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[Cable Dawg]

Looking through some of the threads this is a mature community and I do remeber your older board.  As a longtime gamer and computer enthusiast I am not coder but I can usually get by with a little reading.  I recently migrated from nt to linux with php4/apache & ispconfig.  Here are my questions / suggestions regarding the site. 

There are two versions and I don't have a clue what the differences are between 1.07 & 1.1rc2.  Maybe I didn't search hard enough but that is my point.

Which is the current version?

I have noticed there are more mods available for 1.1rc2 which is kind of a bummer because I installed 1.07 yesterday and I want some of the mods that are only for 1.1rc2.

It would be very nice if I could sort mods based on version support.

Where are the unistallation instructions so I can uninstall 1.07 and install 1.1rc2?

How do I delete the database so I can use the default database name when I reinstall 1.1rc2?

A faq on how to add mysql users or a link to a good one would come in handy because I am using my root mysql password when I installed mysql.  There is probably an easy way to add a user/psswd and I know this is not a mysql site but it would be nice for a quick easy solution without additional internet searching since a database is required for this board to work.

On a side note this board installed very easily.  Very easy to use adminstrative functions too.

[Dannii]

There are two versions and I don't have a clue what the differences are between 1.07 & 1.1rc2.  Maybe I didn't search hard enough but that is my point.

http://docs.simplemachines.org/index.php?topic=682.0

Where are the unistallation instructions so I can uninstall 1.07 and install 1.1rc2?

http://docs.simplemachines.org/index.php?board=3.0;sort=subject

[Cable Dawg]

Thank you for the links.

I understand the difference now. 

[Tim]

We will also be revising the downloadpage in the near future

[Thurnok]

It would be very nice if I could sort mods based on version support.

Yes, I agree.  This would be an excellent feature.  A listing of mods under each SMF version would be most excellent.

How do I delete the database so I can use the default database name when I reinstall 1.1rc2?

It sounds like you are using the mysql command line.  I would suggest getting phpMyAdmin installed (might be already, many Linux bundles already come with it)  If  not, get it here [nofollow] - http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/index.php [nofollow].  It's much nicer than mysql command lining!  Especially for the next info...

A faq on how to add mysql users or a link to a good one would come in handy because I am using my root mysql password when I installed mysql.  There is probably an easy way to add a user/psswd and I know this is not a mysql site but it would be nice for a quick easy solution without additional internet searching since a database is required for this board to work.

The phpMyAdmin program allows you to do all the mysql management functions you need in an easy, intuitive manner.  See the link I supplied above if you don't have it.  It's a must have for admins!