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Unable to Upgrade due to broken broken admin panel [message #166729] Fri, 17 February 2012 05:29 Go to previous message
pips is currently offline  pips   Ireland
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Hello all Cool

I'm currently in the process of trying to repair our forum. I am completely new to Web/Forum amanagement but i'm giving it a go and have figured bits and bobs out as i go along.

The main issue we have is that the settings as per the "Global Settings Manager" only updates one, of the two Globals.php files (The one in the /adm drive)
To have the settings in the GSM work on the forum, i have to copy the Globals.PHP file from the /adm drive to the (root?) drive where the other Globals.php is stored. Only then do the settings come into play.

I have looked for what should be the correct file structure but have come up on a blank. I have a feeling that the original instalation of the forum is a little twisted with redundant drives/folders etc but i can't find any documentation on the fudforum drive structure where i can back this up.

To fix all this, it has been suggested that i run the Upgrade.php script. I have tried to do this but have hit a brick wall with where to put it (location of the web root directory)
I've put it in the lowest level i can navigate to via the admin panel:

Quote:
File Administration System
Currently browsing: /vhosts/nomad-forum.com/httpdocs/fudforum
and that wouldn't run because it was not a web-accessable directory Confused

I managed to get the Host/server log-in and tried to put it into the root directory as per the Wiki page:
Quote:
http://www.nomad-forum.com/


But the host site told me that the _Archive file was not a loadable file

I looked for the Web root directory:

Quote:
$WWW_ROOT = 'http://www.nomad-forum.com/fudforum/';


On the host server but it doesn't exist Confused

The forum seems to be stored at

'http://www.nomad-forum.com/HTTPDocs/fudforum/';



So, I'm lost here and need your help

I think the first port of call is to actually confirm where the forum is actually running from, what the web root directory actually is and validate that the location as per the GSM settings is correct, Then confirm exactly where the upgrade.php file and Archive should go on the host server (prior to running from the browser)



Can you nice people help me out here? (Respect and thanks to witcher btw for his encouragements)

I'd really like to get this sorted tbh.

Regards
Pips

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