[Paul M]

Originally Posted by Chris-777

Yikes, for some reason my forums didn't agree with this at all. Importing the product gave me a blank screen (well, blue, but no text) each time, and I got this:

Page generated in 29.82860 seconds with 16 queries [Server Loads: 3.79 1.50 : 1.01]

On each of my pages. I'm sure it's probably something to do with my particular setup, since Paul's a hell of a coder, but yikes, it was the hack of doom for me.

[high]* Chris-777 tries to determine what the sod happened[/high]

Unfortunately you have fallen victim to impatience and a lack of feedback from the product install system. The installation includes creating two indexes, which on larger forums can take a bit of time (and as you noticed, drive the server load up while they are created). vB just shows a blank screen while this creation takes place.

Because you stopped the install mid process, the product id exists, which is why you get the duplicate problem. On the import, try setting the "allow overwrite" to yes. Install it at a quiet period and just leave it to proceed, blank sccreen and all.