Screwed up majorly

Ryoux0 · February 28, 2011, 01:35:15 PM

Alright i tried installing a mod manually and found out it didn't work so I deleted and tried uploading the backup for my forum.. Well the backup ended up only being a sql database backup and now I've lost everything.. Is there anyway I can get my forum back or am I doomed?

kat · February 28, 2011, 01:42:27 PM

Do you have any other mods installed?

Ryoux0 · February 28, 2011, 01:44:00 PM

I did but everythings gone.. Once the code wouldn't work I deleted everything and tried uploading a back up..

kat · February 28, 2011, 01:47:13 PM

Ah...

Let me get this straight, just in case...

The SMF files. Are they on your site?

Ryoux0 · February 28, 2011, 01:50:54 PM

Nope everything is gone... i tried reinstalling SMF so that way i could just restore the SQL database but it won't work.

kat · February 28, 2011, 01:55:52 PM

Try just dearchiving the files from the install archive/package and uploading everything to your site.

Thing is, if you deleted Settings.php, you deleted all the information you need, to get the software to connect with the database.

So, once you've done the first thing I mentioned, you'll need to run this:

http://docs.simplemachines.org/index.php?topic=663

That should give you a vigin forum, with your members and posts intact.

Ryoux0 · February 28, 2011, 02:34:13 PM

I did that but its not working.. it keeps saying theres a server error

Illori · February 28, 2011, 02:37:43 PM

please post the exact error message.

Ryoux0 · February 28, 2011, 02:39:29 PM

Sorry

The requested URL /index.php was not found on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

kat · February 28, 2011, 02:42:08 PM

You tried Repair_Settings.php?

Ryoux0 · February 28, 2011, 02:43:57 PM

Yeah and it still didn't work..

kat · February 28, 2011, 02:45:34 PM

Repair_Settings didn't work? Or, the forum, still?

Ryoux0 · February 28, 2011, 02:46:24 PM

When I type in my url all that comes up are the files in my root folder

www.therpuniverse.com [nofollow]

kat · February 28, 2011, 02:51:57 PM

That's because index.php isn't there.

Or, if it is, it's read-protected.

You didn't use Filezilla, by any chance, did you?

Ryoux0 · February 28, 2011, 04:22:29 PM

I don't use FTP i have a cpanel that I upload everything to..

kat · February 28, 2011, 04:23:44 PM

Oh... Good luck, with that.

I find that way unbearably tedious.

Is index.php there?

If so, is it read-enabled?

Ryoux0 · February 28, 2011, 04:27:53 PM

Yeah i even changed the permission on it.. now theres a 500 internal server error

kat · February 28, 2011, 04:34:04 PM

Hmmm...

As I can see this:

http://www.therpuniverse.com/agreement.txt

I have to assume that the rest of the files are OK.

I'm stumped.

All I can do, is offer to take a look at your site, for you.

Problem is, I'd need FTP access, to do that.

If you read this:

http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=87130.0

and you're OK with it, can you PM me the login details for FTP?

It'll have to be tomorrow, now, though, coz it's nearly ~~sex~~ bed time, here.

Ryoux0 · February 28, 2011, 04:58:36 PM

my other admin and myself have decided just to start over.. He wanted to try a homepage and wwe could never get it to work before so now we can lol

kat · February 28, 2011, 04:59:46 PM

Every cloud has a silver lining, ay?

News:

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