Queries

[Christian Rengers]

Forgive me for the basic question, I'm still getting to grips with this.

My first problem is that every time I try and install a add on I get this error message,
'The files associated with this add-on could not be found. Please upload them and try again' I have a similar problem with uploading images like the background, I think I have inputed the correct path the the images but i keep getting error messages. is this as I need to create a file on my server for the images/add on xml ?

 

[Lycaon]

Most add-ons will have a readme with instructions on how to install.

Often the files you need to upload are in a folder called upload. You don't upload that folder itself, you upload all the files and folders inside that folder to your XF root.

 

[borbole]

Forgive me for the basic question, I'm still getting to grips with this.

My first problem is that every time I try and install a add on I get this error message,
'The files associated with this add-on could not be found. Please upload them and try again' I have a similar problem with uploading images like the background, I think I have inputed the correct path the the images but i keep getting error messages. is this as I need to create a file on my server for the images/add on xml ?

You must make sure to upload the mod files inside properly inside your forum folder maintaining their structure intact.

 

[Christian Rengers]

Thanks for the replies, The xf root file you get when you download the software license right ? its just a friend of mine is running the software on their server and installed it on their computer, so this would explain why I'm struggling ?

 

[Jake Bunce]

What is your forum URL? And what is the addon?

 

[Christian Rengers]

www.europetalks.com

I was trying to install

'Rotating Ads'
'user albums'
'facebook login'

I also want my home page and header/navbar to look like: http://8wayrun.com/, could you give me some template help for this ?

cheers.

 

[Christian Rengers]

To clarify,
when I say home page looking like that I just mean the content being split into different sections with the social media plug in also.

 

[Jake Bunce]

Your forum is installed in the web root so that is your forum root. Inside of that directory is a folder called library. That is where most addons keep their files. For example, the user albums addon has an upload/library folder in the zip file. That corresponds to the library folder on your server. Upload the files to that directory.