XMB Forum 1.9.3

What is XMB Forum?

XMB Forum is a message forum which you can install on your site. Your visitors register and log in, and then post messages and interact with other registered members.

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NOTICE: This program will not work on our servers at this time.

Unfortunately, we were not able to fully test XMB Forum due to errors in installation.

It is suggested that you try other Alternative Software listed below.

If anyone knows of a way to remedy the problem and get XMB Forum working, then please email us at support@activewebhosting.com and let us know what different steps you took to get the program running on our server. We will review the information, test it and if it works, we will adjust this tutorial accordingly.

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Requirements:

To use XMB Forum, you need to be sure your CGI account is set up. Please see How To Request A CGI Account for more information. You may also need to have a MySQL account set up if the script accesses a MySQL database. Most PHP-based scripts require this. Please see How To Request A MySQL Database. You will also need to download a copy of XMB Forum. The version used in this tutorial was 1.9.3-final.

Restrictions:

Remember that only your main account can access CGI scripts on your server. Any hosting or extra FTP accounts that access these scripts may cause your account to be deactivated and you'll have to contact support.

For XMB to work correctly, please do not put it or it's directories inside your cgi-bin directory. If you do, the script may not work. It's best to use a separate directory and leave the cgi-bin directory for your smaller scripts.

Installation:

1. Create a directory on your hard drive and extract the files from the download into this directory. You may need a program such as WinZip to extract the files.

2. Log on to your CGI server and create a new directory for the XMB forum files. For this tutorial, we used 'xmbforum' (without quotes). Upload all the files from the Files directory in the XMB forum directory on your hard drive. You do not need to upload the /Files/CVS directory or any of the CVS directories, if you don't want to. There are a lot of files so this may take awhile, especially for those with dail-up connections.

3. Change the file permissions for config.php to 666.

4. Point your web browser to the installation directory, which is
   
   http://cgi.yourdomain.com/xmbforum/install/index.php
   
   (note that yourdomain.com should be replaced with your actual domain name and xmbforum should be replace with the name of the directory you uploaded the XMB Forum files to).
   
   Note that if you get an error saying that XMB wasn't installed or configured correctly, then click on the link to install XMB.

5. Click the Start Installation button.

6. Verify you have the latest version. If so, click the Install XMB button.

7. Read over the terms of use. If you agree (which you must to use the program), click the I Agree To These Terms button at the bottom.

8. In the Configuration Method drop down box, choose 2) Attempt to create config.php for me.

9. Fill in the following fields in the form. Any instance of yourdomain.com or yourdomaincom needs to be replaced with your actual domain name. Note that if the name doesn't include a dot in the example, you should not include a dot when typing in your domain name.
   
   Database Name: yourdomaincom
   Database Username: yourdomaincom
   Database Password: Type in your MySQL Password
   Database Host: localhost
   Database Type: mysql
   Table Prefix Setting: xmb_
   
   Full URL: http://cgi.yourdomain.com/xmbforum/ (include the slash after the path, and also replace xmbforum with the name of the directory you uploaded the files to.)
   
   Leave all the other options as is (set at default) and click the Configure button at the bottom (not the Next Step button yet...)

10. A window should pop up saying that XMB has created your configuration on the server. You can click Close Window. Note that some web browsers may show this notice in a new tab instead of a new window.

11. Click the Next Step button at the bottom of the first window (or tab) where you were adding the configuration information.

12. Pick a username and password for the Super Administrator, which should be you (the domain owner). Also be sure to put in a valid email address. Be sure to save this information someplace safe. Click the Next button to continue.

13. NOTE: At this point, we encountered installation errors. The first was a warning about the $full_url not being configured correctly when it actually was correct. The second was a Fatal error, after a call to an undefined function ob_get_level() in the installation directory file cinst.php. We were not able to resolve this problem.

14. Log on to your CGI server and delete the install directory from the XMB Forum directory.

Configuration:

1. Point your browser to http://cgi.yourdomain.com/xmbforum/

2. Note: At this point, we got a MySQL error saying that a table with xmb_settings doesn't exist. When checking the database, it was found that the installation never created the database tables, even though the username, database and passwords were all correct.
   
   Thus we could not continue with the testing of this script. It appears that the MySQL settings were not created.

Support:

If you have any problems or questions about XMB Forum, please consult the XMB Forum web site.

Active Web Hosting may not be able to provide support for this program or it's installation.

Alternative Software:

Below you'll find a list of alternative software that you may also want to try.

• phpBB 2.0.17
• Simple Machines Forum (SMF) 1.0.5