Web Wiz Support and Community Forums : totally lost

Web Wiz Support and Community Forums : totally lost - new to this...HELP PLS https://forums.webwiz.net/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Wed, 08 Apr 2026 06:41:34 +0000 Tue, 30 Jan 2007 20:39:58 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.08 360 https://forums.webwiz.net/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=22547 <![CDATA[Web Wiz Support and Community Forums]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://forums.webwiz.net/ <![CDATA[totally lost - new to this...HELP PLS : javi712 is a life saver!!! Thank...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/totally-lost-new-to-this-help-pls_topic22547_post120062.html#120062 Author: nomadtx
Subject: 22547
Posted: 30 January 2007 at 8:39pm

javi712 is a life saver!!! Thank you sooooo much, javi712! If I was there I'd hug your neck!

]]> Tue, 30 Jan 2007 20:39:58 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/totally-lost-new-to-this-help-pls_topic22547_post120062.html#120062 <![CDATA[totally lost - new to this...HELP PLS : Problem resolved. She's up...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/totally-lost-new-to-this-help-pls_topic22547_post119989.html#119989 Author: javi712
Subject: 22547
Posted: 29 January 2007 at 7:10pm

Problem resolved. She's up and running now.]]> Mon, 29 Jan 2007 19:10:41 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/totally-lost-new-to-this-help-pls_topic22547_post119989.html#119989 <![CDATA[totally lost - new to this...HELP PLS : It would be on your hard drive...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/totally-lost-new-to-this-help-pls_topic22547_post119982.html#119982 Author: aks427
Subject: 22547
Posted: 29 January 2007 at 6:10pm

It would be on your hard drive where you extracted the forum files. Once you find where the forum files are, navigate to the database folder. Then open the file named database_connection.asp in notepad.

Once it is open in notepad you should see the lines you need to edit.

]]> Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:10:54 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/totally-lost-new-to-this-help-pls_topic22547_post119982.html#119982 <![CDATA[totally lost - new to this...HELP PLS : javi712 wrote:6. Go to foru...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/totally-lost-new-to-this-help-pls_topic22547_post119981.html#119981 Author: nomadtx
Subject: 22547
Posted: 29 January 2007 at 5:49pm

javi712 wrote:

6. Go to forum/database/database_connection.asp and open it with Notepad or any other editor you are currently using. Once there go to the section that says "Microsoft SQL Server and MySQL Server". Look for the following:

strSQLServerName - This is where you add the name of the SQL server (usually an IP Address provided by your hosting company).
strSQLDBName - The name of the database
strSQLDBUserName - The username of the database
strSQLDBPassword - The password of the database

This is where I'm lost. Where is this at? my hard drive or the database? Either way, I don't know where to find it or how to change it or what exactly to change it too. I'm totally embarrased and my blond is shining through.

These are the 4 connection strings you need to allow the forum to connect to your database.

7. Open web browser and put in http://www.yourdomainname.com/forum/msSQL_server_setup.asp

8. The Forum database is now populated with the relevant tables - no action needed on your part

9. Open your browser and go to your forum (usually http://www.yourdomainname.com/forum/).

10. Your forum is now installed. You need to access the admin section to customize it and to start populating it with categories/forums.

]]> Mon, 29 Jan 2007 17:49:29 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/totally-lost-new-to-this-help-pls_topic22547_post119981.html#119981 <![CDATA[totally lost - new to this...HELP PLS : 6. Go to forum/database/database_connection.asp...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/totally-lost-new-to-this-help-pls_topic22547_post119979.html#119979 Author: javi712
Subject: 22547
Posted: 29 January 2007 at 4:46pm

6. Go to forum/database/database_connection.asp and open it with Notepad or any other editor you are currently using. Once there go to the section that says "Microsoft SQL Server and MySQL Server". Look for the following:

strSQLServerName - This is where you add the name of the SQL server (usually an IP Address provided by your hosting company).
strSQLDBName - The name of the database
strSQLDBUserName - The username of the database
strSQLDBPassword - The password of the database

These are the 4 connection strings you need to allow the forum to connect to your database.

7. Open web browser and put in http://www.yourdomainname.com/forum/msSQL_server_setup.asp

8. The Forum database is now populated with the relevant tables - no action needed on your part

9. Open your browser and go to your forum (usually http://www.yourdomainname.com/forum/).

10. Your forum is now installed. You need to access the admin section to customize it and to start populating it with categories/forums.]]> Mon, 29 Jan 2007 16:46:31 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/totally-lost-new-to-this-help-pls_topic22547_post119979.html#119979 <![CDATA[totally lost - new to this...HELP PLS : Thanks guys. I'll go into...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/totally-lost-new-to-this-help-pls_topic22547_post119978.html#119978 Author: nomadtx
Subject: 22547
Posted: 29 January 2007 at 4:36pm

Thanks guys. I'll go into some detail now. I've had a good nights sleep. on the 12 installation steps by web wiz (sql version) I have done the following:

1. have a windows web server with the requirements

2. I have an aql server database

3. I have unziped the forum zip files to my hard drive and kept the files and the images in their origional directory.

4. I have uploaded them through FTP to my webspace keeping them in the origional directories.

5. I have created a database on the sql server.

Now, the next 6 - 10 have me totally lost.

6. Edit, with a text editor, the file 'database_connection.asp' found in the 'database' directory entering, where indicated, your SQL Server name, your SQL Server Authentication details, and the name of the empty database you have created for the Forum on the SQL Server.

7. Run the file 'msSQL_server_setup.asp' found in the main folder of the Forum in your web browser. This file will create all the tables, relations, and default values in the empty database you have created on the SQL Server. It is highly recommend for security purposes that you delete this file from the Web Server once the database is fully created.

8. The Forum database should now be created and you can now use the Forum.

9. Once all the files are uploaded and the database created on the SQL Server use your web browser to navigate to the folder on your web site where you have uploaded the forum to.

10. Now that your forum is uploaded and running see, Setting up and Administering the Discussion Forum, to find out how to set up forums and administer your forum.

I don't know much more about this kind of thing. I have bitten off way more than I can chew. Can any one help this lost gal out? I've stared and read so much that I think i've probably look too much at it. and now, the answers are probably staring me right in the face. I might even be making it harder than it really is.

Thanks for listening to me wine.

]]> Mon, 29 Jan 2007 16:36:04 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/totally-lost-new-to-this-help-pls_topic22547_post119978.html#119978 <![CDATA[totally lost - new to this...HELP PLS : What error are you receiving? If...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/totally-lost-new-to-this-help-pls_topic22547_post119952.html#119952 Author: javi712
Subject: 22547
Posted: 29 January 2007 at 5:38am

What error are you receiving?

If you give us more detailed information... we can better help you.]]> Mon, 29 Jan 2007 05:38:39 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/totally-lost-new-to-this-help-pls_topic22547_post119952.html#119952 <![CDATA[totally lost - new to this...HELP PLS : i have the database set up and...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/totally-lost-new-to-this-help-pls_topic22547_post119950.html#119950 Author: nomadtx
Subject: 22547
Posted: 29 January 2007 at 2:54am

i have the database set up and the files uploaded into it, but now what? and i really don't know if i did it correctly. I'm so lost it's pathetic. I'm frustrated.

]]> Mon, 29 Jan 2007 02:54:12 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/totally-lost-new-to-this-help-pls_topic22547_post119950.html#119950 <![CDATA[totally lost - new to this...HELP PLS : Where are you getting lost?You...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/totally-lost-new-to-this-help-pls_topic22547_post119949.html#119949 Author: MadDog
Subject: 22547
Posted: 29 January 2007 at 2:01am

Where are you getting lost?

You have it uploaded and the database installed... what is the problem?
]]> Mon, 29 Jan 2007 02:01:54 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/totally-lost-new-to-this-help-pls_topic22547_post119949.html#119949 <![CDATA[totally lost - new to this...HELP PLS : I've been trying to install...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/totally-lost-new-to-this-help-pls_topic22547_post119948.html#119948 Author: nomadtx
Subject: 22547
Posted: 29 January 2007 at 1:17am

I've been trying to install this for 5 days (16 hours a day, some days longer than that) and i'm lost. Totally lost. Is there any where on this forum or site that has better instructions than the basic install directions? They are so vague and I'm so new to it I am totally lost. I know how to work the forums, but installing one is NOT working for me at all. I thought i was computer literate, and boy was I wrong. I have the database built, and the files uploaded, but that is it. Is there any thing any were that is more detail or a "installing for dummies" that any one here can point me to? I'm just wanting to give up all together.

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