!DO NOT UPLOAD IF UPGRADING /yabb/Variables/cat.txt -rw-rw-rw- (chmod 666) !!DO NOT UPLOAD IF UPGRADING /yabb/Variables/censor.txt -rw-rw-rw- (chmod 666) !!DO NOT UPLOAD IF UPGRADING /yabb/Variables/log.txt -rw-rw-rw- (chmod 666) !!DO NOT UPLOAD IF UPGRADING /yabb/Variables/membergroups.txt -rw-rw-rw- (chmod 666) !!DO NOT UPLOAD IF UPGRADING /yabb/Variables/news.txt -rw-rw-rw- (chmod 666) !!DO NOT UPLOAD IF UPGRADING /yabb/Variables/number.txt -rw-rw-rw- (chmod 666) !!DO NOT UPLOAD IF UPGRADING /yabb/Variables/oldestmes.txt -rw-rw-rw- (chmod 666) !!DO NOT UPLOAD IF UPGRADING /yabb/Variables/reserve.txt -rw-rw-rw- (chmod 666) !!DO NOT UPLOAD IF UPGRADING /yabb/Variables/reservecfg.txt -rw-rw-rw- (chmod 666) !!DO NOT UPLOAD IF UPGRADING
| Question/Error: | Answer: |
| I am getting "500 Internal Server Error"! | Did you upload the file in ascii? Also make sure that you chmod the file 755. |
| Some of my images aren't showing and some are not displaying right. | Make sure that your images directory is properly set in Settings.pl to where your images actually are. Also be sure that you uploaded the images in Binary mode. |
| Why are the colors funny in browsers that don't support CSS? | Because they don't support CSS, the color settings in Settings.pl will control the colors in those browsers. Be sure that you set the colors in template.html equivalent to those in Settings.pl. |
| Ok, people are telling me the news screws up in their browser!!! | You have the option of turning the NewsFader off in Settings.pl... some browsers don't like the java associated with this news ticker. If you do this and still wish to have news, you'll need to put the tag "<yabb news>" back into template.html. |
| How can I turn off some of those bloat-fish features? | Many of the features/add-ons in YaBB can be turned off or modified in Settings.pl. |
| When I try to post or change my profile, nothing changes? | Did you forget to chmod 666 (or 777) the files and folders as specified above? That makes them "writeable".... |
| Well what the hell is chmod? | Chmod is a unix command - for "change mode". It sets permissions to files such as "writeable", "readable", "user-writeable".. etc. |