Trouble installing vBulletin on Subdomain

[JORDANVBUSER]

Hi. I am attempting to install a copy of vBulletin 4.2.2 Patch Level 4 on a subdomain. My primary domain is www.televisionspeaks.com which hosts my Wordpress blog. From there, I set up a subdomain with HostGator as forum.televisionspeaks.com. I did the proper install by editing the config.php folder and then, using FileZilla, uploading all of the upload files to a 'forum' folder (public_html/forum).

At this point, I've tried going to forum.televisionspeaks.com/install/install.php, televisionspeaks.com/forum/install/install.php and several other variations. I'm a little confused if it's the URL I'm having trouble with or something more substantial.

Thus, I have checked out at least 20 threads across vBulletin by now concerning this issue and can't find a resolution... yet, which is why I'm hoping someone here would be able to help me out. I did look for the .htaccess file and even by turning on hidden files on my Mac I wasn't able to find it in the folder I downloaded from vB. There is a .htaccess folder under public_html/.htaccess, which didn't seem to contain anything specific to vB and only seemingly had Wordpress data inside it (?) so I'm not sure what to make of that. Many sources claimed that the vB folder should contain .htaccess but I still can't find it. :confused:

I'm relatively new to vBulletin, so I apologize if this is a lot simpler than I've made it out to be. I would appreciate any help with this issue! Thanks for reading!

[ForceHSS]

Are you trying to set up a test site?

[JORDANVBUSER]

Are you trying to set up a test site?

Hi ForceHSS, thank you for responding. No, I am trying to set up an actual (small) forum in addition to my Wordpress blog. HG support had said that a subdomain (like forum.site.com) would work for it?

[ForceHSS]

inside your public_html folder do you have a folder called forum and with all the vb files uploaded to it?

[JORDANVBUSER]

inside your public_html folder do you have a folder called forum and with all the vb files uploaded to it?

Yes. public_html contains a folder titled forum which I uploaded the contents of the upload folder into after editing config.php. So it seemed like I was on the right path, but. :confused:

[Dave]

Looks like you're getting a database error, the MySQL username/password is most likely incorrect in your includes/config.php file.

[ForceHSS]

You have made a new db for it in your cpanel?

[JORDANVBUSER]

Looks like you're getting a database error, the MySQL username/password is most likely incorrect in your includes/config.php file.

You have made a new db for it in your cpanel?

Update: I uninstalled the previous version and instead tried to install 4.1.0 to see if it made any difference whatsoever. I am now able to get to forum.site.com/install/install.php at least but I have several errors, a few being:

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Strict Standards: Non-static method vB_Shutdown::instance() should not be called statically, assuming $this from incompatible context in /home4/jordan/public_html/forum/includes/class_core.php on line 3190

Warning: mysql_query() expects parameter 2 to be resource, boolean given in /home4/jordan/public_html/forum/includes/class_core.php on line 414

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home4/jordan/public_html/forum/includes/class_core.php:3190) in /home4/jordan/public_html/forum/install/includes/class_upgrade_ajax.php on line 631

Strict Standards: Declaration of vB_Database_Alter_MySQL::drop_index() should be compatible with vB_Database_Alter::drop_index() in /home4/jordan/public_html/forum/includes/class_dbalter.php on line 882

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There are more as well, about 10 total warnings. Once I enter my VB Customer ID I'm told this:

Due to the following errors, the install/upgrade can not continue:
Error description:
The database has failed to connect because you do not have permission to connect to the server. Please confirm the values entered in the includes/config.php file

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In regards to the questions here: Yes, I have made a new database for it, created a user and password, and gave myself all privileges. I have tried three or four databases now and none seem to work. I think I'm entering the information correctly each time yet it won't accept any of it.

[TheLastSuperman]

4.1.0?!?!? No! Please install and run 4.2.2 PL4 instead. If your license is an older outdated vB3 one from long ago and that's the most current version you can download then I would not use it, I would instead upgrade your current non vb4/5 license or purchase a vB5 license and simply run 4.2.2 under that 5.x license.

In your config.php file which is found in /FOLDERYOUUPLOADEDVBULLETINTO/includes/config.php <-- You must edit that file and include the database name, the database username, and the database password.

Also who is your host? What is your MYSQL and PHP versions?

Minimum:

PHP: 5.2.0
MySQL: 4.1.0

Recommended

PHP: 5.2.6 - 5.3.x (5.4 only supported with vBulletin 4.2.2)
MySQL: 5.0.19 or newer


From: http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/forum/vbulletin-4/vbulletin-4-installations-and-upgrades/342526-vbulletin-4-minimum-system-requirements

[ForceHSS]

If you need help installing it pm me

[JORDANVBUSER]

4.1.0?!?!? No! Please install and run 4.2.2 PL4 instead. If your license is an older outdated vB3 one from long ago and that's the most current version you can download then I would not use it, I would instead upgrade your current non vb4/5 license or purchase a vB5 license and simply run 4.2.2 under that 5.x license.

In your config.php file which is found in /FOLDERYOUUPLOADEDVBULLETINTO/includes/config.php <-- You must edit that file and include the database name, the database username, and the database password.

Also who is your host? What is your MYSQL and PHP versions?



From: http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/forum/vbulletin-4/vbulletin-4-installations-and-upgrades/342526-vbulletin-4-minimum-system-requirements

Hi, thanks so much for the response. I have a vB4 license and only randomly selected the 4.1.0 version in an attempt to test a slightly older version than the 4.2.2 I had previously tried to no success. I'm really not as informed about which versions are better as I'm a relative newcomer. I bought the license in 2011 and haven't done much with it until now. HostGator is my host. Where do I find the MySQL and PHP versions exactly?

I realized that there are two config.php files... one at forum/includes/config.php and one at forum/config.php. Should I have two of these? They seem identical otherwise. :confused:

[ForceHSS]

With hostgator myself my offer of help still stands pm me if you need help the config is in the includes folder the one you have at forum/config.php should not be there but open the config you have in forum folder see what it says use notepad++ (http://notepad-plus-plus.org/download/v6.7.5.html)