I need some help on installing plugins for my forum. I have tried everything and I have read the instructions of each plugin I wante dto install, but I still can't get it. So, can someone please give me a very detailed explination of how to install them ?
Thanks,
Yo12
Most plugins, you upload the .php file into your /inc/plugins directory, then find the Plugins section in the AdminCP (under Configuration) and Activate/Install it.
Some plugins may require additional steps for installing them - you'll really have to consult the plugin's documentation for this.
Other than that, I can't give you much more help. Are you having an issue with a particular step, or perhaps a particular plugin?
Before I go on with saying i have a problem or whatever, what is the /inc/plugins directory ? Is it in your admin cp ? is it your PC, do you save it onto your PC??? Also, when you do all of those things, do the plugins just appear in the plugin section of your admin cp ?
The directory is stored on the server. When you installed MyBB, you probably had to upload some files using an FTP application to somewhere on an FTP server.
When you uploaded the files, in the directory where all the MyBB files are placed, there should be an "inc" directory. Inside there will be a "plugins" directory, in which you simply upload the plugins' .php files to.
After you upload the files into that directory, they should appear under the Plugins section in the AdminCP next time you visit that page.
Hope that helps.
Ok, but I have one problem with that.....for one it isn't my forum ( I am admin. The owner wants me to try to do this) and 2) The forum wasn't uploaded becuase we went to a site that hosted mybb forums and made u one as soon as you joined.
Then if you (or the other person) didn't upload the MyBB files, you might not have FTP access, meaning you can't upload plugins. Can you give a link to the hosting you use??
Yeah, you don't upload your own files with that service, so you can't upload plugins, sorry.