can't access forums...
 

I just installed the forums, but whenever i click to go to it, it brings me back to the index page.

Did you change the link in the navigation bar to lead to the forum page?

don't think i did. let me do that now.

Yeah, because if that's what you were clicking, it just leads to the home page by default.

it's still routing me to the index page.

Can you navigate to the forums by manipulating the url? If you can't find some way to navigate to the forums then it was most-likely not set up correctly.

no i can't. I'm looking at the links in the acp. and it's set up right. *sighs*

Where did you install the forum script into the FTP?

in a folder called forums? I think that's what your asking.

Yes, that's what I was asking.

You extracted all the files, ran the forum install script and set up the database for the forum?

sorry, I'm all new to this LOL. let me run the install stuff. herp-derp

Warning: require(../inc/config.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/nirainia/public_html/classes/class_initializer.php on line 97

Fatal error: require(): Failed opening required '../inc/config.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/nirainia/public_html/classes/class_initializer.php on line 97

when i try to install it, this is what i get. Derp?

Yeah its no problem, the forums are a completely different script package. So, you have to actually install that too. Also, it will instruct you to set up a database and you'll have to edit the config files to have everything done correctly. There's a config_forums file in the mysidia script so that you can sync the adoptables and forums accounts.

The files have to be given the right permissions so that it can install, and the package is unzipped into all of its folders, right?

everything's right (I think). it's all unzipped and in. I have a database set up already. I got a crash course from my coder on my other 2 sims about that last night so i'm good there.

Well your forum needs to have a file called .htaccess. If you use MyBB, it has a file called htaccess.txt, rename it as .htaccess. Alternatively, you can upload the .htaccess file in Mysidia Adoptables' folder /install to your forum root directory. This is explained in MyBB forum integration, and it should apply for any other forumwares too.

alright replaced the htaccess file from the install folder. going to try this.

There is a htaccess-nginx file also in the mybb forums folder... is that suppose to be there?

Well it doesnt matter. Just upload a .htaccess file to your mybb folder, or rename htaccess.txt to .htaccess, otherwise Mysidia's URL rewrite rules will apply to your forum directory, causing undesired behaviors.

done and done.

and still throwing errors at me.

umm thats strange, whats inside that .htaccess file?

Options -MultiViews +FollowSymlinks -Indexes

#
# If mod_security is enabled, attempt to disable it.
# - Note, this will work on the majority of hosts but on
# MediaTemple, it is known to cause random Internal Server
# errors. For MediaTemple, please remove the block below
#
<IfModule mod_security.c>
# Turn off mod_security filtering.
SecFilterEngine Off

# The below probably isn't needed, but better safe than sorry.
SecFilterScanPOST Off
</IfModule>

#
# MyBB "search engine friendly" URL rewrites
# - Note, for these to work with MyBB please make sure you have
# the setting enabled in the Admin CP and you have this file
# named .htaccess
#
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^forum-([0-9]+)\.html$ forumdisplay.php?fid=$1 [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^forum-([0-9]+)-page-([0-9]+)\.html$ forumdisplay.php?fid=$1&page=$2 [L,QSA]

RewriteRule ^thread-([0-9]+)\.html$ showthread.php?tid=$1 [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^thread-([0-9]+)-page-([0-9]+)\.html$ showthread.php?tid=$1&page=$2 [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^thread-([0-9]+)-lastpost\.html$ showthread.php?tid=$1&action=lastpost [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^thread-([0-9]+)-nextnewest\.html$ showthread.php?tid=$1&action=nextnewest [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^thread-([0-9]+)-nextoldest\.html$ showthread.php?tid=$1&action=nextoldest [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^thread-([0-9]+)-newpost\.html$ showthread.php?tid=$1&action=newpost [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^thread-([0-9]+)-post-([0-9]+)\.html$ showthread.php?tid=$1&pid=$2 [L,QSA]

RewriteRule ^post-([0-9]+)\.html$ showthread.php?pid=$1 [L,QSA]

RewriteRule ^announcement-([0-9]+)\.html$ announcements.php?aid=$1 [L,QSA]

RewriteRule ^user-([0-9]+)\.html$ member.php?action=profile&uid=$1 [L,QSA]

RewriteRule ^calendar-([0-9]+)\.html$ calendar.php?calendar=$1 [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^calendar-([0-9]+)-year-([0-9]+)-month-([0-9]+)\.html$ calendar.php?calendar=$1&year=$2&month=$3 [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^calendar-([0-9]+)-year-([0-9]+)-month-([0-9]+)-day-([0-9]+)\.html$ calendar.php?action=dayview&calendar=$1&year=$2&mo nth=$3&day=$4 [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^calendar-([0-9]+)-week-(n?[0-9]+)\.html$ calendar.php?action=weekview&calendar=$1&week=$2 [L,QSA]

RewriteRule ^event-([0-9]+)\.html$ calendar.php?action=event&eid=$1 [L,QSA]

<IfModule mod_env.c>
SetEnv SEO_SUPPORT 1
</IfModule>
</IfModule>

#
# If Apache is compiled with built in mod_deflade/GZIP support
# then GZIP Javascript, CSS, HTML and XML so they're sent to
# the client faster.
#
<IfModule mod_deflate.c>
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/javascript text/css text/html text/xml
</IfModule>

# Note: You are able to choose a different name in the Admin CP. If you've done that you need to change it here too
<Files "error.log">
Order Deny,Allow
Deny from all
</Files>

_____ in the origonal htaccess

umm thats enough strange, it shouldnt throw errors anymore, since Mysidia Adoptables should no longer affect your forum directory with a custom .htaccess. I aint sure if your error is indeed caused by the script, it may as well be a MyBB issue. What is the error message you get anyway?

Warning: require(../inc/config.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/nirainia/public_html/classes/class_initializer.php on line 97

Fatal error: require(): Failed opening required '../inc/config.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/nirainia/public_html/classes/class_initializer.php on line 97

I see, so clearly Mysidia's .htaccess is still affecting your forum. I think one reason is that Mysidia Adoptables was made compatible with MyBB 1.6, so if you use MyBB 1.8 its likely to give you some troubles. I will fix it for you once the ftp works, dont worry.