HTML Redirect for forum on index page

[autorace]

Hello,

Can someone tell me how to put the SMF Forum on my index page?  The forum works fine I would just like to make it the main page of my website.  I know I have the option of doing a link but I would rather it be an automatic redirect.  Any help would be aprreciated.

Thanks

[Owdy]

Move your files from http://www.sitecom/smf/ to http://www.site.com/ . After that, run repair_settings.php. Thats it

What is repair_settings.php?

[Oldiesmann]

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<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=http://www.you.com/forum/index.php" />

You can change the values as needed - 0 indicates the number of seconds to wait before redirecting them and the url is the url to send them to.

[autorace]

Thanks, works perfect.  I ran the repair_settings.php and there were two things that did not show up.  One was the database on/off and the other was Smileys Directory.  What should the Smileys Directory be?

Thanks,

Bob

[[Unknown]]

You're using an old version of SMF, aren't you?

Anyway, you can use the recommended values.

-[Unknown]

[autorace]

The version I got with a godaddy hosting account.  Do you think I should update?  The line is blank for smiley's directory. 

[[Unknown]]

Yes, I'm afraid the version they offer is much older than the current, and has a few bugs.  I would strongly suggest using SMF 1.0.5.

-[Unknown]

[autorace]

I uprgraded to .5 and now the forum doesn't run.  I must have a file misplaced.  There is just a blank front page.  Any ideas what I should look for.  I downloaded the upgrade, unzipped it and placed it in the root directory.

Thanks,

[[Unknown]]

Did you run upgrade.php?  Can you post or pm me with a link?

-[Unknown]

[autorace]

I have a big mess now.  Here is the link.

http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=39395.0

I did the second option by downloading the file and placing the files in the root directory.

[[Unknown]]

I have a big mess now.  Here is the link.

http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=39395.0

I did the second option by downloading the file and placing the files in the root directory.

No, I mean a link to your forum, not the topic here about SMF 1.0.5.

-[Unknown]

[Owdy]

run that upgrade.php, after that, run repair_settings again. Click all those blue links and save. Check also that your other details are correct.

[autorace]

http://www.horsepowerjunk.com/upgrade.php [nofollow]

http://www.horsepowerjunk.com/repair_settings.php [nofollow]

Where do I find a value for MySQL server?

I changed this to local host and now I get an error

Some settings are not being shown because the MySQL connection information is incorrect.

Errors on upgrade.php now

Warning: mysql_connect(): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2) in /home/content/a/u/t/autorace/html/upgrade.php on line 59

Warning: mysql_error(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL-Link resource in /home/content/a/u/t/autorace/html/upgrade.php on line 59

[Owdy]

Your MySQL Database Info is wrong. Change those values. Ask your host what they are.
Godaddy isnt using localhost if i remember right.

[autorace]

OK, I fixed the mysql settings, but the forum still doesn't work.  I don't know if it is because I have the SMF files not in a folder but in the root directory and the uprade was looking for domain/smf/upgade and not domain/upgrade.  I am tempted to delete it all and startover.  The godaddy version of smf I don't believe shows an option to click on an upgrade.

[Owdy]

PM me your
MySQL database name:      
MySQL username:    
MySQL password:    
MySQL table prefix:

and  FTP acces:
server
username
password

Ill look in to that.

OK, I fixed the mysql settings, but the forum still doesn't work.  I don't know if it is because I have the SMF files not in a folder but in the root directory and the uprade was looking for domain/smf/upgade and not domain/upgrade.

No. repair_settings.php fix those if you ad *correct* info. All paths arent showing so your info is wrong.

[autorace]

I switched everything back to the old version and it is working again.  I would still like to upgrade to the newer version.  I deleted all the update files so I can start fresh.

[Owdy]

Now i really dont understand what you want. Your forum is running in your sites root just fine. What is the problem? http://www.horsepowerjunk.com/

edit: SMF 1.0 Beta 5 Public.  That is *really* old. I upgrade it for you.

[Owdy]

Done. What a mess Enjoy: http://www.horsepowerjunk.com/

edit: i installed one cool theme for you also. You can remove it if you want

[autorace]

wow, very nice.  I really appreciate the help.

Thanks again,

Bob