Need Help Setting Up Php Scripts Have website scripts written in PHP, but need help

hi everyone, I have some PHP scripts written for my clan's website, written and distributed for free by Clan Overdosed... Anyways, I'm not sure how to get the site up and running, uploading the files, and then the website pulling them up, any help is appreciated...I've heard also their may be some bugs in the scripts, so if you're bored and a genius the file can be downloaded here...Apparently I have some editing to do in the config file myself, but other than those easy ones i really could use a hand =)...Once again any and all help is appreciated!

You might want to edit your post to include a link to the source, or provide more information on your difficulty in publishing these files.

i was trying to edit my original post but for some reaso when I was posting the coding i got an error, "BB code tag is being used incorrectly"...

Anyways, i meant to post a link to download the file but afyer i went to search it i got side tracked and forgot to enter before i poseted !!! Here is the site where you can download the files... http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/

And here is the config code i think is causing the problems...

$db_user = "user";

//Databaseuser

$db_password = "pass";

//Databasepass

$site_url = "http linenums:0'>//mysql information MODIFY IT HERE.$db_name = "dbname";//DatabaseName$host = "host"; //Databasehost (probably won't change)$db_user = "user";//Databaseuser$db_password = "pass";//Databasepass$site_url = "http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ URL (http://http://ww38.yoursite.com/)$clan = 'Clan';$clan_tag = '(tag)';?>

Okay, i discovered I had ervything i needed in here the right way, my notepad just diplayed it in a way that was rly confusing O_o, you'd have to be dislexic to have seen it the right way...

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I do howver have an additional problem, as far as i know the scripts should be downloaded to public.html in my file manager, and one file "db_skeleton shoul be imported into my phpmyadmin for the database... which has been done... but now i have a couple of questions....

1. Does leaving the db_skeleton.php COPIED in my public_html file screw things up?

2. Do i download the "db_skeleton.php" AND the "db_skeleton.php~"? Or do I leave "db_skeleton.php~" in the public_html folder?

3. There is no 3....

and D. Again, their could be some simple coding errors as wellthe files can be Dled at http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ If anyone wants to take a look...

I understand I need a lot of help w/ this so if you guys aren't prepared to or dont have time I understand, I wanna thank any and all people who do help me out though, or at least try

I have installed the script on my local server for testing. After installing the SQL portion of it by importing the SQL file into PHPMyAdmin, you may delete the SQL file. Note, also, that any file that ends with a tilde (~) can be discarded as well. It's common, programmer practice (also done by some text editors) to name back-ups with a tilde at the end of the file. I haven't thoroughly tested out the script, but i can access it through the browser on my local server, which shows everything installed properly, so i don't think there's any bugs in their script that would prevent navigation of the site. Their script is pretty big, so i'll refrain from dissecting it.

OMG DOOD, okay so my problem was that i didnt type in my database username right... I feel like such an idiot... I do want to thank you, True, for your help, had you not checked to make sure the scripts worked right i would have given yesterday, and over such a simple problem >.<So yeah true thank you a million times and also for answering all my questions about the tilda'd files....You're a genius huh???

Edited January 6, 2009 by DarkNova (see edit history)