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how to install NewBB forums on xoops 2.5.10 installed via softaculous and php 5.4.45?

  • 2020/9/27 14:12

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Hi,
I automagically installed xoops on my website via softaculous, where I clicked install,
filled in some info, and next thing it was installed,

I would like to install forums via NewBB,

firstly can this be done automagically via softaculous?
secondly, if not, how do I manually install it,
starting with a URL for which version to download,
where to download it to,
what the steps are, eg via cpanel.
as I have absolutely no idea what to do!

the xoops installation is here:
http://www.directemails.info/wgm/xoops/

many thanks for any help
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Mamba
Re: how to install NewBB forums on xoops 2.5.10 installed via softaculous and php 5.4.45?

  • 2020/9/28 2:11

  • Mamba

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First of all, you should install a newer version of PHP, preferably PHP 7+. The PHP 5.4.45 is way too old. I'm sure, your ISP is providing with PHP 7+ versions.

About NewBB:

1) Download it from here:
https://github.com/XoopsModules25x/newbb/releases

2) How to install the module: the best way is to do it manually. Please follow these instructions:

a) uploading the module:
https://xoops.gitbook.io/xoops-operations-guide/the-admin-interface/modules/uploading-the-module

b) installing the module:
https://xoops.gitbook.io/xoops-operations-guide/the-admin-interface/modules/installing-the-module
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Mamba
Re: how to install NewBB forums on xoops 2.5.10 installed via softaculous and php 5.4.45?

  • 2020/9/28 9:30

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You can also find a tutorial here:
https://xoops.gitbook.io/newbb-tutorial/
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Re: how to install NewBB forums on xoops 2.5.10 installed via softaculous and php 5.4.45?

  • 2020/9/30 5:46

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Hi Mamba,

many thanks for the info

I will study the URLs of both your posts, and let you know how I progress,


Quote:

Mamba wrote:
First of all, you should install a newer version of PHP, preferably PHP 7+. The PHP 5.4.45 is way too old. I'm sure, your ISP is providing with PHP 7+ versions.


I have found that I can change the PHP version to 7.4 using the cpanel program "Select PHP version"

Should I uninstall the xoops installation and then reinstall xoops with the ambient higher version 7.4 of php?

what is the official way to uninstall xoops, in particular so it deals with the backup options I selected via softaculous?

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Mamba
Re: how to install NewBB forums on xoops 2.5.10 installed via softaculous and php 5.4.45?

  • 2020/9/30 9:25

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Quote:
Should I uninstall the xoops installation and then reinstall xoops with the ambient higher version 7.4 of php?

No, there is no need for it. But you can update the System module in Admin, so it will refresh the cache.
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Re: how to install NewBB forums on xoops 2.5.10 installed via softaculous and php 5.4.45?

  • 2020/9/30 18:42

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Hi Mamba,

the earlier link you gave says to put the files in the ./modules/ directory,

now my installation is at http://directemails.info/wgm/xoops

and the directory paths I have gotten are eg:

http://directemails.info/wgm/xoops/modules/newbb-5.00_FINAL/admin/

as an example path,

is this correct? or is the directory wrong? also should newbb-5.00_FINAL be renamed to newbb?



Quote:

Mamba wrote:
Quote:
Should I uninstall the xoops installation and then reinstall xoops with the ambient higher version 7.4 of php?

No, there is no need for it. But you can update the System module in Admin, so it will refresh the cache.


how would I update the system module in Admin?

by admin do you mean logging in with the admin userid and admin password?

what to do next?

I click "Administration Menu", I then see under "Installed Modules" a "SYSTEM" icon,
when I click this I get a list of options, I clicked "maintenance" and the options look plausible,
but I am not sure what to do.



a screenshot of this is:
http://www.directemails.info/wgm/maintenance.png

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Mamba
Re: how to install NewBB forums on xoops 2.5.10 installed via softaculous and php 5.4.45?

  • 2020/10/1 1:33

  • Mamba

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1) To install Newbb, rename the folder from:

/newbb-5.00_FINAL

to:

/newbb

so you have:

http://directemails.info/wgm/xoops/modules/newbb/admin/

Then in the Admin:
a) go to "Modules"
b) go to "Install Module"
c) follow the instructions from: https://xoops.gitbook.io/xoops-operations-guide/the-admin-interface/modules/installing-the-module

2) To update module, go to "Modules" and click on the yellow arrow icon (see the last image at the bottom of the the tutorial: https://xoops.gitbook.io/xoops-operations-guide/the-admin-interface/modules/installing-the-module
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Re: how to install NewBB forums on xoops 2.5.10 installed via softaculous and php 5.4.45?

  • 2020/10/1 17:04

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yay! I succeeded!

many thanks for the help!

I need to experiment a bit now, and will probably then have some further questions.
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newbie555
Re: how to install NewBB forums on xoops 2.5.10 installed via softaculous and php 5.4.45?

  • 2020/10/1 17:26

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I have one initial question,
with the forum index it has the message:

---------------------------------------------------
Module preferences
Xoops Poll Module: is not available.
ImageMagicK: is not available.
NetPBM: is not available.
GD library: Autodetected: 2.2.5
Maximum Upload each file : Attention! Value 'memory_limit' to PHP.INI less than 'post_max_size'
If you want to use the PDF creation function, use instruction.
---------------------------------------------------

are there any remedial actions I should take, and if so, how to do this?

many thanks
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newbie555
Re: how to install NewBB forums on xoops 2.5.10 installed via softaculous and php 5.4.45?

  • 2020/10/1 17:43

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Hi, I have a second question,
I am not editting the previous post in case you read that before I editted, ie to avoid confusion.

With various URLs of the forum, I see what appear to be "constants",
eg a screenshot:

http://www.directemails.info/wgm/constants.png

with that, there is eg:
---------------------------------------------
_MD_MAINFORUMOPT
_MD_TOTALTOPICSC 3
_MD_TOTALPOSTSC 3
_MD_USERS_ONLINE 1
_MD_BROWSING_FORUM
-----------------------------------------
I presume those items _MD_?????? are constants, and if so, was wondering how to set them!
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