Man I am so sorry Inform. Sometimes I hate text. It is hard for me to convey at times what I wish to say and I make things worse.

I have taken the old integramod site and downgraded it and the database to a phpBB2.0.23 That is what it is now.

Give me 5 minutes and It will be back up in working order.

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"Don't gain the world and lose your soul, wisdom is better than silver and gold" -Bob Marley

Okay. If you successfully went down to a working 2.0.23 forum, I'll start from there and see if there are any outstanding issues :).

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IcyPhoenix ADR RPG • EzArena (modded phpBB2+ADR)

Thanks man. I promise that is where the project is at the way it sits right now.  It is located at http://littleelmforums.com/icy/index.php


I have tried many ways and failed every time. Hopefully you can find where I went wrong. I even had my wife sit here with me and follow along the steps. No go.

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"Don't gain the world and lose your soul, wisdom is better than silver and gold" -Bob Marley

I think I see what the problem is.

There are two issues:
 - First off, the theme cache isn't cleared. So it keeps looking for phpBB2's subSilver.
 - Secondly, the CMS is incorrectly set up, there are no pages created. You need to manually go to cms.php to create one.


So, we need to fix this. If you REALLY want to do it yourself in the meantime, do this:

1. Open your board locally (with everything backed up, yada yada yada)
   
2. Save config.php somewhere (I named mine __config.php)
   
3. Delete everything but that file (keep images/ and uploads/ I guess. At least you have them in your backup. The exact list of files is listed in the file you linked).
   
4. Upload IP files in the same directory
   
5. Delete IP's config.php
   
6. Put back your config.php (rename __config.php to config.php)
   
7. Visit install/database_upgrade.php
   
8. "Please click Here to update!"
   
9. Open config.php, replace "PHPBB_" with "IP_" manually. install/install.php has an action that does it, but... To open install/install.php, you need that done. Sorry
   
10. Go to login_ip.php, and login with your administrator.
    
11. You'll be redirected to a blank page, or see "Template->loadfile(): File ./templates/default/layout/ for handle body is empte"
    
12. In your URL, replace "index.php" with "cms.php" (it's important that you keep your SID)
    
13. Login again (needed to administrate the website)
    
14. Go to "CMS pages"
    
15. Click "Add new page"
    
16. Select whichever one you like (3 columns, 2 columns). Give it a name (like "index").
    
17. Submit.
    

Here! Your site now fully works. You don't get the nice default portal, though, but it's easy enough to set it up yourself :).
Obviously this is sub-optimal – I just wanted to give you "A Way". We'll have to rework this upgrade procedure, but at least you're not "stuck" if really needs be...

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IcyPhoenix ADR RPG • EzArena (modded phpBB2+ADR)

I really appreciate your taking the time to look in to this for me. I was going bonkers trying to get it figured out. I could have swore I was following all directions to the T.  

I am going to take a quick stab at this and see how it goes. I just need to get some coffee and medicine in me first.

Thanks again chief. Much appreciated!

Ray

**EDIT**

Ok I gave it a try and this is where I am at and am stopping right here until I hear further.  

Open config.php, replace "PHPBB_" with "IP_" manually. install/install.php has an action that does it, but... To open install/install.php, you need that done. Sorry

so after editing config.php do I attempt to open install.php at this time? If so, this is what I get:



If not and I move on to the next step which is to open the login.php file, it tells me it can not open login.php as no config file is found.

The table ' littleelm.ip_forums ' does not exist but it is in the database. I double checked.

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"Don't gain the world and lose your soul, wisdom is better than silver and gold" -Bob Marley

oh my, I'm so sorry. I didn't mean that phpbb_, I meant the one in the line with

define('PHPBB_INSTALLED',...

^ change it there.

The other one mustn't be changed!

 

Off Topic

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You needn't translate the french error messages, BTW – french is my mother tongue

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IcyPhoenix ADR RPG • EzArena (modded phpBB2+ADR)

Ok now we are getting somewhere! Thanks!!

I now have a cms page ready to roll (have a home page) and now trying to create forums. If I click forum, it tells me This board has no forums. I'm sure it is going to be as simple as setting up the cms page. Can you see the grin on my face that is ear to ear right now?

I'll report back again. Thanks again!  

*EDIT*

Ok, I don't have any forums at all. No categories no nothing. That is the very important part. LOL I have to work on that. Everything else though is working 100% top notch thus far.

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"Don't gain the world and lose your soul, wisdom is better than silver and gold" -Bob Marley

Huh, I'm surprised. It should have converted the forums :o.

It might be a permission issue, but I'd be surprised... Try to get into the administration, then forums > management.

Did it work all correctly when it was a phpBB2.0.23, though? From the link you've posted, it seems like it ...


When you ran the database_update script, did it show any error?

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IcyPhoenix ADR RPG • EzArena (modded phpBB2+ADR)

thats where I am at now. There is no forums set up at all. I have checked the DB and they are  in fact intact categories and forums as well as all replies and threads.

I cleared tha cache in the cms just to be sure and everything turned white. I'm still logged in and have a SID but everything on screen is all white. I have lost the site. Was all good until cache clear.

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"Don't gain the world and lose your soul, wisdom is better than silver and gold" -Bob Marley

Okay. Then I might have an idea... Could you please try to clear the cache once again?

go to

adm/erc.php

select "Clear cache"


edit: Okay hahaha. If clearing cache didn't work, do this.

open
find
after add (on a new line)

Refresh. You should see an error. Please post it here

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IcyPhoenix ADR RPG • EzArena (modded phpBB2+ADR)

Done. And still have a all white screen. Sorry so slow on reply man. Had someone come by real quick. Back to business now.

*EDIT* Just saw that edit you needed me to do. Did it and still white screen after refresh. No error is printing on screen

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"Don't gain the world and lose your soul, wisdom is better than silver and gold" -Bob Marley

Okay... It's a bit hard to debug-at-a-distance... Maybe you have a php / apache error log in your server that'd have more informations?

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IcyPhoenix ADR RPG • EzArena (modded phpBB2+ADR)

I might be able to set something in my php.ini that will parse errors for me. Never thought of that as I am not really a server guy. let me take a quick look see and I'll report back.

On a side note, Ironically enough, the browser tab still tells me what page I am on and shows the favicon.

I'll be right back here in a short with an  answer of some type.

*EDIT*

Ok I turned error reporting on, on the server via pph.ini and included this,

And still a no go. I'm not seeing anything in my server error logs. I'll admit, I have no clue what I am looking for.

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"Don't gain the world and lose your soul, wisdom is better than silver and gold" -Bob Marley

Okay, thanks. I'm still enjoying the end of summer, I'll try to take a look during the week! Thanks.

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IcyPhoenix ADR RPG • EzArena (modded phpBB2+ADR)

Hey no probs at all chief. I really appreciate all you have done thus far. Enjoy your self and we'll work on it later. I'm in no hurry. Have a pint for me bud!  

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"Don't gain the world and lose your soul, wisdom is better than silver and gold" -Bob Marley