read the INSTALL files

with all due respect, do you read anything related to the files/stuff you have questions about before you beg for answers/someone to explain how to do it for you?

The main focus of this site is to help people solve problems with code that they wrote, and have problems with. Not explain in detail how to install something that the original author most likely WROTE or provided documents on, and most people (if any) have never even seen before.

So far you have asked about adding Forums to your site

how to get some chat code working... (Which was actually relevant to this site.... you had code that was broken, that everyone could look at and help you resolve the errors you mentioned)

you've asked how to add contact forms to your page... which is a very basic feature of any site and could easily be found on google or by searching the forums here I'm sure....

how do you know if you have MySQL installed....

how to tell if you have PHP installed....

how to open the PHP install you downloaded....

and out of those questions you posted 1 of them in 3 different forums, and 1 of them in 2 different forums....

you still dont appear to have read the Newbie forums Sticky threads.... regarding Ettiquete and forum policies/rules... much less the link that Dalecosp posted here...

nor have you shown any attempt at learning/figuring something out on your own, you just jump straight to the forums and post a question, usually ill formed and in the wrong forum....

Sorry if this sounds harsh, but we are all volunteering our time to help out, but you have to do your part too. Show us you are capable of helping yourself to an extent, and more people will be likely to attempt to help you... Put forth the effort to provide an attempt at coding that we can look at and point out mistakes on, dont just ask us for code, or ask us to fix it.. If you rely too much on people from here to do everything for you, eventually nobody will even read your posts.....

good luck, hopefully you take these suggestions to heart and actually follow through with some of them, then take and apply them to your future posts/programming attempts

what is ur problem why u always picking on me. u post on wrong forum, o u done this, that. You keep going on, You some kind of stalker. I have tried reading and learning php, but i do not understand it. Maybe seen as your the big expert, you can teach me.

well tekky i see your point and somewhat agree with it, but not all people can be like the rules... and on top of that, not everyone does 4hours of search with the risk nothing comes up. So just ask right away

I do the same sometimes

hungry, anyone?

Originally posted by hughesa
what is ur problem why u always picking on me. u post on wrong forum, o u done this, that. You keep going on, You some kind of stalker. I have tried reading and learning php, but i do not understand it. Maybe seen as your the big expert, you can teach me.

Put forth an attempt at figuring out how to make a script work, its the only way to learn, having someone tell you how to do everything accomplishes nothing besides them working hard, and you copying their work.

So far aside from the chat script question, everything has been about precreated code that has (or should have) documentation on how to install/set it up.

I am more than happy to help, but I'm not going to write a script from scratch for someone, or attempt to explain code that I have never seen or have no chance of seeing if its never posted. Judging by your questiosn you have asked so far, you should be starting with a Basic PHP book, if not a basic HTML book to get the basic knowledge of what all websites, and dynamic content entail...

I understand that you are new to PHP, its painfully obvious, thats why I directed you to the NEWBIES forum where there are 2 VERY helpful threads regarding Basics PHP and Forum information. Did you bother following those links and reading them?

Ajdegans, In regards to spending 4hrs searching, generally if you dont find anything within 10 minutes, you can pretty much rule that option out, I never said to take all day to find an answer, merely make an effort to find one

Blah!

most code has a readme or step-by-step instructions... if it has not what the f*ck is a noob doing with it?

Maybe first try and experiment with something with manuals or when you have a bright mind learn PHP and write something yourself?

using others code isnt bad why else is it written? to be used right? whats the use of creating a forum there are thousands available for use

still hungry! noone else?

I'm not saying using its bad... I'm just saying use the documentation provided for it, for his Forum question, I suggested phpBB, it has great documentation.... rather than just some no name script that was just dug up on some script page

perfectly right and exact my point