Troubles All Around

[Dan Kenitz]

First off, I have to apologize: I really don't know what I'm doing, and this is leading to a myriad of problems.

1. How do I get the page I "created" in the CMPS page of my AdminCP to actually show up on my site?
2. I have changed my .php file to follow these instructions:

In your cmps_index.php file:

Open your cmps_index.php file in this folder and find:
$forumpath = '';;

Add the full path to your forum between the '' marks, so that it looks like this:
$forumpath = '/home/yoursite/public_html/forums';

I did that. It was wrong at first, but I found out what my forum path was: $forumpath = '/home/content/D/C/a/DCanes/html'

Now, when I visit http://www.bipolarnation.com/cmps_index.php, it says this:

Warning: Unexpected character in input: '\' (ASCII=92) state=1 in /home/content/D/C/a/DCanes/html/cmps_index.php on line 2

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/content/D/C/a/DCanes/html/cmps_index.php on line 2

So, at this point, I'm lost. Thanks in advance for your help.

[Zachery]

what are the first 10 lines of your cmps_index.php file.

[Dan Kenitz]

Here's the whole thing:

<?php
// ++=========================================================================++
// || vBadvanced CMPS v2.1.0 (vB 3.5) - 36421
// || © 2003-2004 vBadvanced.com & PlurPlanet, LLC - All Rights Reserved
// || This file may not be redistributed in whole or significant part.
// || http://vbadvanced.com
// || Downloaded 16:39, Wed Jun 14th 2006
// ||
// ++ ========================================================================++

error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);
define('NO_REGISTER_GLOBALS', 1);
define('THIS_SCRIPT', 'adv_index');
define('VBA_PORTAL', true);
define('VBA_SCRIPT', 'CMPS');

// ============================================
// Enter the full path to your forum here
// Example: /home/vbadvanced/public_html/forum
// ============================================

$forumpath = '/home/content/D/C/a/DCanes/html';

// ============================================
// No Further Editing Necessary!
// ============================================

if (!is_dir($forumpath))
{
echo 'Invalid forum path specified! Please edit this file and be sure to include the correct path for your $forumpath variable.';
exit;
}

chdir($forumpath);

$phrasegroups = array();
$globaltemplates = array();
$actiontemplates = array();
$specialtemplates = array();

require_once('./includes/vba_cmps_include_template.php');
require_once('./global.php');

print_portal_output($home);

?>

[Dan Kenitz]

Someone suggested that it looked like I had mis-installed everything onto my folders. Not sure if that's applicable.

[Dan Kenitz]

So I've checked the installation, and it looks like I've installed everything as I needed to. I just have no idea what's going on.

[Dan Kenitz]

I've also fixed the cmps php and it gives the right forum path right now, as far as I know:

/home/content/D/C/a/DCanes/html/forums

[Zachery]

What editor are you using to edit your cmps_index.php file with?

[Dan Kenitz]

Wordpad - it's the only one that seems to work.

[Zachery]

Can you open a ticket and provide ftp and an admincp login?

[Dan Kenitz]

I PMed you with the info.

[Dan Kenitz]

What is the problem?

[Dan Kenitz]

What seems to be the problem? I love vBulletin and how it works, but the setup process is a very difficult one. I'd like to hear how things are working, and what I need to do to get my site going before Friday night.

[Zachery]

Sorry, I get tons of pm's daily and I generally don't check them right away, tickets are the best way to provide info here. I'll take a look as soon as I can.

[Dan Kenitz]

Ok, thank you.

[Dan Kenitz]

I hope that this problem can be solved in a week. I'm going on vacation tommorow morning, and won't be back until then, and I wanted a re-vamped main site for myself by then.

Thank you for your help and support.

Dan K

[Dan Kenitz]

It's been a week, to no avail!

I am very anxious to set up my website with VBadvanced, and have no clue as to what the problem could possibly be (see above). Any help?