Web Wiz Support and Community Forums : oh my god!! help! https://forums.webwiz.net/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Tue, 07 Apr 2026 22:15:29 +0000 Wed, 04 Feb 2004 03:59:53 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.08 360 https://forums.webwiz.net/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=9520 <![CDATA[Web Wiz Support and Community Forums]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://forums.webwiz.net/ <![CDATA[oh my god!! help! : Follow the instructions that you...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/oh-my-god-help_topic9520_post50888.html#50888 Author: WebWiz-Bruce
Subject: 9520
Posted: 04 February 2004 at 3:59am

Follow the instructions that you have just posted, it can't be explained any clearer.

You need to edit the lines in bothe common.asp files:-

  1. strDbPathAndName = Server.MapPath("admin/database/wwForum.mdb")

  2. Change the part marked in blue (admin/database/),to the new path to the database relative to the common.asp file you areediting, if you are editing the common.asp file from the admin sectionyou will have,database/ written in frontof the database name, don't worry, just change this to the path to thedatabase relative to the common.asp file.
  3. Change the part marked in red (wwForum.mdb), to the new name of the Forum's Access database.
For example if the forum is one level below the root of your site you would have sometjing like:-

strDbPathAndName = Server.MapPath("../database/wwForum.mdb")

The ../ means move up a directory
]]> Wed, 04 Feb 2004 03:59:53 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/oh-my-god-help_topic9520_post50888.html#50888 <![CDATA[oh my god!! help! : Hi all i tried doing the security...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/oh-my-god-help_topic9520_post50849.html#50849 Author: Tony20VTurbo
Subject: 9520
Posted: 03 February 2004 at 7:21pm

Hi all

i tried doing the security thing by changing the location of the database etc and now my forums are blank and not quite back to standard but still no forum headers etc.

ok here goes see if you can tell me whats wrong:

first file D:\South-Seat\Forums

(in the file itself)    - strDbPathAndName = Server.MapPath ("admin/database/wwForum.mdb")

second file D:\South-Seat\Forums\admin

(in the file itself) - Server.MapPath =("database/wwForum.mdb")

now i am confused completely!!

so i followed the explanation:

  1. Locate the file wwForum.mdb found in the database directory in the admin directory (this is the forums access database).

  2. Rename and/or move the location of this file on your web space.

  3. Edit the two files called common.asp with a text editor like notepad. One common.asp file is with the main files and the other should be in a directory called admin.

  4. In these two files you will find the following line of code: -

    strDbPathAndName = Server.MapPath("admin/database/wwForum.mdb")

  5. Change the part marked in blue (admin/database/), to the new path to the database relative to the common.asp file you are editing, if you are editing the common.asp file from the admin section you will have,database/ written in front of the database name, don't worry, just change this to the path to the database relative to the common.asp file.
  6. Change the part marked in red (wwForum.mdb), to the new name of the Forum's Access database.

i renamed the file (wwforum.mdb) and copied it to the route what do i need to do then?

cos now the forums are blank, and how do i revert it back to its last state? cos its completely cocked up! help!!

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