Installation Error

[raiza]

Your Portal Version: 1.0.5
Your phpBB Type: Standard phpBB3
MODs installed: No
Your knowledge: Beginner
Boardlink: http://www.quietly-confident.com

PHP Version: PHPBB3

What have you done before the problem was there?
Attempted to install the Board3 Portal 1.0.5

What have you already tryed to solve the problem?
I have rechecked the files but if i cant get a solution i'll just reupload the old backed up files. I Really have no knowledge of PHP so I really have no idea what to do.

Description and Message
I've been trying to install the Board3 Portal 1.0.5 and I followed all the procedures to my knowledge. I then got up to the last step where you are supposed to open the file install.php in the browser and I get the following error message displayed in the ACP

http://www.quietly-confident.com/Forum/ ... /index.php

Prior to running the installation script, you need to upload the edited files, especially /includes/constants.php.

Im really confused about this because I have followed the instructions step by step.

When i go to http://www.quietly-confident.com/Forum I get the following error.

General Error
SQL ERROR [ mysqli ]

Table 'quietly_confide.PORTAL_CONFIG_TABLE' doesn't exist [1146]

An sql error occurred while fetching this page. Please contact an administrator if this problem persists.

Thanks for anyone who has time to take a look at this, any pointers would be appreciated.

[Marc]

Well it seems to me like you didn't edit includes/constants.php, else you wouldn't have that error.

[raiza]

ok I fixed that. I checked the file and placed the coding in the wrong place.

Now ive got a bigger problem

The page wont load at all.

Edit: Found this article knowledge/kb_show.php?id=3

But im sure what file's it means, does it mean all the files ive edited, because if it does they all have ' <?php ' at the start and ' ?> ' at the end.

[raiza]

ok ive followed that article and the pages are still blank.
Ive checked ALL the files ive been told to edit.

The only ones that dont have this are overall_header and overall_footer and stylesheet.css

Thats because i didnt think they needed them.

The only thing i cant do is clear the cache.

How do i do that if i dont have access to the forums?

[raiza]

I just followed this in an attempt to clear the forum cache

http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopi ... &t=1461565

and still a blank page.

[Marc]

What editor did you use to edit the files? Make sure you used an editor that is capable of saving files as UTF8 without BOM. The normal Windows editor and Wordpad are not able to do this, you need an editor like Notepad++.

[raiza]

I used notepad to edit the files.

If you think you can proberbly fix it easily i can easily give u the FTP details

Its just a fresh forum.

[Marc]

As I already told you notepad (Windows editor) is not able to save files as UTF8 without BOM. Please use notepad++ and save the files (especially the php files) as UTF8 without BOM.

[raiza]

sorry i misread what you put

[raiza]

cheers mate fixed it!