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[TeamHaven]

Redundant means to do something more than once.
When a person installs the phpBB app on their cPanel, the sub-folders "adm, config, controller, core, event, language, migrations and styles" are already there. My question is do you want us to re-create all these folders a second time and put them within your "sitelogo" folder? Or should we just upload them to the folders that are already there?

[david63]

I have done computer programming in C, C++ and the Java language and I've built several websites

Then I would have expected you to understand how to upload files.

and then create 8 redundant sub-folders

Where has anyone ever said anything about creating "redundant" folders - whatever they may be?

If you cannot follow

In the root of your board is a folder called ext in that folder you create a folder david63 and in that folder you create another folder called sitelogo. You then upload all of the unzipped files (in their folder structure) into the sitelogo folder

then I would suggest that installing extensions is beyond your current skill set

[BF79]

Redundant means to do something more than once.
When a person installs the phpBB app on their cPanel, the sub-folders "adm, config, controller, core, event, language, migrations and styles" are already there. My question is do you want us to re-create all these folders a second time and put them within your "sitelogo" folder? Or should we just upload them to the folders that are already there?

NO need to create them.. and you dont need to create them again
go to your folder called ext( open it ) then you need to create folder with name david63 on it then upload the zip file sitelogo-3.2 on this folder and extrat the folder its called sitelogo-3.2 and then rename the folder sitelogo-3.2 to sitelogo

the root will be after

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[TeamHaven]

Most smart programmers know that when they create an open source program for others to use, people will have issues trying to use their program, so they are open to hearing the complications and doing what they can to help them. Attempting to insult me about my skill level is unproductive and unnecessary. Before you insult someone's level of knowledge, whip out a dictionary and look up the word "redundant".

I purchased cPanel solely to add a forum to my existing site. I did not purchase any FTP program because files can be uploaded (one at a time) directly through the cPanel program. When uploading files through cPanel it's clear to see that several of the folders included in your zip file already exist on the server. Stopping to get clarification as to whether or not we should upload the contents of zip file to the existing folders, is not a stupid question. So don't insult me for asking. All you had to do was say yes or no.

So for anyone else reading this: - Your instructions are for people using an ftp program that will allow them to upload an entire folder at once and/or upload the zip file and open it on the server. Thus creating redundant files on the server. If the person is not using an ftp program and uploading files one by one, the answer is "yes", redundant folders must be created to keep everything in the same hierarchy as in your zip file.

[Mannix_]

I purchased cPanel solely to add a forum to my existing site. I did not purchase any FTP program because files can be uploaded (one at a time) directly through the cPanel program. When uploading files through cPanel it's clear to see that several of the folders included in your zip file already exist on the server. Stopping to get clarification as to whether or not we should upload the contents of zip file to the existing folders, is not a stupid question. So don't insult me for asking. All you had to do was say yes or no.

The only folder you care about when installing an extension is a ext folder that is it. All other folders alongside the ext folder belong to the phpbb itself and you shouldn't do anything with them when installing an extension. I hope I made myself clear here

[BF79]

redundant folders must be created to keep everything in the same hierarchy as in your zip file.

what kind of folder are you talking ?? I work with cPanel file manager no ftp !!

[Marshalrusty]

So for anyone else reading this: - Your instructions are for people using an ftp program that will allow them to upload an entire folder at once and/or upload the zip file and open it on the server. Thus creating redundant files on the server. If the person is not using an ftp program and uploading files one by one, the answer is "yes", redundant folders must be created to keep everything in the same hierarchy as in your zip file.

FTP is one way to get the files on your server, but it certainly isn't the only one, and you're welcome to use your favorite. But if your preferred method requires uploading files one at a time, you probably shouldn't complain that there are too many directories. Surely you wouldn't complain to your local take-(out|away) place that they're serving you too much rice because your preferred method of eating it is one grain at a time.

There are many opensource FTP clients that are free to use, and I'm not familiar with any modern webhost that doesn't offer FTP as a way of moving files to their space, including the $3 per month one we recommend here.

So I'm not 100% sure what the problem is.

[TeamHaven]

So for anyone else reading this: - Your instructions are for people using an ftp program that will allow them to upload an entire folder at once and/or upload the zip file and open it on the server. Thus creating redundant files on the server. If the person is not using an ftp program and uploading files one by one, the answer is "yes", redundant folders must be created to keep everything in the same hierarchy as in your zip file.

FTP is one way to get the files on your server, but it certainly isn't the only one, and you're welcome to use your favorite. But if your preferred method requires uploading files one at a time, you probably shouldn't complain that there are too many directories. Surely you wouldn't complain to your local takeout place that they're serving you too much rice because your preferred method of eating it is one grain at a time.

There are many opensource FTP clients that are free to use, and I'm not familiar with any modern webhost that doesn't offer FTP as a way of moving files to their space, including the $3 per month one we recommend here.

So I'm not 100% sure what the problem is.

Where do we get "complaining about too many directories" from? Who was complaining about too many directories. This has gone way off the off the roadside with people misunderstanding what is being asked here.

Fact 1 => When anyone installs phpBB to their server, they automatically get the folders titled: "adm, config, controller, core, event, language, migrations and styles"

Fact 2 => When you look inside the sitelogo folder, you will find a second set of folders with the exact same names. Why does everyone find that so difficult to understand.

When you are trying to do things quick and simple and you use the cPanel and it lets you upload files, you just start using it. I wasn't "complaining" that files are uploaded one at a time, I was simply stating the fact that the program works that way. and when you upload files one at a time, you notice that there are two sets of files with the exact same name - hence the confusion.

[P_I]

I've tried hard to stay out of this discussion and let david63 (the extension author) answer your questions. But I'll give it a try.

Fact 1 => When anyone installs phpBB to their server, they automatically get the folders titled: "adm, config, controller, core, event, language, migrations and styles"

Fact 2 => When you look inside the sitelogo folder, you will find a second set of folders with the exact same names. Why does everyone find that so difficult to understand.

Your "Fact 2" is where I believe you are NOT understanding. Why does it matter to you that a sub-folder has the same (or different) structure as a parent folder? It is just the way the extension code is structured.

So I'm trying to understand if you mean to:

1) Create a folder titled "david63" and within that folder, create a sub-folder titled "sitelogo", and then create 8 redundant sub-folders for "adm, config, controller, core, event, language & styles" and then upload all the contents within those folders?

The sub-folders you mention are NOT redundant, they are a separate structure in the ext/david63/sitelogo folder.

What is confusing you about the following, very clear, instruction?

In the root of your board is a folder called ext in that folder you create a folder david63 and in that folder you create another folder called sitelogo. You then upload all of the unzipped files (in their folder structure) into the sitelogo folder

[TeamHaven]

What is confusing you about the following, very clear, instruction?

In the root of your board is a folder called ext in that folder you create a folder david63 and in that folder you create another folder called sitelogo. You then upload all of the unzipped files (in their folder structure) into the sitelogo folder

I think what you are all missing is the fact that I wasn't using an FTP client. I was simply uploading files via the cPanel program which (forces you to upload files "one at a time"). When you do that, you simply MUST create the folders to upload the files to, otherwise, you'll be uploading files from separate folders all into one folder on the server. The cPanel program does not allow you to upload an entire folder at once. Nevertheless, I purchased a new ftp client (FileZilla) which allowed me to upload an entire folder at once (including all it's sub-folders which have the same names and other folders currently existing on the server.

So now that the folders and files are on the server, will someone please tell me how to adjust this extension to make my logo display? Currently, my browser is showing this:

[Marshalrusty]

Fact 2 => When you look inside the sitelogo folder, you will find a second set of folders with the exact same names. Why does everyone find that so difficult to understand.

When you are trying to do things quick and simple and you use the cPanel and it lets you upload files, you just start using it. I wasn't "complaining" that files are uploaded one at a time, I was simply stating the fact that the program works that way. and when you upload files one at a time, you notice that there are two sets of files with the exact same name - hence the confusion.

Extensions are designed to be discrete packages, and so they get their own directory. The internal redundancy is intentional and highly important.

If it wasn't clear from my post above, uploading files one-at-a-time is a bad way to do it. If you use a reasonable method, there will be less reason to be concerned about extra directories.

[TeamHaven]

No worries! I got it.
I just need to figure out how to get my logo to display.
Now that the extension is uploaded, I'm seeing a whole lot of nothing.

[david63]

Out of interest if you are uploading files one at a time how long did it take you to upload phpBB?

[Marshalrusty]

No worries! I got it.
I just need to figure out how to get my logo to display.
Now that the extension is uploaded, I'm seeing a whole lot of nothing.

Did you enable it in the ACP? That's step 2 of the installation instructions in the first post.

Out of interest if you are uploading files one at a time how long did it take you to upload phpBB?

Almost certainly used an automated installer.

[TeamHaven]

When you use GoDaddy - They have a program which allows you to click a button to purchase cPanel and another button to press which says, "install". After that super easy part is done, they have an application section where the phpBB application can be clicked on and the entire program is installed onto the cPanel server. There is no uploading involved. The uploading came when I tried to add an extension and people didn't seem to realize that cPanel doesn't allow anyone to upload an entire folder at once.