ITA Forum - prgrammed by A. Koulikov - ak@ita-studio.com... 

ITA Forum FAQ -- an up to date version with user comments can always be found under http://www.ita-studio.com/forum/


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Q:ITA Forum is Cool - What do I need to run it?
A:Well, a clear head to start with... Some kind of hosting service that will allow you to parse PHP scripts and give you access to a MySQL database... and a pint of beer :)


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Q:Hey, how do I setup the forum?
A:In fact, in the best case, the auto installer shall do all the work, but there are always web admins who forbid PHP to run the CHMOD command on their servers... well, where was I, ah, yeah, do the following: 

1. Download the zipped forum 
2. Unpack in on your HD 
3. Upload it to year server 
4. Set the access permission to the file config.inc.php = to 776!!! 
5. Run the install.php script from your web browser 
6. Fill in all the fields as needed... make sure you fill them ALL IN PROPERLY 
7. Press the Submit Button 
8. If you get no errors, you are fine! 
9. Now, change the permissions for config.inc.php back to 644 
10. Delete the install.php file from your server. 
11. Get a beer and enjoy the forum 

The main function of the auto-installer is the configuration of all the database tables... everything else is easy to tune by hand by editing the config.inc.php file :)



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Q:How do I upgrade the forum to a newer version?
A:Sorry I am not Microsoft with an endless budget, so I can not programm custom upgraders, but, this will work in 99% of all the cases: 

1. Download the latest version of ITA Forum. 
2. Unpack it on your HD 
3. Delete the config.inc.php file 
4. Upload all the other files overwriting your older files 

:) 

P.S. Maybe, I will change the organisation of the database when newer version come (unlikely), in that case, I will make auto-updaters available for download in this forum :)



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Q:I don't like the text size and colors...
A:Ha-ha... Folder - CSS... file main.css ... tune it to your needs :) And don't ask me how to write CSS, this is not part of the Forum, but part of the Internet :)



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Q:I don't like gray, how can I change the table colors?
A:Well, that ain't diffucult, all you have to do at this stage is open your config.inc.php file and find the following lines: 

$BORDER_COLOR = "#999999"; -- controls the border color 
$TOP_IN = "#AAAAAA"; -- controls the color of the upper most cell with the title in it 
$TOP_IN_LIGHT = "#DDDDDD"; -- the lighter cell just below the title 
$LIGHT_IN = "#FFFFFF"; -- the lighter cells inside the forum 
$DARK_IN = "#EEEEEE"; -- the darker cells iinside the forum 
$ERROR_TD = "#FF0000"; -- color of errors and warnings 

You see, it is dead easy :)



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Q:How do I get ITA Forum inside my design?
A:This is dead simple, now, sit down and look at all the files that came in the Forum Distrubution that you have downloaded... there, you will see two files header.inc.php and footer.inc.php and guess what, yes, they are appended to the top and the bottom of the forum respectively. 

So, you can always get whatever content you like inside these files, and your forum will have a new face :) 

IMPORTANT!!! 
Since ITA Forum is using CSS to set text sizes, color and behaviour, you have to include this line in your header.inc.php file inside your <head></head> tags: 

<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css" type="text/css">



