Can somebody please clarify what this means when copying mod

william92371 · Post by **william92371** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 10:02 am

I have downloaded and installed a fresh copy of PHPBB3
I have installed auto Mod

I am looking to install Board3 portal

When looking at the install xml file, I see this under "files to copy":

Copy: root/includes/trim_message/*.*
To: includes/trim_message/*.*

I need some explanation what this means, because apparently I am reading it incorrectly.

The first line is what I need to copy, the second is to where. That I get.

But when I'm looking at the files I have already with PBPBB3, I am missing something.

In the folder I just extracted from the portal download, I find the root folder. Inside it is another folder called includes, and inside of that is another folder called trim message. I would think the *.* means "copy everything inside the trim message folder to the trim message folder already on your website. So, I go into the public folder on my domain, open the includes folder, and there is no trim message folder. Am I supposed to copy the entire trim message folder over to the includes folder, or am I supposed to copy the contents of the trim message folder to the includes folder.

This is so basic, I know, but I'll be damned if I could find this here without spending two hours searching, and I'm frustrated enough already.

Thank you!

javiexin · Post by **javiexin** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 10:21 am

william92371 wrote:...Am I supposed to copy the entire trim message folder over to the includes folder...

Exactly.

Post by **KevC** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 10:22 am

Copy the /trim_message folder and everything inside it to your /includes folder.

As a general rule you just copy everything that's in the MOD download /root folder to your forum folder. If you have a good FTP application like filezilla, it'll put everything in the right place automatically.

FloridaMan339 · Post by **FloridaMan339** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 10:27 am

In a MOD, the "root" folder is the root folder of your board. If it's at http://www.xyz.com, you would copy all files to http://www.xyz.com's root folder. If your board is at http://www.xyz.com/phpbb/ then you would copy the root folder to http://www.xyz.com/phpbb/ .

If you do, then all the files will nicely go into the correct subfolders without any effort.

"Root" is used as no MOD author knows where your file structure begins on your website.

Hope this helps.

william92371 · Post by **william92371** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 12:35 pm

Thanks for the help guys. After staring at stuff for about five hours, the mind can play terrible tricks on you!!

FloridaMan339 · Post by **FloridaMan339** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 3:24 pm

And we've all been there!

RMcGirr83 · Post by **RMcGirr83** » Wed Aug 01, 2012 11:02 am

FloridaMan339 wrote:If your board is at http://www.xyz.com/phpbb/ then you would copy the root folder to http://www.xyz.com/phpbb/

This is incorrect...you don't copy the root folder you copy the folders and files found within the root folder.

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