so ive got the zip file-what next?

[uptonspoon]

I have downloaded ther zip fie.
I have vb4.1.2 running and I want to see what i can do with vba and see what final look i can get before uploading so I was thinking.

Whats the best way of getting going.
CAn I upload to xammp on local host and play tweak vba to getg it to look how I want it to look...and learn how to do it....and then upload the finished work to a folder on my host
OR
Do I have to upload it to my host then tweak it causing downtime to my community?

In addition I have vb in public_html without using a sub folder to contain it all.
Can I create a new folder in publi_html call it VBA and upload the vba files to that folder or does vba have to be placed with vb please?

Hope that all makes sense and someone can help me on the right path to take.
regards
T

P.S. Does a Gallery Module come with VBA please or is that a 3rd party plugin that I have to also get?

[uptonspoon]

No one with any advice please?

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[Brian]

You can install on your localhost to test things out, but there's not really an easy way to import everything afterward. I'd suggest just installing on your live site and setting things up there since it won't make any changes to your forum and nobody will know it's there until you add a link or rename the cmps_index.php file to become your homepage.

The cmps_index.php file (which is what displays your pages and content) can be placed pretty much anywhere on your server as long as you've entered the correct path to your forums in the file, but the rest of the files must be uploaded to the same folder where you have uploaded vB.

There is not any type of gallery module inlcuded with the CMPS.