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Can some one make this mods pleasE?

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Grudge:
Download my MOD and see how it works. I've said I don't have time to support it! In my MOD points work like posts - you can manually increase and lower them. In addition MODs/admins can manually set the point value for a thread - this will get added every time someone replies. It works with SMF 3.1415 (the private beta before 4.0). I'm sure it will need a few changes for beta 5.0 - but simple ones and not many - but still something I do not have time to do.

Austin61:
just wondering suppose if that worked ok?
and than where do u put it on which folder?

Grudge:
OK. I'm going to run through the concept of applying a boardmod file. Now - bear in mind that in future most mods will be applied through the much easier to use package manager - but this isn't yet finished!

OK. Here you go:

1) You download boardmod from www.boardmod.org
2) After installation you create a new folder in the Mods sub-directory of your installation and name it SMF.
3) Put the mod file you download into this directory.
4) Put a LOCAL copy of your forum onto your hard drive. This is VERY important! Basically, whatever SMF files you have on your server you should have mirrored on your hard drive. The best way to do this is to download the contents of your smd directory on your server to your harddrive - that way you guarantee you have the latest copy of all your files!
5) Load up boardmod and point it to your index.php file that is in the root of your SMF directory that you downloaded from your server! This is normally done by hitting the "browse" button next to the "path" entry on boardmod. You then need to change the filetype in the browser dialog to look for "index.php" and then browse to your path.
6) If you have got this far you are most of the way. Now you simply use the drop down box in boardmod to select the SMF folder and it will list all the mods in that directory. You then hit the checkbox and it will attempt to install the mod. If it has any errors it won't modify any files and will tell you where the errors are - you should use the Mod Editor to correct them.
7) Once you get a MOD installed sucessfully it will have modified the files. Boardmod will tell you which files it has modified for each MOD. You then upload these files back to the server and then you are done. Most MOD's will probably require some SQL changes. You will need to do these seperatly using PHPMyAdmin that should be installed on every server.

There - a guide to installing MOD's - the old fashioned way :D

Austin61:
I got 5 errors but o well it still may work

You then upload these files back to the server and then you are done.
Upload which files? the index one only?

Grudge:
Upload all the files it says it has modified. Also it will not work unless all the changes were successful! It should be relatively easy to fix the changes. Just look at the editor to work out where it failed and change it accordingly. In addition don't forget to make the SQL changes that are written in the thread under each MOD!!

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