Hello all, I have uploaded SMF using joomla by simply going into my admin/installers/components and uploading & installing from a zip folder called com_smf_2_0_2 and then in joomla admin. I come to a page in the joomla admin that says [Joomla-SMF Forum Installation] followed by...
Forum URL [ ]
SMF Absolute Path [ ]
SMF Table Prefix [ ]
I am stuck at this point and confused as to how i go about this, where do i even begin to find the answer to this when i hover my cursor over the text FOR EXAMPLE: SMF Absolute Path , it tells me what to do but i am still a bit confused due to the fact that i am fairly new to joomla can someone please help me, and show me a few examples even perhaps illustrated samples if possible, anything would help... thank you...
Hello all, I have uploaded SMF using joomla by simply going into my admin/installers/components and uploading & installing from a zip folder called com_smf_2_0_2 and then in joomla admin. I come to a page in the joomla admin that says [Joomla-SMF Forum Installation] followed by...
Forum URL [ ]
SMF Absolute Path [ ]
SMF Table Prefix [ ]
I am stuck at this point and confused as to how i go about this, where do i even begin to find the answer to this when i hover my cursor over the text FOR EXAMPLE: SMF Absolute Path , it tells me what to do but i am still a bit confused due to the fact that i am fairly new to joomla can someone please help me, and show me a few examples even perhaps illustrated samples if possible, anything would help... thank you...
All the instructions you will find in the User Guide. Also you will find it on the forums. Yes
I am stuck I have read the user guide and either i am missing it or it is not telling me where i can find the smf absolute path along with making sure smf and joomla are on the same database ! please help i have been on this for a week what am i missing !
Let me take a shot at this, but a month ago I couldn't spell SMF, or CMS either for that matter. So we have the blind leading the blind here.
Something bothers me about your first message; you said you installed SMF through Joomla!, install com. To the best of my knowledge, you can't install SMF that way. It is a separate, stand alone program, not a com. You can install the JoomlaHacks SMF bridge that way. The SMF installation would ask you what database to use, the user and password and let you specify the table prefix. The SMF installation would be similar to the Joomla! installation, where you FTP the files to your server and go to an install.php program in the root of your SMF folder. Did you do the SMF installation?
Once we get that question out of the way, what operating system are you using? Is this installation local, or on a host server? Do you have access to phpMyAdmin? (It's a program for managing a MySQL database.) That will make your other questions easier.
Let me take a shot at this, but a month ago I couldn't spell SMF, or CMS either for that matter. So we have the blind leading the blind here.
Something bothers me about your first message; you said you installed SMF through Joomla!, install com. To the best of my knowledge, you can't install SMF that way. It is a separate, stand alone program, not a com. You can install the JoomlaHacks SMF bridge that way. The SMF installation would ask you what database to use, the user and password and let you specify the table prefix. The SMF installation would be similar to the Joomla! installation, where you FTP the files to your server and go to an install.php program in the root of your SMF folder. Did you do the SMF installation?
Once we get that question out of the way, what operating system are you using? Is this installation local, or on a host server? Do you have access to phpMyAdmin? (It's a program for managing a MySQL database.) That will make your other questions easier.
Dale
thank you Dale, you actually helped me out alot everything you posted make perfect steps in telling me somewhere down the line i was doing things wrong installation wize even though i read the guides they didnt make much sence unless you have a s*omewhat understanding of the joomla smf operations and installations but ya know what i got it i installed it all (HOW?) <--- i dont know but i didnt LOL, thank you dale you where an incredible help...
to business: like the original poster i'm getting the same issues and the user guide is none to clear. (or, rather it's very clear but not if you're new to the whole thing and don't know what it's going on about! i just may be missing something really obvious though)
i've installed joomla 1.0.12 (with the latest version of community builder) and smf 1.1.2 using fantastico through my hosting and as such they're both on seperate databases, ie: blahblah_joom1 and blahblah_smf1. jsmf doesn't seem to like this! i have no idea what to do about this...
i get the URL bit, i get the absolute path/directory bit too but what i don't get is the table prefix bit. where do i find that? what is it? was i supposed to specify it at somepoint in the smf install? cos fantastico did all the work and assigned a blahblah_smf1 name to the database.
i am moocho confused...
any help that you could give would be greatly appreciated, regards, jack.
I can't help you with bridging your two databases, I know I saw the instructions on doing it, but I skipped the automated installation of SMF to avoid just that problem. The instructions were almost certainly posted on this website.
As to your SMF prefix, you (or fantastico) selected it somewhere during the SMF installation. If you have access to the database (through phpMyAdmin perhaps), you can look at the names of the tables. They will all start the same way, probably with "smf_". If it comes down to guessing your prefix, "smf_" would be a good guess. Note that this is a table prefix, not a database prefix. The tables are inside your database, blahblah_smf1. Good luck!
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