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FAQ:How to use the Admin Center

Craig — Tue, 22 May 2007 17:40:17 GMT

Summary: /* Main Preferences */

= Forum Settings =
== Forum Settings ==
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This is where you can change directory paths, Upload preferences, how information is displayed on your forum, enable themes, change the default style of your forum images. This is where the majority of your forum display options are set.
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=== Directories and Web Addresses ===
* This is where you set your directory and URL paths for your forum. If your forum is setup and running properly, you shouldn't have to change any settings here unless you move your forum to a new server, or you move a directory on your server.
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=== Essential Preferences ===
* Here you can modify the Administrator name and email address as well as the cookie prefix, mail protocol and email signature.
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=== Board Speed and Locks ===
* '''Maintenance Mode:''' Check the box to disable users / guest from viewing your forum while you upgrade or perform maintenance. Users will '''NOT''' be allowed to login while your forum is in maintenance mode. You should also provide an reason for the lockout to your users in the Reason for Maintenance''' box.

* '''Board Lockout:''' Checking this box will disable access to your forum for everyone except those that have a key. You must assign/enable the key for any user you want to access your forum by choosing the '''Administrator settings''' tab in their '''Member Center'''. You would only use this function in cases where you want certain users to test an upgrade or additional feature before showing it to the public. Note that not setting a key for yourself before checking this box will disallow you from logging into your forum.

* '''Guest Access'''
** '''Disable Guest Access:''' This will disallow anyone who is not registered on your forum from viewing any boards or posts.
** '''Disable Guest Registration:''' This will disallow anyone from registering on your forum.

* '''Server Load:''' This is typically set to 0. However, if you want to set a limit to the number of users on your forum at one time, you can enter that number here.

* '''GZIP Compression Method:''' If your server has GZIP installed, you can use this function to enable the feature on your forum. This has been proven to increase speed on forums. Please notice that if you do not have the GZIP module installed on your server, it could cause issues with your forum.
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=== Upload Preferences ===

* '''Basic Prefrences'''
** '''Allow Attachments:''' Use this drop down box to set who can upload files to your forum.
** '''Allow Avatars to be Uploaded:''' Check this box if you want to allow your users to upload their own Avatars.
* '''Upload Directory and URL'''
** This is where you set your Uploads directory path and URL path. If you move your uploads directory, you will need to change the path in this location.
* '''Upload Setup'''
** In this area you can choose to create thumbnails of images, the thumbnail size, the file types that you will allow to be uploaded to your server, and the maximum file size for uploaded attachments and avatars.
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=== Main Preferences ===
* '''Basic Prefrences'''
** '''Forum Name:''' Set this box to whatever you want to name your forum.
** '''Default Language:''' If you have installed other language packs, and would like to use one of them as your default, change it here.
** '''Render Date as today:''' If you check this box, all messages that are posted on the same day you are reading them will show "today" as the post date instead of the actual date.
** '''Number Formatting:''' Character that will be used to separate hundreds from thousands.
** '''Redirect type:''' Need help with this one.
** '''Enable Themes:''' If you have more than one theme on your forum, you can check this box to allow other users to choose a different theme from inside their member center.
* '''Forum Images'''
** Here you can choose from three different versions of buttons to use on your forum. Keep in mind that this is a global setting for your forum. This means that it will affect all themes.
* '''Login Settings'''
** Here you can set the Max login failures (maximum number of login attempts before the account is locked), lockout duration (amount of time the account will be locked out for), and the login type (cookies or sessions). Sessions are more secure, but you must have the CGI:Session module installed for it to work.
* '''Time Settings'''
** This is where you set your global date and time settings.
* '''Guest Options''' Everything in this area applies to users that have not registed on your forum.
** '''Allow Guest Posting:''' Checking this box will allow any vistor to post messages on your forum. However, if your board security doesn't guest to post messages on a board, they will not be able to.
** '''Allow Guests to View Member list and Profiles:''' Checking this box allows any vistor to view your member's profile, and member list.
** '''Allow Guests to use Search:''' This will allow visitors to your forum to use the search feature.
** '''Do not show login on pages if guest:''' Checking this box will make it so the login option will only show on the board index of your forum instead of all pages.
** '''Disallow Guests from Downloading Attachments:''' Checking this box will disable guest visitors from downloading files that have been attached to messages on your forum.
* '''Member Options:''' Everything in this area applies to users that have registed on your forum.
** '''Avatar Preferences:'''
*** '''Disabled:''' Users will not be allowed to use Avatars.
*** '''Enabled - Restricted (avatar list only):''' Users will be able to only select from the predefined list of avatars on your forum.
*** '''Enabled - Full (third party URLs allowed):''' Users will be able to use avatars from the predefined list, and also upload their own avatar.
** '''User Selected Avatar Dimensions:''' Sets the dimensions for all avatars on your forum.
** '''Allow members to invite friends to the forums:''' Checking this box will add the invite frinds box to your forums main page.
** '''Update Last Active in Users Profile:''' Checking this box will update the date in the users memeber center to show when they were last active on your forum.
** '''Maximum characters allowed in Signature:''' Sets the maximum number of characters (including spaces) that a memeber can have in their signature. Setting this to a negative number will allow an unlimited length.
** '''Allow members to hide their e-mail address from the public:''' Check this box to allow users to hide their e-mail address from the public. Note: Administrators can still see the user's e-mail address.
** '''Hide e-mail addresses for the following:''' Change this to disallow users from viewing members e-mail addresses. Members' option is only available if you allow members to hide their e-mail address.
*** '''Members' Option:''' Allows anyone to see members e-mail address unless the member hides their e-mail address via their member center.
*** '''Guests and Members (higher security):''' Hides memeber e-mail address for all users and guests.
*** '''Members' Option and Guests (recommened):''' Hides memeber e-mail address from guests and allows them to choose to hide it from other members too.
** '''Disable the notification service:''' Disables all notifications on your forum.
** '''Post Count Handling:''' Disabling posts counts only hides them from all users, post counts are still logged, just not shown.
*** '''Show all post counts:''' Shows all post counts.
*** '''Hide only on Message Display:''' Post counts will not be shown in the mini-profile display when viewing messages.
*** '''Hide completely to all users (may lower spam):''' Post counts are not shown anywhere on your forum.
** '''Enable Member Reputation:''' Allows members of your forum to vote (positive or negative) for other members on your forum. You can only vote for a member one time.
** '''Reputation Mini-profile Display:''' Works only if you have checked the box for '''Enable Member Reputation'''.
*** '''Percentage only:''' Only shows the percentage for a user.
*** '''Percentage and Score:''' Shows the number of votes and the Percentage for a user.
*** '''Score Only:''' Only shows the number of votes for a user.
** '''Disallow users from changing their screen name:''' Checking this box will make it so users can not change thier screen name via their memeber center.
** '''Disable members from deleting their username:''' Checking this box will make it so users can not delete themselves from your forum.
** '''Max Calendar Events Per User:''' Changing this to a value above 0 will enable users to add personal events (only the user will be able to view them) to the calendar. It is recommended to leave this below 10.
* '''Registration:''' Everything in this area applies to the registration of users on your forum.
** '''Enable the Registration Agreement:''' If you want registering users to an agreement before they can become a memeber on your forum check this box.
** '''Disable registration to users under 13 years of age:''' Enable this feature if you must comply with '''The Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule.''' Click on the link below this check box to find out if you must use this feature for your forum.
** '''Member Validation:''' When a user registers for a username, chose what action must be done before they can post, modify profile, etc.
*** '''Allow immediate access:''' Allows the user immediate access to your forum with no verification.
*** '''Must validate through e-mail first:''' New users will receive an automated e-mail from your forum with a link to validate their account before use.
*** '''Must validate through e-mail and Administrator:''' New users will receive an automated e-mail, and an administrator on your forum must also validate their account.
** '''E-mail System Administrator:''' Enabeling this will e-mail the system administrator each time someone registers on your forum.
** '''Enable Registration Human Verification:''' This feature will require a user to type in characters from an image displayed on the registration page before registering. This feature may not work on all servers. Make sure you click on the link to read the suggested post first.
* '''Private Messaging'''
** '''Disable Private Messaging:''' Disables private messaging for all users on your forum.
** '''Private Messaging Quota (in KBs):''' Sets a storage limit for user's private message inbox and sent items. Note - 1024KB = 1MB.
* '''Member List Options:''' Sets the number of members you want to view when viewing the member list.
* '''Board Index'''
** '''Enable News on Board Index:''' Shows the scrolling news box at the top of your forum.
** '''Show Events on Board Index:''' Enables the Events area on the bottom of your forums board index (main) page.
** '''Show Birthdates as Events:''' Check this box if you want birthdays to be shown as events. Note - This only works if Show Events is enabled.
** '''Upcoming Events Listed (in days):''' If Show Events is enabled, this will set the number of days in advance to show events on your Board Index.
** '''Show "Where Is Users":''' Enables the "Where Is User" Link in the Latest Forum Statistics area of your forum. The link will show as '''X Active Users (X members; X bots; X guests; X invisible)'''.
** '''Disable Forum Statistics:''' Removes the '''Total Forum Statistics''' area from the bottom of your board index.
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=== Logging ===
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=== Board Modifications ===
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== Boards and Categories ==
=== New Root Category ===
=== New Board ===
=== New Sub-Category ===
== Extra Smiley Code ==
== Censor Words ==
== Message Icons ==
== Portal Setup ==
== Modification Center ==
=== Create New Mod ===
=== Upload New Mod ===

= Forum Templates and Themes =
== Themes Manager ==
== News and Registration Templates ==
= Member Setup and Controls =
== Member Groups ==
=== Modify Member Groups ===
=== New Group ===
== Mailing List ==
== View All Members ==
== Ban Users Panel ==
== Validate Members ==
== Pre-Register Members ==
= Member Maintenance =
== Rebuild Member List ==
== Remove Spectators ==
== Reserved Usernames ==
== Recount Post Counts ==
== Encrypt User Passwords ==
= Board Maintenance =
== Rebuild All Boards ==
== Backup Forum ==
== Prune Boards ==
= Logged Information =
== Attachment Statistics ==
== Ban Log ==
== Click Log ==
== Fatal Error Log ==
== Login - Logout Log ==
== Referral Logs ==

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Tylermenezes — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 03:29:23 GMT

Summary: New page: Hello! Nice new idea! Wikimedia rocks!!!

Hello! Nice new idea! Wikimedia rocks!!!

Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works

Tylermenezes — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 03:24:48 GMT

Summary: Ignore it.

The '''Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works''', usually known as the '''Berne Convention''', is an international agreement about copyright, which was first adopted in Berne, Switzerland in 1886. It was developed at the instigation of Victor Hugo as the Association Littéraire et Artistique Internationale, and was thus influenced by the French "French copyright law|right of the author" (''droit d'auteur''), which contrasts with the Anglo-Saxon concept of "copyright", which has only been concerned with economic protection.

Prior to the adoption of the Berne Convention, national copyright laws would usually only apply for works created within each country. Consequently, a work published in London by a British national would be protected by copyright in the United Kingdom, but could be copied and sold by anyone in France; likewise, a work published in Paris by a French national would be protected by copyright in France, but could be copied and sold by anyone in the United Kingdom.

The Berne Convention followed in the footsteps of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property|Paris Convention of 1883, which in the same way had created a framework for international protection for the other kinds of intellectual property: patents, trademarks and industrial designs.

Like the Paris Convention, the Berne Convention set up a bureau to handle the administrative tasks. In 1893, these two small bureaux merged and became the United International Bureaux for the Protection of Intellectual Property (best known by its French acronym BIRPI), situated in Berne. In 1960, BIRPI moved from Berne to Geneva, to be closer to the United Nations and other international organizations in that city, and in 1967 BIRPI became WIPO, the World Intellectual Property Organization, which, since 1974, is an organization within the United Nations.

The Berne Convention was revised in Paris in 1896 and in Berlin in 1908, completed in Berne in 1914, revised in Rome in 1928, in Brussels in 1948, in Stockholm in 1967 and in Paris in 1971, and was amended in 1979.

The United States refused initially to become a party to the Convention, since it would have required major changes in United States copyright law|its copyright law (particularly with regard to moral rights, removal of general requirement for registration of copyright works as well as elimination of mandatory copyright notice). However, on March 1, 1989, the US "Berne Convention Implementation Act of 1988" came into force and the United States became a party to the Berne Convention.

Since almost all nations are members of the World Trade Organization, the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights|TRIPs Agreement requires non-members to accept almost all of the conditions of the Berne Convention.

as of 2007|As of April 2007, there are 163 countries which are parties to the Berne Convention. A full List of countries party to the Berne Convention is available.

==The content of the agreement==

The Berne Convention requires its signatories to protect the copyright on works of authors from other signatory countries (known as members of the ''Berne Union'') in the same way it protects the copyright of its own nationals, which means that, for instance, French copyright law applies to anything published or performed in France, regardless of where it was originally created.

In addition to establishing a system of equal treatment that internationalised copyright amongst signatories, the agreement also served the interests of publishing industries and authors by requiring member states to provide strong minimum standards for copyright law.

Copyright under the Berne Convention must be automatic; it is prohibited to require formal registration (note however that when the United States joined the Convention in 1988, they continued to make statutory damages for copyright infringement|statutory damages and attorney's fees only available for registered works).

The Berne Convention states that all works except photographic and cinematographic shall be protected for at least 50 years after the author's death, but parties are free to provide longer terms of protection, as the European Union did with the 1993 Directive on harmonising the term of copyright protection. For photography the Berne Convention sets a minimum of 25 years protection from the year the photograph was created, and for cinematography the minimum is 50 years after first showing, or 50 years after creation if it hasn't been shown within 50 years after the creation.
Countries under the older revisions of the treaty may choose to provide, and certain types of works (such as phonorecords and motion pictures) may be provided shorter terms.

Although the Berne Convention states that the copyright law of the country where protection is claimed shall be applied, article 7.8 states that "unless the legislation of that country otherwise provides, the term shall not exceed the term fixed in the country of origin of the work", i.e. an author is normally not entitled longer protection abroad than at home, even if the laws abroad give longer protection. This is commonly known as "the rule of the shorter term". Not all countries have accepted this rule.

==External links==
* [http://www.law-ref.org/BERN/index.html The 1971 Berne Convention text] - fully indexed and crosslinked with other documents
* [http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ip/berne/index.html The current Berne Convention text]
* [http://www.wipo.int WIPO]
* [http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ Intellectual Property Protection Treaties]
* [http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ38a.pdf U.S. Copyright office list of countries having copyright relations with the United States (including list of Berne Union countries)]

GNU Free Documentation License

Tylermenezes — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 03:21:59 GMT

Summary: GNU Text Added

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==8. TRANSLATION ==

Translation is considered a kind of modification, so you may distribute translations of the Document under the terms of section 4. Replacing Invariant Sections with translations requires special permission from their copyright holders, but you may include translations of some or all Invariant Sections in addition to the original versions of these Invariant Sections. You may include a translation of this License, and all the license notices in the Document, and any Warranty Disclaimers, provided that you also include the original English version of this License and the original versions of those notices and disclaimers. In case of a disagreement between the translation and the original version of this License or a notice or disclaimer, the original version will prevail.

If a section in the Document is Entitled "Acknowledgements", "Dedications", or "History", the requirement (section 4) to Preserve its Title (section 1) will typically require changing the actual title.

==9. TERMINATION ==

You may not copy, modify, sublicense, or distribute the Document except as expressly provided for under this License. Any other attempt to copy, modify, sublicense or distribute the Document is void, and will automatically terminate your rights under this License. However, parties who have received copies, or rights, from you under this License will not have their licenses terminated so long as such parties remain in full compliance.

==10. FUTURE REVISIONS OF THIS LICENSE ==

The Free Software Foundation may publish new, revised versions of the GNU Free Documentation License from time to time. Such new versions will be similar in spirit to the present version, but may differ in detail to address new problems or concerns. See http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/.

Each version of the License is given a distinguishing version number. If the Document specifies that a particular numbered version of this License "or any later version" applies to it, you have the option of following the terms and conditions either of that specified version or of any later version that has been published (not as a draft) by the Free Software Foundation. If the Document does not specify a version number of this License, you may choose any version ever published (not as a draft) by the Free Software Foundation.

= How to use this License for your documents =

To use this License in a document you have written, include a copy of the License in the document and put the following copyright and license notices just after the title page:

:Copyright (c) YEAR YOUR NAME.
:Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
:under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2
:or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;
:with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.
:A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU
:Free Documentation License".

If you have Invariant Sections, Front-Cover Texts and Back-Cover Texts, replace the "with...Texts." line with this:

:with the Invariant Sections being LIST THEIR TITLES, with the
:Front-Cover Texts being LIST, and with the Back-Cover Texts being LIST.

If you have Invariant Sections without Cover Texts, or some other combination of the three, merge those two alternatives to suit the situation.

If your document contains nontrivial examples of program code, we recommend releasing these examples in parallel under your choice of free software license, such as the GNU General Public License, to permit their use in free software.

Installnew/

Craig — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 17:07:24 GMT

Summary: New page: This page doesn't exist. If you are looking for the installation documents for E-Blah, please use the navigation on the left side of your screen. Thank you, Craig.

This page doesn't exist. If you are looking for the installation documents for E-Blah, please use the navigation on the left side of your screen.

Thank you,
Craig.

Forum Converters

Craig — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 08:11:02 GMT

Summary: Protected "[[Forum Converters]]" [edit=sysop:move=sysop]

= Forum Converters =
{| style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1"
|
This section of the Blahdoc.com Wiki covers forum converters for the E-Blah Forum software. If you have a different forum software, and would like to convert it to E-Blah, use one of the converters listed here. This area also covers how to convert your E-Blah Flat file forum to the SQL version. Currently, we have converters for YaBB, phpBB, vBulletin forums. You can download the covert file [http://www.eblah.com/?v=downloads&f=Converters/converters2.zip HERE.]
|}

More to come...

CSS Change list

Craig — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 19:52:07 GMT

Summary: Protected "[[CSS Change list]]" [edit=sysop:move=sysop]

= template.css change log =
{| style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1" width="100%"
|
Below is a list off all of the changes to the .css code for the E-Blah <code>template.css</code> file. If you are upgrading your forum, check this list and add any changes to your <code>template.css</code> file for your forum. If you are using themes on your forum, you will need to add this code to every theme's <code>template.css</code> file.
|}

== ADDED IN 10.0 ==
<pre>
body {
background-color: #F1F1F1;
position : absolute;
margin : 5px;
text-align : center;
}

table {
margin-left : auto;
margin-right: auto;
}

/*
Centering help:
http://www.maxdesign.com.au/presentation/center/
*/

td {
text-align: left;
}

.loading {
background-image : url(/blahdocs/images/loading.gif);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
width : 222px;
height : 19px;
}

.right {
text-align: right !important;
}

.center {
text-align: center !important;
}

.justify {
text-align: justify !important;
}

.vtop {
vertical-align: top !important;
}

.innertable {
margin: 0px !important;
}

.leftimg {
float : left;
padding-right: 5px;
}

.rightimg {
float : right;
padding-left: 5px;
}

.centerimg {
vertical-align: middle;
}

.boardsearch {
background : url(/blahdocs/images/search.png) 3px 4px no-repeat;
padding-left : 19px;
padding-top : 5px;
padding-bottom: 5px;
width : 90%;
}

/* If user has a color, specify the options for that user name to appear here */
.usercolors {
font-weight: bold;
}

.titlebg, .catbg {
font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;
font-size : 12px;
color : #000;
font-weight: bold;
}

/* Table alignment */
div.centered {
text-align: center;
}

div.centered table {
margin-left : auto;
margin-right: auto; /* long form to make IE5/Mac happy */
}

/* Portal Styles */
.dbx-clone {
position :absolute;
visibility:hidden;
}

.dbx-clone, .dbx-clone .dbx-handle-cursor {
cursor: move !important;
}

.dbx-dummy {
display : block;
width : 0;
height : 0;
overflow: hidden;
}

.dbx-group, .dbx-box, .dbx-handle {
position: relative;
display : block;
}

#dbx-box {
margin : 0px;
padding: 0px;
border : none;
}

/* Calendar */
.calendarevent { /* Title on the Day view */
font-size : 18px;
font-weight: bold;
}

.currentday { /* These will make the entire day/week kind of faded */
opacity: .85;
filter : alpha(opacity=85);
}
</pre>

== CHANGED IN 10.0 ==
<pre>
.titlebg {
background-color: #E1E5EB;
font-family : Verdana, Helvetica;
font-size : 12px;
color : #000000;
font-weight : bold;
}
</pre>
* TO THIS:
<pre>
.titlebg {
background-color: #E1E5EB;
}
</pre>
----
<pre>
.catbg {
background-color: #E1E1E1;
font-family : Verdana, Helvetica;
font-size : 12px;
color : #000000;
font-weight : bold;
}
</pre>
* TO THIS:
<pre>
.catbg {
background-color: #E1E1E1;
}
</pre>
----
<pre>
.border, .hr { background-color: #B8B8B8; }
</pre>
* TO THIS:
<pre>
.border, HR, hr, .hr {
background-color: #B8B8B8;
}
</pre>
----
<pre>
.redrep { /* Reputation (less than -1) */
color: red;
font-weight: bold;
}
.grayrep { /* Reputation (-1 thru 10) */
color: gray;
font-weight: bold;
}
.greenrep { /* Reputation (10 or greater)*/
color: green;
font-weight: bold;
}
</pre>
* TO THIS:
<pre>
/* Reputation */
.redrep { /* Bad */
color: #FF0033;
}

.grayrep { /* Neutral */
color: #CCC;
}

.greenrep { /* Good */
color: #00AF33;
}

.greenrep, .grayrep, .redrep {
font-weight: bold;
}
</pre>
----
<pre>
.onlinebots { color: gray; } /* IE: "Googlebot"; this is shown in the "Online" places */
</pre>
* TO THIS:
<pre>
/* Bots: this is shown in the "Online" places */
.onlinebots {
color : gray;
font-style : italic;
font-weight: normal;
}
</pre>
----
<pre>
/* Poll Colors */
.pollcolor { background-color: #AAADB4; padding-left: 5px; }
.pollpercents { background-color: #D2D5DA; color: #000000; padding-right: 10px; padding-left: 10px; }
.pollborder { background-color: #8A8D96; }
</pre>
* TO THIS:
<pre>
/* Poll Colors */
.pollcolor {
background-color: #AAADB4;
padding-left : 5px;
border-right: 5px solid #000;
}

.pollpercents {
background-color: #D2D5DA;
color : #000;
padding-right : 10px;
padding-left : 10px;
}

.pollborder {
background-color: #000;
}
</pre>
----
<pre>
/* Links */
a, a:link, a:active, a:visited {
text-decoration: none;
color : #36383B;
font-family : Verdana, Helvetica;
font-weight : bold;
}

a:hover {
text-decoration: none;
color : #1A1016;
font-family : Verdana, Helvetica;
font-weight : bold;
}
</pre>
* TO THIS:
<pre>
/* Links */
a, a:link, a:active, a:visited {
text-decoration: none;
color : #36383B;
font-weight : bold;
}

a:hover {
text-decoration: none;
color : #1A1016;
font-weight : bold;
}
</pre>
----
<pre>
/* Forms */
.upload, .textinput,.button, textarea, select { /* .checkboxinput also allowed */
color : #000000;
background-color: #EEEEEE;
font-family : Verdana, Helvetica, Times;
font-size : 10px;
border : 1px #8A8D96 solid;

border-top-width : 1px;
border-right-width : 1px;
border-bottom-width: 1px;
border-left-width : 1px;
}

.textinput {
padding-top: 2px;
padding-bottom: 2px;
padding-left: 2px;
padding-right: 2px;
height: 19px;
vertical-align: middle;
}

textarea {
padding: 3px;
line-height: 130%;
}

input { text-indent : 2px; }

input.button {
border : 1px solid #000000;
padding: 1px;
}
</pre>
* TO THIS:
<pre>
/* Forms */
.upload, input, textarea, select { /* .checkboxinput also allowed */
color : #000;
background-color: #EEE;
font-family : Verdana, Helvetica, Times;
font-size : 10px;
border : 1px #8A8D96 solid;

border-top-width : 1px;
border-right-width : 1px;
border-bottom-width: 1px;
border-left-width : 1px;
}

input {
padding: 3px;
}

textarea {
padding : 3px;
line-height: 130%;
}

input { text-indent : 2px; margin: 0px; }

input.button {
border : 1px solid #000;
padding: 1px;
}

form, input {
margin-top: 0px;
}

form {
margin-bottom: 0px;
}
</pre>

== DELETED IN 10.0 ==
<pre>
/* The forum background color */
.mainbg { background-color: #F1F1F1; }

.titlebgtext { /* This is for nested tables, so that text formatting is still used */
color: #000000;
font-weight: bold;
}

.catbgtext { /* This is for nested tables, so that text formatting is still used */
color: #000000;
font-weight: bold;
}
</pre>

== ADDED IN 10.1 ==
<pre>
/* Board Index Description */
.bidesc {
font-weight: normal;
font-size : 10px;
line-height: 1.5;
color : #444 !important;
}
</pre>

== ADDED IN 10.1.5 ==
<pre>
img {
border: 0px;
}

.catdesc {
padding : 4px;
line-height: 130%;
}

#membercenter a, #membercenter a:link, #membercenter a:active, #membercenter a:visited {
line-height : 2;
padding-left: 5px;
width : 100%;
}

#membercenter a:hover {
padding-left: 2px;
border-left : 3px solid #000000;
text-decoration: none;
}

#postbar img {
margin: 1px;
}

#postbar a:hover img {
margin: 0px;
border: 1px solid #000;
background: #90A9C5;
}

/* Mini-profile:
Fancy --> title and value
Plain --> On one line
Avatar --> Just the avatar and stats (stars)
*/
.fancyprofilet, .fancyprofilev, .plainprofile {
padding: 5px;
}

.avatarprofile {
margin: 10px;
line-height: 2.3;
}

.milastaction {
margin-bottom: 3px;
}

.bilastaction {
line-height: 1.8;
}

/* Date Color */
.bidate, .midate {
color: #727272;
}

hr {
height: 1px;
border: 0;
}
</pre>
== CHANGED IN 10.1.5 ==
<pre>
.titlebg {
background-color: #E1E5EB;
}
</pre>
* TO THIS:
<pre>
.titlebg {
background: url(images/titlebg.gif);
background-color: #E1E5EB;
border: 1px solid #FFF;
}
</pre>
----
<pre>
.catbg {
background-color: #E1E1E1;
}
</pre>
* TO THIS:
<pre>
.catbg {
background: url(images/catbg.gif);
background-color: #E1E1E1;
border: 1px solid #FFF;
}
</pre>
----
<pre>
.border, HR, hr, .hr {
background-color: #B8B8B8;
}
</pre>
* TO THIS:
<pre>
.border, hr {
background-color: #969696;
}
</pre>
----
<pre>
/* Links */
a, a:link, a:active, a:visited {
text-decoration: none;
color : #36383B;
font-weight : bold;
}
</pre>
* TO THIS:
<pre>
/* Links */
a, a:link, a:active, a:visited {
text-decoration: none;
color : #36383B;
}
</pre>
----
<pre>
a:hover {
text-decoration: none;
color : #1A1016;
font-weight : bold;
}
</pre>
* TO THIS:
<pre>
a:hover {
text-decoration: underline;
color : #1A1016;
}
</pre>
----
<pre>
input { text-indent : 2px; margin: 0px; }
</pre>
* TO THIS:
<pre>
input { text-indent : 2px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; }
</pre>
----
<pre>
input.button {
border : 1px solid #000;
padding: 1px;
}
</pre>
* TO THIS:
<pre>
input.button {
border : 1px solid #000;
padding: 5px;
}
</pre>
== DELETED IN 10.1.5 ==
<pre>
input {
padding: 3px;
}
</pre>
== ADDED IN 10.2 ==
<pre>
.normaltext {
font-size: 11px;
text-decoration: none;
font-weight: normal;
}

.indextitle {
font-size : 20px;
font-weight: bold;
white-space: nowrap;
}

.pages {
font-weight : normal !important;
font-size : 9px;
line-height : 1.5;
white-space : nowrap;
padding-top : 4px;
padding-bottom: 4px;
}

.pages a, .pages a:link, .pages a:active, .pages a:visited {
padding: 4px;
border: 1px solid #969696;
background-color: #F2F2F2;
text-decoration: none !important;
}

.pages a:hover {
padding: 4px;
border: 1px solid #969696;
background-color: #E5E5E5;
}

.pages strong {
padding: 4px;
border: 1px solid #969696;
background-color: #EDEDED;
}

.postmenu {
font-weight: normal !important;
}

.indexmenu {
font-weight: bold !important;
white-space: nowrap;
}

.menubar a, .menubar a:link, .menubar a:active, .menubar a:visited {
text-decoration: none;
padding: 6px;
white-space: nowrap;
line-height: 2.5;
}

.menubar a:hover {
padding: 5px;
border: 1px solid #000;
background-color: #C0C0C0;
}

.win4 {
background-color: #D1D1D1;
}

.win5 {
background-color: #DBDBDB;
}
</pre>
== CHANGED IN 10.2 ==
<pre>
/* Date Color */
.bidate, .midate {
color: #727272;
}
</pre>
* TO THIS:
<pre>
/* Date Color */
.bidate, .midate, .didate {
color: #727272;
}
</pre>

== ADDED IN 10.2.5 ==
<pre>
/* Default Theme Layout */
#container {
width : 95%;
margin : auto;
padding : 0;
border : 3px solid #FFBF00;
margin-top : 0;
border-top : 0;
margin-bottom: 10px;
background : #FFF;
}

#copyright {
width : 95%;
margin: auto;
}

#title {
background : url('images/top_grad.gif');
background-color: #FFF;
font-size : 30px;
font-weight : bold;
text-align : left;
padding : 25px;
}

#menu-container {
border-top : 1px solid #FFBF00;
border-bottom : 1px solid #FFBF00;
background : url('images/menu.gif');
background-color: #FFFBF7;
}

#content {
clear: both;
padding: 10px;
}

#user-info {
float : right;
text-align : left;
font-size : 11px;
font-weight : normal;
background : #FFFBF7;
padding : 12px;
border : 1px dotted #FFBF00;
border-top : 0;
border-right: 0;
}

blockquote {
border : 1px #4385DB solid;
border-left: 5px #4385DB solid;
}

blockquote .quoteby {
padding : 10px;
border-bottom: 1px #4385DB dotted;
}

blockquote .quotebody {
padding: 10px;
}

.menubar {
height : 30px;
border-left: 1px solid #FFBF00;
}
</pre>
== CHANGED IN 10.2.5 ==
<pre>
body {
background-color: #F1F1F1;
position : absolute;
margin : 5px;
text-align : center;
}
</pre>
* TO THIS:
<pre>
body {
background-color: #F1F1F1;
margin : 0;
text-align : center;
}
</pre>
----
<pre>
.menubar a, .menubar a:link, .menubar a:active, .menubar a:visited {
text-decoration: none;
padding: 6px;
white-space: nowrap;
line-height: 2.5;
}
</pre>
* TO THIS:
<pre>
.menubar a, .menubar a:link, .menubar a:active, .menubar a:visited {
background : url('images/menu.gif');
background-color: #FFFBF7;
height : 30px;
text-decoration : none;
padding : 0;
white-space : nowrap;
line-height : 2.5;
float : left;
border : 0;
border-right : 1px solid #FFBF00;
padding-left : 15px;
padding-right : 15px;
}
</pre>
----
<pre>
.titlebg {
background: url(images/titlebg.gif);
background-color: #E1E5EB;
border: 1px solid #FFF;
}
</pre>
* TO THIS:
<pre>
.titlebg {
background: #C6E0FF;
border : 1px solid #FFF;
}
</pre>
----
<pre>
.catbg {
background: url(images/catbg.gif);
background-color: #E1E1E1;
border: 1px solid #FFF;
}
</pre>
* TO THIS:
<pre>
.catbg {
background: #E0EDFF;
border : 1px solid #FFF;
}
</pre>
----
<pre>
.border, hr {
background-color: #969696;
}
</pre>
* TO THIS:
<pre>
.border, hr {
background-color: #4385DB;
color : #4385DB;
}
</pre>
----
<pre>
.pollborder {
background-color: #000;
}
</pre>
* TO THIS:
<pre>
.pollborder {
background-color: #4385DB;
padding : 1px;
}
</pre>
----
<pre>
.upload, input, textarea, select { /* .checkboxinput also allowed */
color : #000;
background-color: #EEE;
font-family : Verdana, Helvetica, Times;
font-size : 10px;
border : 1px #8A8D96 solid;

border-top-width : 1px;
border-right-width : 1px;
border-bottom-width: 1px;
border-left-width : 1px;
}
</pre>
* TO THIS:
<pre>
.upload, input, textarea, select { /* .checkboxinput also allowed */
color : #000;
background-color: #F2F6FF;
font-family : Verdana, Helvetica, Times;
font-size : 10px;
border : 1px #4385DB solid;
border-width : 1px;
}
</pre>

News

Craig — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 12:56:24 GMT

Summary: /* News / Updates */

== News / Updates==
{| style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1" width="100%"
|
<onlyinclude>
* '''Saturday, 29 July 2007:''' Sorry for not putting more information on here since April. As some of you have noticed, you can no longer create a new account here on the Wiki. This is because I had some (either bad bots or bad people) editing pages and deleting information. As of late, I have had no time to work on the Wiki docs. Because of this lack of time, I haven't been to the site everyday, so infomation was missing for days without me knowing. Once I get the security issue resolved, I will allow users to register again. Sorry for the inconvenience.
<hr style="height: 3px; color: white" />
* '''Tuesday, 24 April 2007:''' All the themes that we have are now available for download on the themes page here on the Wiki. Many thanks go out to Martin for updating all 30 (so far) of them to the latest version of E-Blah (10.2.5). If anyone has a theme that they would like to make available to the public, please go to the Blahdocs.com forum and upload it in the themes area.
<hr style="height: 3px; color: white" />
* '''Monday, 23 April 2007:''' The Themes page is starting to grow. Martin has spent much time updating several of the version 9.x themes to version 10.2.5, and I am in the process of building the page here on the Wiki. There are 12 themes available for download so far, and I hope to have the remaining ones on here by tomorrow night. Let me know if you have any problems.
</onlyinclude>
<hr style="height: 3px; color: white" />
* '''Friday, 6 April 2007:''' Users can now register and edit here on the Wiki! If you feel that you can add to a section, please feel free to register and help out. Please try to follow the fomatting as much as you can when making edits. I also made some minor updates to the formatting here, and added the upgrade document for 9.x to the latest version of E-Blah to the [[Upgrading_your_E-Blah_forum|Upgrading section]].
<hr style="height: 3px; color: white" />
* '''Wednesday, 4 April 2007:''' The E-Blah SQL Install document has been added to the Wiki. I am sure that it is not 100%, but at least it is a start. If anyone as and suggestions for step one, please add it to the discussion page.
<hr style="height: 3px; color: white" />
* '''Saturday, 31 March 2007:''' I added a new doc which includes all the changes to the template.css file since version 10.0. I plan to add all changes back to a point where it makes sense. For example, it is not possible to upgrade your template from version 5 to version 10. There have been far too many changes to do this. More then likely, the stopping point will be at version 9.0. I also managed to get some work done on the Upgrade documentation today.
<hr style="height: 3px; color: white" />
* '''Sunday, 25 March 2007:''' I cleaned up the forum today. Everything that was no longer needed because of the Wiki is gone. It isn't actually gone, but it is hidden. Note due to the forum upgrade, you might have to request a new password. Sorry for the inconvenience.
<hr style="height: 3px; color: white" />
* '''Saturday, 24 March 2007:''' I have upgraded the forum to the E-Blah SQL version. You can visit the forum by clicking on the link under General Navigation. There are still several bugs that need to be worked out with this version of E-Blah, but I really like the fact that it uses SQL, so I installed it.
|}

Creating a Theme

Craig — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 19:22:58 GMT

Summary: Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/Tylermenezes|Tylermenezes]] ([[User_talk:Tylermenezes|Talk]]); changed back to last version by [[User:Craig|Craig]]

Coming Soon...

How to use Mod Rewrite

Craig — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 19:22:33 GMT

Summary: Protected "[[How to use Mod Rewrite]]" [edit=sysop:move=sysop]

__NOTOC__
== What is mod_rewrite ==
{| style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1" width="100%"
|
Using mod_rewrite on your forum is a very useful feature. It is a way to change your address to your forum from the traditional '''www.yoursite.com/cgi-bin/forum/Blah.pl''' to a cleaner address shown below. It has also been said that this will increase the number of pages on your forum indexed by search engines.<pre>http://www.yoursite.com/forum/</pre>
|}

== Step 1 - Create a .htaccess file and upload it ==
{| style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1" width="100%"
|
Create a file with your text editor and name it .htaccess, and place the following code in it.
<pre>Options All Indexes
IndexOptions FancyIndexing
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /forum/
RewriteRule ^(.*) /cgi-bin/forum/Blah.pl?$1</pre>
After you have created your .htaccess file, create a folder named '''forum''' in the root web directory on your web server, '''CHMOD it to 755''',
and upload your .htaccess file to this folder.

'''NOTE:''' IndexOptions FancyIndexing (shown above) can cause problems on some servers. If
you have problems with mod rewrite, and all your settings are correct, you should delete this
line from the .htaccess file.
|}

== Step 2 - Edit Blah.pl ==
{| style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1" width="100%"
|
Edit Blah.pl and change the following lines from:
<pre># Filename information
$scriptname = $scriptname || 'Blah.pl'; # Change name of Blah.pl
$modrewrite = $modrewrite || '?'; # Setting, mod_rewrite: on = '' | off = '?'
</pre>
to this:
<pre># Filename information
$scriptname = $scriptname || '/forum/'; # Change name of Blah.pl
$modrewrite = $modrewrite || ''; # Setting, mod_rewrite: on = '' | off = '?'
</pre>
'''NOTE:''' These lines may look different depending on which version of E-Blah you are using. This example is from version 10.2.5.
|}

== Step 3 - Edit settings in your Admin Control Panel ==
{| style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1" width="100%"
|
Go to your '''Admin Control Panel''' | '''Forum Settings''' | '''Directories and Web Addresses''' and change
your '''Forum Address:''' setting to this and save your settings.
<pre>http://www.yoursite.com/</pre>

'''NOTE:''' Where it says '''yoursite.com''' above, you should type in your actual web address for your site.

Now Mod Rewrite is enabled for your forum, and you should be able to go to
'''www.yoursite.com/forum/''' to view it. Remember, if you upgrade your forum, you will need to edit
your '''Blah.pl''' file and change the '''$scriptname''' and '''$modrewrite''' lines to enable mod_rewrite again.

If you would like additional information about mod_rewrite [http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_rewrite.html click here].
|}

Modifications

Craig — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 19:18:01 GMT

Summary: Protected "[[Modifications]]" [edit=sysop:move=sysop]

Coming Sooner or later:)

E-Blah SQL Installation

Craig — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 19:17:14 GMT

Summary: Undo revision 459 by [[Special:Contributions/SnqWug]] ([[User talk:SnqWug]])

E-Blah SQL is currently in beta testing. It was forked from the "main" flat-text version of E-Blah between version 10.2 and 10.2.5. The calendar and portal were removed from the SQL version of E-Blah. The purpose of the SQL version is, among other things, creating a more manageable system back end for administrators that is both speedier and more organized, while making things simple. The SQL version does not succeed the flat-text version, but rather gives Administrators more options in using E-Blah.

= Install the latest SQL version =
{| style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1"
|
This section of the Blahdoc.com Wiki is for new installations of an E-Blah SQL forum. This section will only cover how to install the latest version of E-Blah SQL. We do this because the latest version of E-Blah is always better than the previous version, and almost always contains bug fixes. For those two reasons, you should always install the latest version when performing a new installation.
|}

== Step 1 - Setup your MySQL or SQLite database==
{| style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1"
|
Before you can begin installation of E-Blah SQL, you will have to have a mySQL or SQLite database installed on your webserver. After you have the database setup, write down the database information. You will need this when you run the Install script in step four below.
|}

== Step 2 - Upload the folders / files to your server ==
{| style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" width="100%" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1"
|
There are two directories that you '''MUST''' upload to your web server for E-Blah to function. They are:
* The <code>forum</code> directory.
* The <code>blahdocs</code> directory. 
These two directories '''MUST''' be uploaded in the right '''MODE''' for your forum to fuction properly. These modes are:
* ASCII Mode.
* Binary Mode. 
'''The <code>forum</code> directory''' (including sub-directories and files) '''MUST''' be uploaded in ANSCII mode to your <code>cgi-bin</code> directory. If you don't have a <code>cgi-bin</code> directory, ask yourself these two questions:
* Does my host support Perl or cgi scripts?
* Does my host allow Perl or cgi scripts to be run outside of the cgi-bin folder? 
If you answer '''YES''' to one or both of those questions, then you have two options. If the answer is '''NO''', then you probably won't be abot to run E-Blah on your server.
* You can create a <code>cgi-bin</code> directory and upload the <code>forum</code> directory inside it.
* You can up the <code>forum</code> directory to your web server's root directory.
'''*** NOTE ***''' We suggest that you create a <code>cgi-bin</code> directory and put your <code>forum</code> directory inside it. Not doing this could cause the mod_rewrite fuction (if you choose to use it) to not work properly. 
'''The <code>blahdocs</code> directory''' (including sub-directories and files) '''MUST''' be uploaded in Binary mode to your web server's root directory. Your root directory is your web sites home directory. It is sometimes (but not always) named htdocs, or public_html. 
'''*** WARNING ***''' Many FTP programs have a AUTO transfer mode and a MANUAL transfer mode. AUTO means that the program chooses which files are uploaded in ASCII mode and which files are uploaded in Binary mode. MANUAL means that you tell the program which mode to use while uploading. We stongly suggest that you use the MANUAL mode when uploading the E-Blah files to your server. This will ensure that the <code>forum</code> directory is uloaded in ASCII mode, and the <code>blahdocs</code> directory is uploaded in Binary mode.
|}

== Step 3 - Set directory and file permissions ==
{| style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" width="100%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="1"
|
Below are two tables. The left table contains a list of the directories and files that you must chmod correctly on UNIX servers. The right table contains the permission settings for a windows server. Not setting these permissions correctly could cause your forum not to function properly. If a directory or file is not included in this list then you do not have to set the permissions!
|}

<table align="center" width="100%">
<tr>
<td width="49%">
{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="empty-cells:show;" align="center" width="100%"
!style="color:#000000;background-color:#6699ff;" align="center" colspan="3"| '''UNIX CHMOD SETTINGS'''
|-
!style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;" align="center"| DIR / FILE
!style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;" align="center"| CHMOD
!style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;" align="center"| COMMENT
|-
|align="right"| /cgi-bin/forum
|align="center"| 755
| If there is an error then set it to 777
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" align="right"| /cgi-bin/forum/Blah.pl
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" align="center"| 755
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;"| -----
|-
|align="right"| /cgi-bin/forum/database.db
|align="center"| 666
| -----
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" align="right"| /cgi-bin/forum/Install.pl
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" align="center"| 755
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;"| -----
|-
|align="right"| /cgi-bin/forum/Settings.pl
|align="center"| 666
| -----
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" align="right"| /cgi-bin/forum/EBlah
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" align="center"| 755
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;"| -----
|-
|align="right"| /cgi-bin/forum/Prefs
|align="center"| 777
| If there is an error then set it to 755
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" align="right"| /cgi-bin/forum/Prefs/cache
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" align="center"| 777
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;"| If there is an error then set it to 755
|-
|align="right"| /cgi-bin/forum/Prefs/Sessions
|align="center"| 777
| If there is an error then set it to 755
|-

|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" align="right"| /blahdocs/Random
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" align="center"| 777
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;"| -----
|-
|align="right"| /blahdocs/template
|align="center"| 777
| CHMOD all sub directories too
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" align="right"| /blahdocs/uploads
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" align="center"| 777
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;"| Used for uploading files
|-
|align="right"| /blahdocs/uploads/thumbnails
|align="center"| 777
| Used for image resizing
|}
</td>
<td width="1%"> </td>
<td width="49%">
{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="empty-cells:show;" align="center" width="100%"
!style="color:#000000;background-color:#6699ff;" align="center" colspan="2"| '''WINDOWS SECURITY SETTINGS'''
|-
!style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;" align="center"| DIR / FILE
!style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;" align="center"| SETTING
|-
|align="right"| /cgi-bin/forum
| Read & Execute | List Folder Contents | Read
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" align="right"| /cgi-bin/forum/Blah.pl
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;"| Read & Execute | Read
|-
|align="right"| /cgi-bin/forum/database.db
| Write
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" align="right"| /cgi-bin/forum/Install.pl
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;"| Read & Execute | Read
|-
|align="right"| /cgi-bin/forum/Settings.pl
| Write
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" align="right"| /cgi-bin/forum/EBlah
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;"| Read & Execute | Read
|-
|align="right"| /cgi-bin/forum/Prefs
| Read | Write
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" align="right"| /cgi-bin/forum/Prefs/cache
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;"| Read | Write
|-
|align="right"| /cgi-bin/forum/Prefs/Sessions
| Read | Write
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" align="right"| /blahdocs/Random
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;"| Read | Write
|-
|align="right"| /blahdocs/template
| Read | Write
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" align="right"| /blahdocs/uploads
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;"| Read | Write
|-
|align="right"| /blahdocs/uploads/thumbnails
| Read | Write
|}
</td>
</tr>
</table>

== Step 4 - Run the Setup script ==
{| style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" width="100%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="1"
|
Now that you have uploaded and set your directory and file permissions, it is time to run the E-Blah SQL Install Script. To do this, type in the web address to the <code>Install.pl</code> file. Typically, this address is like the one below.
|}

<pre>http://www.yoursite.com/cgi-bin/forum/Install.pl</pre>

{| style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" width="100%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="1"
|
The E-Blah SQL Install script will guide you through the remainder of the installation. When setup is complete, follow the link to your forum and login using the username and the password that you chose during the setup process. If you didn't change the default login information, then your username will be '''Administrator''' and your password will be '''admin'''. If you did leave the password as '''admin''', you should change it when you first log into your forum for security reasons.
|}

= Upgrade to the latest SQL version =
{| style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1"
|
This section will guide you through upgrading your current E-Blah SQL forum to the latest version. The latest version of E-Blah is always better than the previous version, and almost always contains bug fixes. For those two reasons, you should always install the latest version when it is realeased. Note that this document does not cover converting your flat file version to the SQL version. That is covered in the [[Forum Converters]] document.
|}

Upgrading your E-Blah forum

Craig — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 19:16:29 GMT

Summary: Protected "[[Upgrading your E-Blah forum]]" [edit=sysop:move=sysop]

= Upgrading from E-Blah version 10.x to 10.2.5 =
{| style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1"
|
This section will guide you through upgrading your forum from E-Blah version '''10.x''' to E-Blah version '''10.2.5''' for UNIX and Windows servers.
'''NOTE:''' Before upgrading from any version of E-Blah, you should '''ALWAYS''' backup your forum via your admin center and verify that the backup worked by downloading the backup file located in your '''forum''' folder and unzipping it. If you are on a Windows server, the backup function does not work. In this case, you should download your entire forum folder to your local machine.
|}
== Step 1 - Upload and set permissions for files and folders ==
{| style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1" width="100%"
|
Because you are upgrading your forum, you will only need to upload certain files and folders. We have listed them here. Be sure to pay special attention to the chmod settings, and the comments area of the table.
|}

<table style="width: 100%; border: 1px solid #000;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" align="center" class="style1">
<tr>
<td style="width: 250px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #000; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: #000; text-align: center; background-color: #A9C9FE">DIRECTORY OR FILE TO UPLOAD
</td>
<td style="width: 60px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #000; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: #000; text-align: center; background-color: #A9C9FE">UNIX CHMOD
</td>
<td style="width: 90px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #000; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: #000; text-align: center; background-color: #A9C9FE">WINDOWS PERMISSION
</td>
<td style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: #000; text-align: center; background-color: #A9C9FE" valign="bottom">COMMENTS
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="width: 250px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: right;">/cgi-bin/forum/'''Blah.pl'''</td>
<td style="width: 60px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: center;">755</td>
<td style="width: 90px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: center;">R&E / R</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="width: 250px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: right; background-color: #CCCCCC">/cgi-bin/forum/'''Setup.pl'''</td>
<td style="width: 60px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: center; background-color: #CCCCCC">755</td>
<td style="width: 90px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: center; background-color: #CCCCCC">R&E / R</td>
<td style="background-color: #CCCCCC"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="width: 250px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: right;">/cgi-bin/forum/Code/'''*.*'''</td>
<td style="width: 60px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: center;">---</td>
<td style="width: 90px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: center;">---</td>
<td>Upload all files. Do not set permissions.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="width: 250px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: right; background-color: #CCCCCC">/cgi-bin/forum/Languages/'''English.lng'''</td>
<td style="width: 60px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: center; background-color: #CCCCCC">---</td>
<td style="width: 90px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: center; background-color: #CCCCCC">---</td>
<td style="background-color: #CCCCCC">Upload all files. Do not set permissions.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="width: 250px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: right;">/cgi-bin/forum/Languages/English/'''*.*'''</td>
<td style="width: 60px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: center;">---</td>
<td style="width: 90px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: center;">---</td>
<td>Upload all files. Do not set permissions.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="width: 250px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: right; background-color: #CCCCCC">/cgi-bin/forum/Prefs/'''Sessions'''</td>
<td style="width: 60px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: center; background-color: #CCCCCC">777</td>
<td style="width: 90px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: center; background-color: #CCCCCC">R&E / R</td>
<td style="background-color: #CCCCCC">Only upload if there is no sessions folder there. Added in version 10.1.5.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="width: 250px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: right;">/blahdocs/'''bc.js'''</td>
<td style="width: 60px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: center;">---</td>
<td style="width: 90px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: center;">---</td>
<td>Upload in binary mode. Do not set permissions.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="width: 250px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: right; background-color: #CCCCCC">/blahdocs/'''dbx.js'''</td>
<td style="width: 60px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: center; background-color: #CCCCCC">---</td>
<td style="width: 90px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: center; background-color: #CCCCCC">---</td>
<td style="background-color: #CCCCCC">Upload in binary mode. Do not set permissions.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="width: 250px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: right;">/blahdocs/'''news.js'''</td>
<td style="width: 60px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: center;">---</td>
<td style="width: 90px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: center;">---</td>
<td style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: #808080;">Upload in binary mode. Do not set permissions.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="width: 250px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: right; background-color: #CCCCCC">/blahdocs/'''common.js'''</td>
<td style="width: 60px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: center; background-color: #CCCCCC">---</td>
<td style="width: 90px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: center; background-color: #CCCCCC">---</td>
<td style="background-color: #CCCCCC">Upload in binary mode. Do not set permissions.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="width: 250px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: right;">/blahdocs/'''pngfix.js'''</td>
<td style="width: 60px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: center;">---</td>
<td style="width: 90px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: center;">---</td>
<td>Upload in binary mode. Do not set permissions.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="width: 250px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: right; background-color: #CCCCCC">/blahdocs/images/'''admincenter'''</td>
<td style="width: 60px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: center; background-color: #CCCCCC">---</td>
<td style="width: 90px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: center; background-color: #CCCCCC">---</td>
<td style="background-color: #CCCCCC">Upload folder and files in binary mode. Do not set permissions. Added in version 10.2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="width: 250px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: right;">/blahdocs/buttons/'''icons'''</td>
<td style="width: 60px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: center;">---</td>
<td style="width: 90px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: center;">---</td>
<td>Upload folder and files in binary mode. Do not set permissions. Added in version 10.2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
</table>

== Step 2 - Run the Setup Script ==
{| style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1" width="100%"
|
Now that you have uploaded the required files and folders, and set permissions properly, it is time to run the Setup Script. To do this, type in the web address to the '''Setup.pl''' file. Typically, this address is like the one below.
<pre>http://www.yoursite.com/cgi-bin/forum/Setup.pl.</pre>
The E-Blah Setup script will guide you through the remaining portion of the upgrade process. Make sure you click on the Upgrade existing forum link. When setup is complete, follow the link to your forum and login as an administrator, and take your board out of maintenance mode.
|}
== Step 3 – Rebuild your members and boards ==
{| style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1" width="100%"
|
After you login to your forum as an administrator, go to your '''admin center''' and rebuild your '''member list''', your '''boards''', and '''Recount you
posts'''.
|}
== Step 4 - Update your template.css file ==
{| style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1" width="100%"
|
Every version of E-Blah 10.x has included changes to the template.css. Please refer to our '''[[CSS Change list]]''' and add any new css code to your <code>template.css</code> file. If you are using themes with your forum, the code will need to be added to each themes <code>template.css</code> file. We also suggest that you upload the <code>admintemplate.css</code> file to Template directory as well. '''NOTE:''' If you are still using the default template that came with the E-Blah download, you can simply overwrite the template.css file in the '''winter''' directory.
|}
 

= Upgrading from E-Blah version 9.x to 10.2.5 =
{| style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1"
|
This section will guide you through upgrading your forum from E-Blah version '''9.x''' to E-Blah version '''10.2.5''' for UNIX and Windows servers.
'''NOTE:''' Before upgrading from any version of E-Blah, you should '''ALWAYS''' backup your forum via your admin center and verify that the backup worked by downloading the backup file located in your '''forum''' folder and unzipping it. If you are on a Windows server, the backup function does not work. In this case, you should download your entire forum folder to your local machine.
|}

{| style="color:#000000;background-color:#FDA78A;" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1"
|
'''WARNING:''' There have been several changes to the '''tempate.css''' file, the '''template.html''' file, and most of the core images used with your E-Blah forum. If you have modified your default template colors or created new images, you will need to update everything to work with the latest version. Refer to our '''[[CSS Change list]]''' for a list of the changes.
|}
== Step 1 - Upload and set permissions for files and folders ==
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Because you are upgrading your forum, you will only need to upload certain files and folders. We have listed them here. Be sure to pay special attention to the chmod settings, and the comments area of the table.
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<table style="width: 100%; border: 1px solid #000;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" align="center" class="style1">
<tr>
<td style="width: 250px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #000; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: #000; text-align: center; background-color: #A9C9FE">DIRECTORY OR FILE TO UPLOAD
</td>
<td style="width: 60px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #000; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: #000; text-align: center; background-color: #A9C9FE">UNIX CHMOD
</td>
<td style="width: 90px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #000; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: #000; text-align: center; background-color: #A9C9FE">WINDOWS PERMISSION
</td>
<td style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: #000; text-align: center; background-color: #A9C9FE" valign="bottom">COMMENTS
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="width: 250px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: right;">/cgi-bin/forum/'''Blah.pl'''</td>
<td style="width: 60px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: center;">755</td>
<td style="width: 90px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: center;">R&E | R</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="width: 250px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: right; background-color: #CCCCCC">/cgi-bin/forum/'''Setup.pl'''</td>
<td style="width: 60px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: center; background-color: #CCCCCC">755</td>
<td style="width: 90px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: center; background-color: #CCCCCC">R&E | R</td>
<td style="background-color: #CCCCCC"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="width: 250px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: right;">/cgi-bin/forum/Code/'''*.*'''</td>
<td style="width: 60px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: center;">---</td>
<td style="width: 90px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: center;">---</td>
<td>Upload all files. Do not set permissions.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="width: 250px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: right; background-color: #CCCCCC">/cgi-bin/forum/Languages/'''English.lng'''</td>
<td style="width: 60px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: center; background-color: #CCCCCC">---</td>
<td style="width: 90px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: center; background-color: #CCCCCC">---</td>
<td style="background-color: #CCCCCC">Upload all files. Do not set permissions.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="width: 250px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: right;">/cgi-bin/forum/Languages/English/'''*.*'''</td>
<td style="width: 60px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: center;">---</td>
<td style="width: 90px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: center;">---</td>
<td>Upload all files. Do not set permissions.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="width: 250px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: right; background-color: #CCCCCC">/cgi-bin/forum/Mods/'''Modules'''</td>
<td style="width: 60px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: center; background-color: #CCCCCC">777</td>
<td style="width: 90px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: center; background-color: #CCCCCC">R&E | R</td>
<td style="background-color: #CCCCCC"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="width: 250px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: right;">/cgi-bin/forum/Prefs/'''Sessions'''</td>
<td style="width: 60px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: center;">777</td>
<td style="width: 90px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: center;">R&E | R</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="width: 250px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: right; background-color: #CCCCCC">/blahdocs/'''bc.js'''</td>
<td style="width: 60px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: center; background-color: #CCCCCC">---</td>
<td style="width: 90px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: center; background-color: #CCCCCC">---</td>
<td style="background-color: #CCCCCC">Upload in binary mode. Do not set permissions.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="width: 250px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: right;">/blahdocs/'''common.js'''</td>
<td style="width: 60px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: center;">---</td>
<td style="width: 90px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: center;">---</td>
<td>Upload in binary mode. Do not set permissions.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="width: 250px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: right; background-color: #CCCCCC">/blahdocs/'''dbx.js'''</td>
<td style="width: 60px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: center; background-color: #CCCCCC">---</td>
<td style="width: 90px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: center; background-color: #CCCCCC">---</td>
<td style="background-color: #CCCCCC">Upload in binary mode. Do not set permissions.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="width: 250px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: right;">/blahdocs/'''news.js'''</td>
<td style="width: 60px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: center;">---</td>
<td style="width: 90px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: center;">---</td>
<td style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: #808080;">Upload in binary mode. Do not set permissions.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="width: 250px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: right; background-color: #CCCCCC">/blahdocs/'''pngfix.js'''</td>
<td style="width: 60px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: center; background-color: #CCCCCC">---</td>
<td style="width: 90px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: center; background-color: #CCCCCC">---</td>
<td style="background-color: #CCCCCC">Upload in binary mode. Do not set permissions.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="width: 250px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: right;">/blahdocs/'''buttons'''</td>
<td style="width: 60px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: center;">---</td>
<td style="width: 90px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: center;">---</td>
<td>Upload folder and files in binary mode. Do not set permissions. All files are now in .png format.</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td style="width: 250px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: right; background-color: #CCCCCC">/blahdocs/buttons/'''icons'''</td>
<td style="width: 60px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: center; background-color: #CCCCCC">---</td>
<td style="width: 90px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: center; background-color: #CCCCCC">---</td>
<td style="background-color: #CCCCCC">Upload folder and files in binary mode. Do not set permissions. All files are now in .png format.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="width: 250px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: right;">/blahdocs/images/'''*.png'''</td>
<td style="width: 60px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: center;">---</td>
<td style="width: 90px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: center;">---</td>
<td>Upload .png files in binary mode. Do not set permissions.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="width: 250px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: right; background-color: #CCCCCC">/blahdocs/images/'''admincenter'''</td>
<td style="width: 60px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: center; background-color: #CCCCCC">---</td>
<td style="width: 90px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: center; background-color: #CCCCCC">---</td>
<td style="background-color: #CCCCCC">Upload folder and files in binary mode. Do not set permissions.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="width: 250px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: right;">/blahdocs/images/'''icons'''</td>
<td style="width: 60px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: center;">---</td>
<td style="width: 90px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: center;">---</td>
<td>Upload folder and files in binary mode. Do not set permissions.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="width: 250px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: right; background-color: #CCCCCC">/blahdocs/'''Random'''</td>
<td style="width: 60px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: center; background-color: #CCCCCC">777</td>
<td style="width: 90px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: center; background-color: #CCCCCC">R&E | R</td>
<td style="background-color: #CCCCCC">Used to create Random image for human verification.</td>
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<tr>
<td style="width: 250px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: right;">/blahdocs/uploads/'''thumbnails'''</td>
<td style="width: 60px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: center;">777</td>
<td style="width: 90px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-color: #808080; text-align: center;">R&E | R</td>
<td>Used to create thumbnails of images.</td>
</tr>
</table>

== Step 2 - Run the Setup Script ==
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Now that you have uploaded the required files and folders, and set permissions properly, it is time to run the Setup Script. To do this, type in the web address to the '''Setup.pl''' file. Typically, this address is like the one below.
<pre>http://www.yoursite.com/cgi-bin/forum/Setup.pl.</pre>
The E-Blah Setup script will guide you through the remaining portion of the upgrade process. Make sure you click on the Upgrade existing forum link. When setup is complete, follow the link to your forum and login as an administrator, and take your board out of maintenance mode.
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== Step 3 – Rebuild your members and boards ==
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After you login to your forum as an administrator, go to your '''admin center''' and rebuild your '''member list''', your '''boards''', and '''Recount you
posts'''.
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== Step 4 - Edit Your Forum Settings ==
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After you are finished with your upgrade, you need to go to your '''Admin Control Panel''', and then to your '''Forum Settings''' | '''Directories and Web Addresses''', and input the correct settings for the new field: '''blahdocs (URL)''' Unless your settings are different from standard, it should be set to '''/blahdocs'''. You will also need to fill in the '''blahdocs (DIR) field'''. It will be identical to your '''Templates (DIR)''' field minus the '''/template''' text at the end.
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== Step 5 - Update your template.css file ==
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As stated in the warning above, there have been several changes to the template.css file. Please refer to our '''[[CSS Change list]]''' and add any new css code to your <code>template.css</code> file. If you are using themes with your forum, the code will need to be added to each themes <code>template.css</code> file. We also suggest that you upload the <code>admintemplate.css</code> file to Template directory as well. '''NOTE:''' If you are still using the default template that came with the E-Blah download, you can simply overwrite the template.css file in the '''winter''' directory.
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== Step 6 – Portal Setup ==
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Even if you were using Platinum 9.71B, you will need to Setup your portal again. To do this, go to your admin center, click on the Portal Setup link on the left index and add all the modules that you want to see in your Portal.
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Themes

Craig — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 12:09:03 GMT

Summary: /* Download a Theme */

== Ready to run Themes ==
{| style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1"
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In this area you will find Themes for the latest version of E-Blah.  All themes are compatible with the flat file version and the SQL version of E-Blah forum software.  If you would like your theme posted here, please upload it to the blahdocs.com forum by clicking on the link under General Navigation to the left and we will add it to this page.
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== Download a Theme ==
<table align="center" width="100%">
<tr>
<td valign="top">
{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="empty-cells:show;" align="center"
!style="color:#000000;background-color:#6699ff;" align="center" colspan="2"| '''3d Blue'''
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;" width="187"| Author: Martin
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#FFFFFF;" rowspan="4" align="center"| http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/themes/3d_blue.gif
|-
|align="left"| Site: [http://www.pchelp4free.com PC Help Forum]
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;"| [http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/theme-3d_blue/ Preview this theme]
|-
| [http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/themes/3d_blue.zip Download Now]
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|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" colspan="2" width="416"| A 3D Blue Theme.
|}
</td>
<td valign="top">
{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="empty-cells:show;" align="center"
!style="color:#000000;background-color:#6699ff;" align="center" colspan="2"| '''Army Style One'''
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;" width="187"| Author: Martin
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#FFFFFF;" rowspan="4" align="center"| http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/themes/army_style1.gif
|-
|align="left"| Site: [http://www.pchelp4free.com PC Help Forum]
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|style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;"| [http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/theme-army_style1/ Preview this theme]
|-
| [http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/themes/army_style1.zip Download Now]
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|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" colspan="2" width="416"| A 3d Army Style Theme.
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</tr>
</table>
 
<table align="center" width="100%">
<tr>
<td valign="top">
{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="empty-cells:show;" align="center"
!style="color:#000000;background-color:#6699ff;" align="center" colspan="2"| '''Battle Field Brown'''
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;" width="187"| Author: Martin
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#FFFFFF;" rowspan="4" align="center"| http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/themes/Battlefield_Brown.gif
|-
|align="left"| Site: [http://www.pchelp4free.com PC Help Forum]
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;"| [http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/theme-Battlefield_Brown/ Preview this theme]
|-
| [http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/themes/Battlefield_Brown.zip Download Now]
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|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" colspan="2" width="416"| A brown battle style template for gamers.
|}
</td>
<td valign="top">
{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="empty-cells:show;" align="center"
!style="color:#000000;background-color:#6699ff;" align="center" colspan="2"| '''Blahdocs.com 2005'''
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;" width="187"| Author: Martin
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#FFFFFF;" rowspan="4" align="center"| http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/themes/blahdocs2005.gif
|-
|align="left"| Site: [http://www.pchelp4free.com PC Help Forum]
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;"| [http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/theme-blahdocs2005/ Preview this theme]
|-
| [http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/themes/blahdocs2005.zip Download Now]
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|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" colspan="2" width="416"| The 2005 Blahdocs.com default theme.
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</table>
 
<table align="center" width="100%">
<tr>
<td valign="top">
{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="empty-cells:show;" align="center"
!style="color:#000000;background-color:#6699ff;" align="center" colspan="2"| '''Blue Baby'''
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;" width="187"| Author: OthelloBloke
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#FFFFFF;" rowspan="4" align="center"| http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/themes/blue_baby.gif
|-
|align="left"| Site: [http://www.ryanpaul.ca/ The Fight & the Future]
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;"| [http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/theme-blue_baby/ Preview this theme]
|-
| [http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/themes/blue_baby.zip Download Now]
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" colspan="2" width="416"| A Blue theme with very nice use of images.
|}
</td>
<td valign="top">
{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="empty-cells:show;" align="center"
!style="color:#000000;background-color:#6699ff;" align="center" colspan="2"| '''Blue Silk'''
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;" width="187"| Author: Martin
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#FFFFFF;" rowspan="4" align="center"| http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/themes/blue_silk.gif
|-
|align="left"| Site: [http://www.pchelp4free.com PC Help Forum]
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;"| [http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/theme-blue_silk/ Preview this theme]
|-
| [http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/themes/blue_silk.zip Download Now]
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|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" colspan="2" width="416"| A Blue Theme.
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</table>
 
<table align="center" width="100%">
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<td valign="top">
{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="empty-cells:show;" align="center"
!style="color:#000000;background-color:#6699ff;" align="center" colspan="2"| '''Blue Glass'''
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;" width="187"| Author: Martin
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#FFFFFF;" rowspan="4" align="center"| http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/themes/blueglass.gif
|-
|align="left"| Site: [http://www.pchelp4free.com PC Help Forum]
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;"| [http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/theme-blueglass/ Preview this theme]
|-
| [http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/themes/blueglass.zip Download Now]
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" colspan="2" width="416"| A blue glass effect theme.
|}
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<td valign="top">
{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="empty-cells:show;" align="center"
!style="color:#000000;background-color:#6699ff;" align="center" colspan="2"| '''Clean White'''
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;" width="187"| Author: Martin
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#FFFFFF;" rowspan="4" align="center"| http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/themes/clean_white.gif
|-
|align="left"| Site: [http://www.pchelp4free.com PC Help Forum]
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;"| [http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/theme-clean_white/ Preview this theme]
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| [http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/themes/clean_white.zip Download Now]
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|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" colspan="2" width="416"| As it says, a nice crisp clean white theme.
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<table align="center" width="100%">
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<td valign="top">
{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="empty-cells:show;" align="center"
!style="color:#000000;background-color:#6699ff;" align="center" colspan="2"| '''Counter Strike'''
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;" width="187"| Author: Martin
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#FFFFFF;" rowspan="4" align="center"| http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/themes/counter_strike.gif
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|align="left"| Site: [http://www.pchelp4free.com PC Help Forum]
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;"| [http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/theme-counter_strike/ Preview this theme]
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| [http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/themes/counter_strike.zip Download Now]
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|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" colspan="2" width="416"| A theme based on the Counter Strike game.
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<td valign="top">
{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="empty-cells:show;" align="center"
!style="color:#000000;background-color:#6699ff;" align="center" colspan="2"| '''Dark State'''
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;" width="187"| Author: Unknown / Craig
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#FFFFFF;" rowspan="4" align="center"| http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/themes/dark_state.gif
|-
|align="left"| Site: [http://www.blahdocs.com Blahdocs.com]
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;"| [http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/theme-dark_state/ Preview this theme]
|-
| [http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/themes/dark_state.zip Download Now]
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" colspan="2" width="416"| A theme with a dark look and feel.
|}
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{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="empty-cells:show;" align="center"
!style="color:#000000;background-color:#6699ff;" align="center" colspan="2"| '''Delta Force'''
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;" width="187"| Author: Martin
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#FFFFFF;" rowspan="4" align="center"| http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/themes/delta_force.gif
|-
|align="left"| Site: [http://www.pchelp4free.com PC Help Forum]
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;"| [http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/theme-delta_force/ Preview this theme]
|-
| [http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/themes/delta_force.zip Download Now]
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" colspan="2" width="416"| A nice game style template.
|}
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{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="empty-cells:show;" align="center"
!style="color:#000000;background-color:#6699ff;" align="center" colspan="2"| '''Dull Pink'''
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;" width="187"| Author: Craig / Martin
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#FFFFFF;" rowspan="4" align="center"| http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/themes/dull_pink.gif
|-
|align="left"| Site: [http://www.blahdocs.com Blahdocs.com]
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;"| [http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/theme-dull_pink/ Preview this theme]
|-
| [http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/themes/dull_pink.zip Download Now]
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" colspan="2" width="416"| An interesting and cheery theme.
|}
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{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="empty-cells:show;" align="center"
!style="color:#000000;background-color:#6699ff;" align="center" colspan="2"| '''Fancy Pink'''
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;" width="187"| Author: Martin
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#FFFFFF;" rowspan="4" align="center"| http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/themes/fancy_pink.gif
|-
|align="left"| Site: [http://www.pchelp4free.com PC Help Forum]
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;"| [http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/theme-fancy_pink/ Preview this theme]
|-
| [http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/themes/fancy_pink.zip Download Now]
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" colspan="2" width="416"| A fancy pink theme.
|}
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{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="empty-cells:show;" align="center"
!style="color:#000000;background-color:#6699ff;" align="center" colspan="2"| '''Game Zone Two'''
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;" width="187"| Author: Martin
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#FFFFFF;" rowspan="4" align="center"| http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/themes/game_zone2.gif
|-
|align="left"| Site: [http://www.pchelp4free.com PC Help Forum]
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;"| [http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/theme-game_zone2/ Preview this theme]
|-
| [http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/themes/game_zone2.zip Download Now]
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" colspan="2" width="416"| A dark games style theme.
|}
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<table align="center" width="100%">
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{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="empty-cells:show;" align="center"
!style="color:#000000;background-color:#6699ff;" align="center" colspan="2"| '''Green Pro'''
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;" width="187"| Author: Martin
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#FFFFFF;" rowspan="4" align="center"| http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/themes/green_pro.gif
|-
|align="left"| Site: [http://www.pchelp4free.com PC Help Forum]
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;"| [http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/theme-green_pro/ Preview this theme]
|-
| [http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/themes/green_pro.zip Download Now]
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" colspan="2" width="416"| A professional style template in green.
|}
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{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="empty-cells:show;" align="center"
!style="color:#000000;background-color:#6699ff;" align="center" colspan="2"| '''Green Glass'''
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;" width="187"| Author: Martin
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#FFFFFF;" rowspan="4" align="center"| http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/themes/greenglass.gif
|-
|align="left"| Site: [http://www.pchelp4free.com PC Help Forum]
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;"| [http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/theme-greenglass/ Preview this theme]
|-
| [http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/themes/greenglass.zip Download Now]
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" colspan="2" width="416"| A green glass effect theme.
|}
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<table align="center" width="100%">
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{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="empty-cells:show;" align="center"
!style="color:#000000;background-color:#6699ff;" align="center" colspan="2"| '''Halloween'''
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;" width="187"| Author: Martin
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#FFFFFF;" rowspan="4" align="center"| http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/themes/halloween.gif
|-
|align="left"| Site: [http://www.pchelp4free.com PC Help Forum]
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;"| [http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/theme-halloween/ Preview this theme]
|-
| [http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/themes/halloween.zip Download Now]
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" colspan="2" width="416"| A Halloween style theme.
|}
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{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="empty-cells:show;" align="center"
!style="color:#000000;background-color:#6699ff;" align="center" colspan="2"| '''Lo Vision Black'''
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;" width="187"| Author: Martin
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#FFFFFF;" rowspan="4" align="center"| http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/themes/lo_vision_black.gif
|-
|align="left"| Site: [http://www.pchelp4free.com PC Help Forum]
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;"| [http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/theme-lo_vision_black/ Preview this theme]
|-
| [http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/themes/lo_vision_black.zip Download Now]
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" colspan="2" width="416"| Low visibilty theme in black.
|}
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<table align="center" width="100%">
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{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="empty-cells:show;" align="center"
!style="color:#000000;background-color:#6699ff;" align="center" colspan="2"| '''Lo Vision White'''
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;" width="187"| Author: Martin
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#FFFFFF;" rowspan="4" align="center"| http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/themes/lo_vision_white.gif
|-
|align="left"| Site: [http://www.pchelp4free.com PC Help Forum]
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;"| [http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/theme-lo_vision_white/ Preview this theme]
|-
| [http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/themes/lo_vision_white.zip Download Now]
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" colspan="2" width="416"| Low visibilty theme in white.
|}
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{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="empty-cells:show;" align="center"
!style="color:#000000;background-color:#6699ff;" align="center" colspan="2"| '''Lo Vision Yellow'''
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;" width="187"| Author: Martin
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#FFFFFF;" rowspan="4" align="center"| http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/themes/lo_vision_yellow.gif
|-
|align="left"| Site: [http://www.pchelp4free.com PC Help Forum]
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;"| [http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/theme-lo_vision_yellow/ Preview this theme]
|-
| [http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/themes/lo_vision_yellow.zip Download Now]
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" colspan="2" width="416"| Low visibilty theme in yellow.
|}
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<table align="center" width="100%">
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{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="empty-cells:show;" align="center"
!style="color:#000000;background-color:#6699ff;" align="center" colspan="2"| '''Mac OS'''
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;" width="187"| Author: Craig / DanielCK
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#FFFFFF;" rowspan="4" align="center"| http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/themes/mac_os.gif
|-
|align="left"| Site: [http://www.blahdocs.com Blahdocs.com]
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;"| [http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/theme-mac_os/ Preview this theme]
|-
| [http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/themes/mac_os.zip Download Now]
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" colspan="2" width="416"| The original Mac OS Theme created by DanielCK. Updated by Craig.
|}
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{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="empty-cells:show;" align="center"
!style="color:#000000;background-color:#6699ff;" align="center" colspan="2"| '''Mac OS Revisited'''
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;" width="187"| Author: Martin / DanielCK
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#FFFFFF;" rowspan="4" align="center"| http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/themes/mac_revisited.gif
|-
|align="left"| Site: [http://www.pchelp4free.com PC Help Forum]
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;"| [http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/theme-mac_revisited/ Preview this theme]
|-
| [http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/themes/mac_revisited.zip Download Now]
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" colspan="2" width="416"| Originally created by DanielCK. Updated by Martin.
|}
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<table align="center" width="100%">
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{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="empty-cells:show;" align="center"
!style="color:#000000;background-color:#6699ff;" align="center" colspan="2"| '''Mellow Gold'''
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;" width="187"| Author: Martin
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#FFFFFF;" rowspan="4" align="center"| http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/themes/mellow_gold.gif
|-
|align="left"| Site: [http://www.pchelp4free.com PC Help Forum]
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;"| [http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/theme-mellow_gold/ Preview this theme]
|-
| [http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/themes/mellow_gold.zip Download Now]
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" colspan="2" width="416"| A black theme with a splash of golden yellow.
|}
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{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="empty-cells:show;" align="center"
!style="color:#000000;background-color:#6699ff;" align="center" colspan="2"| '''Metal'''
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;" width="187"| Author: Martin
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#FFFFFF;" rowspan="4" align="center"| http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/themes/metal.gif
|-
|align="left"| Site: [http://www.pchelp4free.com PC Help Forum]
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;"| [http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/theme-metal/ Preview this theme]
|-
| [http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/themes/metal.zip Download Now]
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" colspan="2" width="416"| A metal style theme.
|}
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<table align="center" width="100%">
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{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="empty-cells:show;" align="center"
!style="color:#000000;background-color:#6699ff;" align="center" colspan="2"| '''NoteBoard'''
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;" width="187"| Author: Martin
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#FFFFFF;" rowspan="4" align="center"| http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/themes/noteboard.gif
|-
|align="left"| Site: [http://www.pchelp4free.com PC Help Forum]
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;"| [http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/theme-noteboard/ Preview this theme]
|-
| [http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/themes/noteboard.zip Download Now]
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" colspan="2" width="416"| A nice noteboard like theme.
|}
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{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="empty-cells:show;" align="center"
!style="color:#000000;background-color:#6699ff;" align="center" colspan="2"| '''Red on White'''
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;" width="187"| Author: Martin
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#FFFFFF;" rowspan="4" align="center"| http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/themes/redonwhite.gif
|-
|align="left"| Site: [http://www.pchelp4free.com PC Help Forum]
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;"| [http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/theme-redonwhite/ Preview this theme]
|-
| [http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/themes/redonwhite.zip Download Now]
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" colspan="2" width="416"| A simple red on white theme.
|}
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<table align="center" width="100%">
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{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="empty-cells:show;" align="center"
!style="color:#000000;background-color:#6699ff;" align="center" colspan="2"| '''Shades of Red'''
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;" width="187"| Author: Martin
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#FFFFFF;" rowspan="4" align="center"| http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/themes/shades_of_red.gif
|-
|align="left"| Site: [http://www.pchelp4free.com PC Help Forum]
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;"| [http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/theme-shades_of_red/ Preview this theme]
|-
| [http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/themes/shades_of_red.zip Download Now]
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" colspan="2" width="416"| A black background with good use of Red.
|}
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{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="empty-cells:show;" align="center"
!style="color:#000000;background-color:#6699ff;" align="center" colspan="2"| '''Stylish Blue'''
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;" width="187"| Author: Martin
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#FFFFFF;" rowspan="4" align="center"| http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/themes/stylish_blue.gif
|-
|align="left"| Site: [http://www.pchelp4free.com PC Help Forum]
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;"| [http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/theme-stylish_blue/ Preview this theme]
|-
| [http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/themes/stylish_blue.zip Download Now]
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" colspan="2" width="416"| A theme with blues and red.
|}
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<table align="center" width="100%">
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{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="empty-cells:show;" align="center"
!style="color:#000000;background-color:#6699ff;" align="center" colspan="2"| '''Velvet'''
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;" width="187"| Author: Martin
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#FFFFFF;" rowspan="4" align="center"| http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/themes/velvet.gif
|-
|align="left"| Site: [http://www.pchelp4free.com PC Help Forum]
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;"| [http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/theme-velvet/ Preview this theme]
|-
| [http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/themes/velvet.zip Download Now]
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" colspan="2" width="416"| A dark style theme.
|}
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{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="empty-cells:show;" align="center"
!style="color:#000000;background-color:#6699ff;" align="center" colspan="2"| '''Platinum Winter (Version 3)'''
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;" width="187"| Author: Justion
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#FFFFFF;" rowspan="4" align="center"| http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/themes/winter.gif
|-
|align="left"| Site: [http://www.eblah.com E-Blah.com]
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;"| [http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/theme-winter/ Preview this theme]
|-
| [http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/themes/winter.zip Download Now]
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" colspan="2" width="416"| This was the default E-Blah theme for version 9. Updated by Martin.
|}
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{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="empty-cells:show;" align="center"
!style="color:#000000;background-color:#6699ff;" align="center" colspan="2"| '''Wood'''
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;" width="187"| Author: Martin
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#FFFFFF;" rowspan="4" align="center"| http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/themes/wood.gif
|-
|align="left"| Site: [http://www.pchelp4free.com PC Help Forum]
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;"| [http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/theme-wood/ Preview this theme]
|-
| [http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/themes/wood.zip Download Now]
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" colspan="2" width="416"| A theme with wood and parchment effects.
|}
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{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="empty-cells:show;" align="center"
!style="color:#000000;background-color:#6699ff;" align="center" colspan="2"| '''World of Warcraft'''
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;" width="187"| Author: Martin
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#FFFFFF;" rowspan="4" align="center"| http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/themes/World_of_Warcraft.gif
|-
|align="left"| Site: [http://www.pchelp4free.com PC Help Forum]
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;"| [http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/theme-World_of_Warcraft/ Preview this theme]
|-
| [http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/themes/World_of_Warcraft.zip Download Now]
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" colspan="2" width="416"| A World of Warcraft style forum.
|}
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{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="empty-cells:show;" align="center"
!style="color:#000000;background-color:#6699ff;" align="center" colspan="2"| '''XBox'''
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;" width="187"| Author: Martin
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#FFFFFF;" rowspan="4" align="center"| http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/themes/xbox.gif
|-
|align="left"| Site: [http://www.pchelp4free.com PC Help Forum]
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;"| [http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/theme-xbox/ Preview this theme]
|-
| [http://www.themes.blahdocs.com/themes/xbox.zip Download Now]
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" colspan="2" width="416"| XBox style theme.
|}
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Performing a new installation of E-Blah

Craig — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 20:03:21 GMT

Summary: Protected "[[Performing a new installation of E-Blah]]" [edit=sysop:move=sysop]

__NOTOC__
== Install the latest version ==
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This section of the Blahdoc.com Wiki is for new installations of an E-Blah forum. If you are performing an upgrade, please refer to our Upgrading document. This section will also only cover how to install the latest version of E-Blah. We do this because the latest version of E-Blah is always better than the previous version, and almost always contains bug fixes. For those two reasons, you should always install the latest version when performing a new installation.
|}

== Step 1 - Upload the folders / files to your server ==
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There are two directories that you '''MUST''' upload to your web server for E-Blah to function. They are:
* The <code>forum</code> directory.
* The <code>blahdocs</code> directory. 
These two directories '''MUST''' be uploaded in the right '''MODE''' for your forum to fuction properly. These modes are:
* ASCII Mode.
* Binary Mode. 
'''The <code>forum</code> directory''' (including sub-directories and files) '''MUST''' be uploaded in ANSCII mode to your <code>cgi-bin</code> directory. If you don't have a <code>cgi-bin</code> directory, ask yourself these two questions:
* Does my host support Perl or cgi scripts?
* Does my host allow Perl or cgi scripts to be run outside of the cgi-bin folder? 
If you answer '''YES''' to one or both of those questions, then you have two options. If the answer is '''NO''', then you probably won't be abot to run E-Blah on your server.
* You can create a <code>cgi-bin</code> directory and upload the <code>forum</code> directory inside it.
* You can up the <code>forum</code> directory to your web server's root directory.
'''*** NOTE ***''' We suggest that you create a <code>cgi-bin</code> directory and put your <code>forum</code> directory inside it. Not doing this could cause the mod_rewrite fuction (if you choose to use it) to not work properly. 
'''The <code>blahdocs</code> directory''' (including sub-directories and files) '''MUST''' be uploaded in Binary mode to your web server's root directory. Your root directory is your web sites home directory. It is sometimes (but not always) named htdocs, or public_html. 
'''*** WARNING ***''' Many FTP programs have a AUTO transfer mode and a MANUAL transfer mode. AUTO means that the program chooses which files are uploaded in ASCII mode and which files are uploaded in Binary mode. MANUAL means that you tell the program which mode to use while uploading. We stongly suggest that you use the MANUAL mode when uploading the E-Blah files to your server. This will ensure that the <code>forum</code> directory is uloaded in ASCII mode, and the <code>blahdocs</code> directory is uploaded in Binary mode.
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== Step 2 - Set directory and file permissions ==
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Below are two tables. The left table contains a list of the directories and files that you must chmod correctly on UNIX servers. The right table contains the permission settings for a windows server. Not setting these permissions correctly could cause your forum not to function properly. If a directory or file is not included in this list then you do not have to set the permissions!
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<table align="center" width="100%">
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{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="empty-cells:show;" align="center" width="100%"
!style="color:#000000;background-color:#6699ff;" align="center" colspan="3"| '''UNIX CHMOD SETTINGS'''
|-
!style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;" align="center"| DIR / FILE
!style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;" align="center"| CHMOD
!style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;" align="center"| COMMENT
|-
|align="right"| /cgi-bin/forum
|align="center"| 755
| If there is an error then set it to 777
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" align="right"| /cgi-bin/forum/Blah.pl
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" align="center"| 755
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;"| -----
|-
|align="right"| /cgi-bin/forum/Settings.pl
|align="center"| 666
| -----
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" align="right"| /cgi-bin/forum/Setup.pl
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" align="center"| 755
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;"| -----
|-
|align="right"| /cgi-bin/forum/Mods
|align="center"| 777
| -----
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" align="right"| /cgi-bin/forum/Mods/Modules
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" align="center"| 777
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;"| Used for Portal Modules
|-
|align="right"| /cgi-bin/forum/Prefs
|align="center"| 777
| -----
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" align="right"| /cgi-bin/forum/Prefs/BHITS
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" align="center"| 777
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;"| -----
|-
|align="right"| /cgi-bin/forum/Prefs/HITS
|align="center"| 777
| -----
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" align="right"| /blahdocs/Random
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" align="center"| 777
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;"| -----
|-
|align="right"| /blahdocs/template
|align="center"| 777
| CHMOD all sub directories too
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" align="right"| /blahdocs/uploads
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" align="center"| 777
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;"| Used for uploading files
|-
|align="right"| /blahdocs/uploads/thumbnails
|align="center"| 777
| Used for image resizing
|}
</td>
<td width="1%"> </td>
<td width="49%">
{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="empty-cells:show;" align="center" width="100%"
!style="color:#000000;background-color:#6699ff;" align="center" colspan="2"| '''WINDOWS SECURITY SETTINGS'''
|-
!style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;" align="center"| DIR / FILE
!style="color:#000000;background-color:#C0C0C0;" align="center"| SETTING
|-
|align="right"| /cgi-bin/forum
| Read & Execute / List Folder Contents / Read
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" align="right"| /cgi-bin/forum/Blah.pl
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;"| Read & Execute / Read
|-
|align="right"| /cgi-bin/forum/Settings.pl
| Read / Write
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" align="right"| /cgi-bin/forum/Setup.pl
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;"| Read & Execute / Read
|-
|align="right"| /cgi-bin/forum/Mods
| Read / Write
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" align="right"| /cgi-bin/forum/Mods/Modules
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;"| Read / Write
|-
|align="right"| /cgi-bin/forum/Prefs
| Read / Write
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" align="right"| /cgi-bin/forum/Prefs/BHITS
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;"| Read / Write
|-
|align="right"| /cgi-bin/forum/Prefs/HITS
| Read / Write
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" align="right"| /blahdocs/Random
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;"| Read / Write
|-
|align="right"| /blahdocs/template
| Read / Write
|-
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" align="right"| /blahdocs/uploads
|style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;"| Read / Write
|-
|align="right"| /blahdocs/uploads/thumbnails
| Read / Write
|}
</td>
</tr>
</table>

== Step 3 - Run the Setup script ==
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Now that you have uploaded and set your directory and file permissions, it is time to run the Setup Script. To do this, type in the web address to the <code>Setup.pl</code> file. Typically, this address is like the one below.
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<pre>http://www.yoursite.com/cgi-bin/forum/Setup.pl</pre>

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The E-Blah Setup script will guide you through the remainder of the installation. When setup is complete, follow the link to your forum and login using the username and the password that you chose during the setup process. If you didn't change the default login information, then your username will be '''Administrator''' and your password will be '''admin'''. If you did leave the password as '''admin''', you should change it when you first log into your forum for security reasons.
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System Requirements

Craig — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 12:30:15 GMT

Summary:

'''Before you begin installation of your E-Blah Forum software, there are a few things that you need to do. Below is a list of what is required to setup your E-Blah forum, and basic instructions on how to get everything ready to upload to your server.'''
== Web server requirements==
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|The first thing you need to have is either a dedicated web server or a web host that supports the Perl language. Most web hosts' FAQ pages will say if they support Perl scripts. On the E-Blah Forum, we have a list of hosts that support Perl. Please note that E-Blah does not guarantee the stability of these hosts. 

Your web hosting account should meet the following requirements or E-Blah may not function correctly.
* Plan for approximately 10MB for every 10,000 messages with attachments enabled.
** Perl (version 5 or higher)
** Small Forum: 10MB's
** Medium: 50MB's
** Large: 100+MB's
** Sendmail (for UNIX/Linux hosts) or SMTP (for Windows hosts) email server.
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== FTP Client Software ==
{| style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1"
|You will need an FTP client to upload your forum. FTP clients allow you to connect to the FTP server that your host provides. For MS Windows users, we recommend [http://www.cuteftp.com CuteFTP], [http://www.smartftp.com SmartFTP], or [http://www.ipswitch.com WS_FTP]. If you are using another operating system, please visit [http://www.download.com Download.com] or similar sites to download a client for your system. You '''SHOULD NOT''' use FrontPage to upload your forum files.
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== Path to Perl and .pl / .cgi file extensions ==
{| style="color:#000000;background-color:#E8E8E8;" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1"
|<div style="float:right">[[Image:Path to Perl.png|Path to Perl]]</div>The location of Perl on your host’s server can be <code>#!/usr/bin/perl</code>, <code>#!/usr/local/bin/perl</code>, or <code>D:/perl/bin/perl.exe</code> (on Windows Servers). If you need to change the path to Perl, browse to the folder that you unzipped E-Blah to, and find the folder named '''forum''' and edit the files named '''Blah.pl''' and '''Setup.pl'''. On the first line is the path to Perl. The default is '''<code>#!/usr/bin/perl</code>''', but if your web host gave you a different path, this is where you should change it. If you are not sure what the path is, leave it as shown here or contact your host. If your host requires you to use .cgi file extensions to run perl scripts, you will need to rename Blah.pl to Blah.cgi and Setup.pl to Setup.cgi. Then edit Blah.cgi and Setup.cgi and change 
In Blah.cgi – <code>$scriptname = 'Blah.pl';</code> to <code>$scriptname = 'Blah.cgi';</code> 
In Setup.cgi – <code>$scriptname = 'Setup.pl';</code> to <code>$scriptname = 'Setup.cgi';</code>
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Main Page

Craig — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 18:41:54 GMT

Summary: /* About E-Blah forum software */

__NOTOC__
== <big>Welcome to the E-Blah Documentation Project.</big> ==
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Welcome to Blahdocs.com. This site exists for the sole purpose to maintain an accurate and up-to-date version of installation documentation for the E-Blah forum software. This site is not intended to be used for E-Blah technical support. If you require technical support for your E-Blah forum Software, please vist [http://www.eblah.com E-Blah.com]. Blahdocs.com is also the host for E-Blah templates. We also plan to add modifications to the site at a later date. There is still much work to be done here, but just like any other Wiki, it is a work in progress. Please be patient while I learn the Wiki way and the Wiki code. This is a new piece of software for me, and the learning curve is bigger than a rainbow right now.:)
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== About E-Blah forum software ==
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'''E-Blah is an open source, community building, forum software built from the ground up with security, stability, speed, and simplicity in mind.''' 
E-Blah is a Perl-based forum system requiring very low system requirements making it one of the fastest forums available. E-Blah is a forum constantly evolving, with new releases several times throughout the year.
Whether the audience is large, small, or in-between the E-Blah Forum Software is there to help it grow. Also, with our virtually twenty four-seven technical support team, whom are ready to answer any question you may have about the system, you cannot go wrong.
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== News / Updates==
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{{:News}}
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      '''[[News|Click here to view old news...]]'''
 

== Getting started ==
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<td class="style3">[[Image:Doc_Thumb.png|Documentation]]</td>
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<ul>
<li>[[System_Requirements|System Requirements]]</li>
<li>[[Performing_a_new_installation_of_E-Blah|New Installation]]</li>
<li>[[Upgrading_your_E-Blah_forum|Upgrading your E-Blah forum]]</li>
<li>[[E-Blah_SQL_Installation|E-Blah SQL Installation]]</li>
<li>[[Forum_Converters|Forum Converters]]</li>
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<td colspan="2" class="style4">HOW TO DOCS</td>
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<td class="style3">[[Image:how_to.png|How to Docs]]</td>
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<ul>
<li>[[CSS_Change_list|Update your template.css file]]</li>
<li>[[How_to_use_Mod_Rewrite|Using mod_rewrite]]</li>
<li>[[Creating_a_Theme|Create a Theme]]</li>
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<td class="style3">[[Image:Download.png|Downloads]]</td>
<td style="height: 105px" valign="top">
<ul>
<li>[[Themes|Themes]]</li>
<li>[[Modifications|Modifications]]</li>
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