i cant get it working,i ve done all the steps correctly except the part of
$home_directory = "/home/yourforums/public_html/";

can someone explain me the exact syntax of the line above?i ve tried 10 different combinations and none seems to work!

For example:
/home/xbox/public_html/forum/index.php dont work for me!
i get Invalid home folder in the vb file manager menu in ACP

Thanks a lot in advance!

Problem solved,i ve should removed index.php and replaced public_html to web-root from the syntax...
What a n000b....

Use the subdomain for each webserver you want this to run in.

Thanks!

Thank you kindly Doctor. Outstanding.

Okay, I usually just click install and move on, but I freakin love this thing.

I spend most of my time poking around on my own PC, then when I see something I want to do I have to connect remotely to do it. Not anymore!

Thanks a heap, you just saved me a bunch of hassle.

Dennis,

ok, I have just gotten into mods so give me some time to figure this out, I want to be able to edit all of the files on my forum, I know that I need to CHMOD 0777 the folder (or folders, havent figured that out yet), but what I cant understand is

1. what is chmod 0777
2. What does it do
3. How do I do it

Thank You in advance.

1. 'chmod' is a *nix commando.
2. It changes permissions on files
3. You can do this from SSH/Telnet prompt and most FTP clients will also support it.

A small explanation on these numbers:
There are 3 permissions you can set on each file/directory:
- Read permission
- Write permission
- Execute permission (or list contents if it is a directory)
These 3 permission are put together as a binary number:
- 1xx - For the read
- x1x - For the write
- xx1 - for execute
This binary number can be written as a decimal number again:
binary 111 = decimal 7 = Can read, Can Write, Can execute
Binary 100 = decimal 4 = Can read, Can not write, Can not execute

Now we have 3 levels of users we can control. First of all each file is owned by a user and a group. Now we can control the following levels:
- Owner - The user that owns the file
- Group - Any user that is member of the group that owns the file
- Others - Anybody not one of the above.

Now we can write the decimal numbers we calculated above behind each other for each level of access:
750 - Means permission "7" for the owner, permission "5" for the group, permission "0" for others
Resulting in:
owner - Can read, can write, can execute
group - Can read, can NOT write, can execute
others - Can NOT read, can NOT write, can NOT execute

This is just a simplifie explanation, hope it helps understanding a bit more.

When i install it how do i edit files?

Just login to your admincp and hover over your mouse to "vB File Manager" click on it. What's next? (Need I tell you? :) ) Simple as that. :)

does this hack give the ability to bypass the default php file-size limitations? my php uploads are limited to 8Megs, but i would like to give my users the ability to download much larger files from within posts... or is there another way of using my regular FTP client to upload the file directly into the attachments folder and link to that within a post?