How To Install Smf On Zymic (with Pictures!), A detailed Tutorial on installing SMF on Zymic sites.

[Qub1]

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This Tutorial is one of the 2 available forum installation Tutorials.
The other Tutorial(s) are:
- How to Install phpBB on Zymic (With Pictures!)
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Title: How to Install SMF on Zymic (With Pictures!)
Description: This Tutorial will help you make a SMF forum for your website.
Difficulty: 1/5 (very easy just follow the steps)

Before you start:
If I reffer to YOURSITE_smf or http://YOURSITE.YOURHOST.com/, you need to change YOURSITE to the name of your site, and YOURHOST to the host you are using, like for example uuuq or any other zymic host.

Ok, so you have made an account on Zymic.com, and you are thinking "Hey, a forum could be an useful addition to my website!", then you've came to the right place. This Tutorial will show you how to make a forum with SMF (Simple Machines Forum).

All the steps are shown below:

Step 1:
Download SMF from their website, by going to http://www.simplemachines.org/ and clicking downloads, or going directly to http://download.simplemachines.org/. Download the version at the top of the page, like so:


Step 2:
Download FileZilla from their website (if you don't already have it, if you do have it already continue to the next step), by going to http://filezilla-project.org/ and clicking download client, or go directly to http://filezilla-project.org/download.php and download the client, like so:


Step 3:
Log in to your site trough the Control Panel, and save the following information somewhere:


Step 4:
Open FileZilla and log in using the details you just saved, your accounts password and port 21, then click "Quick Connect" like so:


Step 5:
Now once you are connected, create a new folder called "smf" (without the quotes) in your root directory (main directory):


Step 6:
Open the folder and upload the smf folders in there by unzipping them and then selecting all the unzipped files and dragging them into the folder:


Step 7:
Once you did that, go back to your site, and click MySQL Database Management:


Step 8:
In there, create a new database called "smf" (without the quotes), like so:


Step 9:
Then create a new username below that, also called "smf" (without the quotes), and with any password:


Step 10:
Now assign priviledges to them below that, MAKE SURE EVERY BOX IS CHECKED, and assign:


Step 11:
Now go back to FileZilla, and open the smf folder. In there select all these files:
attachments
avatars
Packages
Smileys
Themes
agreement.txt
Settings.php
Settings_bak.php

Then right-click, and click File Permissions, then in the text-field type 777:


Step 12:
Go into the subfolder called Packages and do the same for the file installed.list.

Step 13:
Go to http://YOURSITE.YOURHOST.com/smf/install.php:


Step 14:
In there fill-in the basic settings:


Step 15:
On the MySQL part, leave the localhost allone, at the MySQL username fill in the username you used, it should be YOURSITE_smf and in the box below fill in the password you used, then in the box below again fill in YOURSITE_smf (change yoursite to your username), and in the table prefix type in YOURSITE_smf* (again edit):


Step 16:
Now once you're at the next step create your account and again type in your MySQL password:


Finished!
You're done! Now just go to http://YOURSITE.YOURHOST.com/smf and enjoy your forum!

Thanks for reading (or seeing ) my Tutorial,
~ Qub1



The Q&A:
Q: When I open my Installer.php I get a screen saying that it wants to connect to my FTP program. What should I do?
A: You probably forgot to set the permissions for your files. Re-do that step and everything should be working.

Q: My Installer says that the database can't be found. What is happening?
A: You forgot to Assing the Priviledges to the database. Re-do that.

Q: When i press next on the Installer it says that it couldn't connect to my database. What did I do wrong?
A: Your database name is too long. It can be a maximum of 16 characters. The YOURSITE_ also count, so if you have Mysimplezymicsite_smf it won't work, since it is 21 characters in total, so it exeeds the limit of 16.

Q: I have installed my forum and everything works correctly, but when I try to install new packages, it get an error saying I need to have Zlib installed. How can I fix this?
A: Currently there is no solution to this problem, so you'll just have to install packages manually. If anyone knows how to fix this, please say so.

Q: I get this message:
MAJOR SECURITY RISK:
You have not removed install.php!
A: You must click the remove install.php checkbox at the end of the tutorial, or you must go into your forums root directory and manually remove the install.php file.

Currently that are all the F.A.Q.'s, if you have a question it will be added here.

[Voreo]

how do i fiind or get a ftp user name and what is the host info usually...?

new to this place and smf so yea...please help

[xj72b]

how do i fiind or get a ftp user name and what is the host info usually...?

they in your control panel next to your database stats.


I'm also trying to use the smf single file installer which asks for 'install path'. ... any ideas? or should I just do the full manual install ?

[apokalyps]

I'm getting this error

Cannot connect to the MySQL database server with the supplied data.

If you are not sure about what to type in, please contact your host.
Lost connection to MySQL server at 'reading initial communication packet', system error: 111

Why?

[Andrew]

I'm quite impressed with this tutorial Qub1. Definitely should help ease alot of the SMF questions.

[Javierz]

I Have this Error

CODE

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end, expecting T_VARIABLE or '
in /www/zxq.net/n/e/r/nerevo/htdocs/forums/Sources/Subs.php on line 3119

[Dr3amstor]

I just finish to install smf and I've this message:

!!
MAJOR SECURITY RISK:
You have not removed install.php!

Regards

[parul1234]

thanks for the information

[mikeday408]

Cheers for this just what i was looking for it work perfectly when i figured out what the database name actually was!! lol

[jordsters]

Thank you so much! I now have my forum running perfectly! Great tutorial, I'm sure it helps a lot of people .

[jordsters]

I just finish to install smf and I've this message:
Regards

Just delete the install directory and you're done. (I know this is like a year since this post, but it might still not be resolved )

[IamShipon1988]

The most recent update to SMF requires the users to upload a .bbc file. This extension is for allowing users to add a color chart to their posting ability. Those of you who reported that you need this enabled, we listened to your request. .bbc files can now be uploaded and used on the following Zymic domains:

• hosting.zymic.com
• zzl.org
• 99k.org
• zymichost.com
• zxq.net
• clanteam.com

We have also received requests to enable .pl extensions. As stated before, this file extension will NEVER be enabled on Zymic as it presents a big threat to our service. So please STOP REQUESTING it!

[jim253]

Thanks for sharing information for us ..