Database Name?

[mot]

Okay here is the area I wish to have news: http://qecinema.com/wotw/wotw.php
and here is the forum I am pulling from: http://qecinema.com/board/viewforum.php?f=18

Everything seems to be okay, except I keep getting an error message regarding an incorrect database name, I don't know what to put for the db name, I tried putting everything as well as the default forum_db. Nothing works. What do I put there?

Thanks in advance.

[Patrick]

First, did you mean you are pulling stats from http://qecinema.com/board/viewforum.php?f=8 (not 18)?

As for your database information, open up the config.php file of your forum ( board/config.php) and you will see all the information right in front of you. The $dbname in that file is your database name.

[mot]

No I meant 18, Its not viewable because its hidden to non-moderators. Does it have to be visible to the public to be able to be pulled? Oh well, I'll see in a minute. Anyway, thanks a lot for your help.

Salutations!

[mot]

I apologize for all these questions., this is my first time using a script like this.

I am still getting errors and I don't know how to correct them.

http://qecinema.com/wotw/wotw.php

What do they mean?

I switched forum ID's (now using forum 8 instead of 18) so its viewable to the public.

All of my DB information is correct, all of the php files are 0666.

I don't know whats wrong.

Thanks in advance.

[Patrick]

All of those errors indicate that a couple of things may be wrong:

1) Your database prefix may be wrong. (the default for phpbb is 'phpbb_').

2) You may have a bad copy of the forum news script. I have had people download this script from other sites and have alot of trouble with it. Download the latest from http://www.ep-dev.com (if you didn't originally download it from ep-dev) if 1 doesn't work.

[mot]

It works now! Thanks a billion! EP-Dev rocks!

[Patrick]

Make sure to check for version 2.0, as it will be more feature-packed is much better coded.

I actually have the script itself finished. Right now I am just trying to write an administration panel (like I did for version 1.4) so that people do not have to manually edit config files.