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# YaBB - Yet Another Bulletin Board 1.2.2.2 Build 2
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*** YaBB - Version 1.2.1.1 Build 2 ***


!!!! UPGRADE NOTE !!!!

Please read the upgrade.txt file!


** Install notes **

YaBB will run on most Unix/Linux servers and will run on NT running Apache.  There are known issues with NT and IIS.  Perl 5 is also required.

** Create directories **

In your CGI-BIN create a directory called "yabb" and create the following directories.
If you do not have a cgi-bin, then first create a directory called 'cgi-bin' and then inside that create the 'yabb' directory.

cgi-bin/yabb/
cgi-bin/yabb/Boards
cgi-bin/yabb/Members
cgi-bin/yabb/Messages
cgi-bin/yabb/Sources
cgi-bin/yabb/Variables

Then, in a section of your webspace (outside the cgi-bin), create another directory called
'yabbimages' and in that directory create the following directory

/yabbimages/Images/

And then install the appropriate files as detailed below in the ** Upload Files ** section

** Upload Files **

Place the files from the downloaded zip into the directories as shown below.

------- NON cgi-bin section ---------

/yabb/Images/                  	        *.gif all files (Upload in Binary!)
  					help.html       (Upload in Ascii)

------- 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-r--r-- (leave as is)
/yabb/template.html	  		-rw-r--r-- (leave as is)
/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/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/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


** Configure Settings.pl **

You need to manually configure the Settings.pl file so open it up and set the variables inside.

$boardurl is the address you would enter to get to your forum without the trailing / 
$mailprog is the address to your sendmail
$boarddir is the actual path to the directory that YaBB.pl sits in 
$imagesdir is the path where your images are (can be called with full URL)

For any help on installation and customization, please visit us at http://www.yabb.org

Thank you for trying YaBB.