I have downloaded the latest vbindex (5). Unzipped it, uploaded the two files to root directory, and the other 6 to forums/admincp directory, as instructed. Added the html code to the admincp/index.php as instructed. Followed all the directions to set up vbindex (left box 1, right boxes, etc, etc, etc.) The vbindex admin panel shows up on my vbulletin admin panel, etc.....

Now, what else do i need to do to have this page be my index page??? Do I still need to download any hack or anything??? I am lost. I can't even pull up this new "vbindex" index page. How do I pull it up, how do I edit it, etc???

Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks

Here is the error I get when i try to pull up http://www.mydomain.com/vbindex.php

"Warning: ChDir: No such file or directory (errno 2) in /nfs/cust/8/31/29/492138/web/vbindex.php on line 144

Fatal error: Failed opening required './global.php' (include_path='.:') in /nfs/cust/8/31/29/492138/web/vbindex.php on line 145"

I did open vbiconfig, and edited the line 25 from saying
"define('CHDIR_PATH', 'path/to/forums/');

to where it now shows
"define('CHDIR_PATH', 'http://www.mydomain.com/forums/');

I still get that error. I can't figure out what it's asking me to edit on lines 144 and 145 of vbindex.php

Tose two lines read like this:

144 chdir(CHDIR_PATH);
145 require_once('./global'.SCRIPT_EXTENSION);

Please help... Thanks

You need to edit it with what the installer told you to edit it with (it gave you the exact instructions on what to do), the path to your forums, not the URL.

I could have sworn I did everything by the book...... So, ok..... I changed it to "web/forums/"

Now what about this line 144 and line 145 deal???

Thanks again

how can i add the templates easily on new skins?

I went back into the install page through my admincp. It has an option to:

"To view the changes that you need to make that were listed in the first step of the install process, click here."

So I did.... It brought me to the part you mentioned about editing the vbiconfig. I am supossed to find "this text", and replace it with "this text"...

Problem is, both lines are solid white bars, can't see any text. Tried to highlight, and still nothing. So, I can't see what i am supossed to take out or what I am supossed to replace it with.....

At any rate, i replaced the "path/to/forums/" with "web/forums" where "web" is my root folder. Is this correct?? Do I need a "/" in front of "web" (or anything).

Now what??? Thank you so much for your help....

Still haven't figured out my line 144 and 145 issue from vbindex.php mentioned above....

been a while since I installed this.

require_once('./global'.SCRIPT_EXTENSION);

should that not be
require_once('./global.php');

?

It needs to be the FULL path, for example /home/lee/public_html

Re-run the installer and it will re-import the templates to each parent style, or just used the Upload style option in the ACP to overwrite the new style (it will only add the vBindex templates, not remove custoimisations) with the vbindex_templates.xml file.

Well, "web" is my root folder, so I assume that comes first. Within the "web directory is the "forums" directory, so I assume that comes next... Then the forums index page is "index.php"....

So, how should it look (exactly)???

"/web/forums/index.php"

"web/forums/index_html"

Sorry for the amateur questions, but I really am trying to get this right. Thanks.

Also, with the problems mentioned earlier for lines 144 and 145 of my vbindex.php, what do you make of that??? Do I need to change where it says "SCRIPT_EXTENSION" to "php" or anything..... I can't figure out the lines 144 and 145 issue either.

Thanks again,
Rob