Attachment advise and help needed

[kimgas]

Hi

I am new to vbulletin and a bit of a newbie. I have set up my forum http://thektmforum.com and just editing the site to how I would like it to be. I have set up a forum which I intend to only be viewable by paid subscription by forum members.

As the admin I would like to add content to this forum in .pdf format from files on my pc. but I have tried to complete this , but I cannot seem to achieve it. I have increased the file size for .pdf file uploads, but still no luck. i know I must be doing something incorrect somewhere, but I cannot find it . can someone please help me at all??

Much appretiated

[Lynne]

And what error are you getting when you try to upload the files? It may be a server setting you will need to modify to do this. These server settings can also affect the upload of attachments:
PHP Settings:
max_execution_time
memory_limit
post_max_size
upload_max_filesize
max_input_time

MySQL Settings:
max_allowed_packet
max_packet_size
wait_timeout

[kimgas]

Hi
Thanks for the quick response. Initially I was trying to upload a .pdf file of about 7MB. I could not do this as I was prompted with the error saying that the filesize was too large. I have changed this in VB admin cp. But now if I try to upload the same file nothing happens at all apart from trying to upload. the green status bar in the bottom of the upload window does not move, so I am assuming that something is stopping the upload of this file.

So should I edit the php settingas you have mentioned in my server WHM cpanel settings..

[Lynne]

I never recommend editing the php/mysql settings unless you are comfortable doing so. If you aren't comfortable doing so (and by that I mean, if you make a mistake, your server may go down and you need to know how to undo what you did to get it back up and running.... and not have a heart attack if your server goes down because of something you did! ) then go ahead and take a look at what you have those settings at and try changing them. Usually, there is something in the error_logs (if you don't know where they are, ask your host) to give you a clue about what to change.

[kimgas]

Thanks
I have full access to my whm cpanel as i have a reseler hosting account, I am no expert so maybe my host may help me. Befor this I am going to try to upload a small .txt file to my forum, just to see if that works ok.. after that I will try the host, thx for your help. I will be on this forum a lot as I need to gain a large amount of experience as quick as I can to get my new forum as I want it to be..