Installing MKPortal

[Racenut]

Hello,

I already have an existing SMF forum. I was thinking of installing MKPortal on it but I am not understanding exactly how to do it.

For one i dont understand this:

/forum          (or any other name of the folder containing the board installed)
/mkportal     (containing the content of "upload" folder)
/index.php   (included in mkportal package)

You should obtain this structure (it's the only structure to make mkportal work correctly) :

http://www.yoursite.com/forum
http://www.yoursite.com/mkportal
http://www.yoursite.com/index.php   (mkportal main index)

The mkportal folder and index.php file go into my existing forum folder right? This is confusing to me.

Could someone explain this to me please

[Oldiesmann]

The mkportal folder and index.php file should go in your root directory (ie the same directory that the "forum" folder is in).

For example, if SMF is located at /home/you/public_html/forum, then the mkportal folder and index.php should go in the "public_html" directory.

[Racenut]

Thanks. When i log onto my ftp folder the forum folder is just there. Example: www.mydomain.net/forum  The forum folder isnt inside another directory. This is what is confusing me.

[beemer]

Racenut

Thats fine

\domain name\
\domain name\forum\
\domain name\mkportal\

Just create the mkportal folder and upload mkp

[Oldiesmann]

The forum folder has to be inside another folder someplace... If you want mkportal to be at http://www.yoursite.com/forum/index.php then you'll have to move the forum to a new sub-directory.

[sfcstjohn]

Does MKPortal automatically adapt the SMF's style.css settings?

[beemer]

Does MKPortal automatically adapt the SMF's style.css settings?

If you mean does it apply your forum them to your portal screen then YES, if you want it too 

[trenchteam]

Does MKPortal automatically adapt the SMF's style.css settings?

yes. I've been testing it.  It works pretty nicely.