ABVFP for navaldesign or David

[shoemaker]

Sorry to trouble you fellows but here's my situation:

Following Voda instructions, at ******* I changed my name servers to:
ns.1voda29.com
ns.2voda29.com
for my domain name electmagi.com

I received e-mail notification of this from *******.
I haven't heard from Voda since the change.

I uploaded 32 ABVFP files into my ABVFP folder in public_html, all having 0644 permits.

I created My SQL database using the wizard.

I typed in the browser address bar http://www.electmagi.com/ABVFP/dbts_install.php (there's an underscore between dbts and install in both addresses)
A Website Could Not Be Found page came up.

Note: I suspect my domain name won't work until Sept 17 since it's young.

So I tried typing in the address bar http://75.126.124.166/~vxedlx/ABVFP/dbts_install.php
which is my temporary URL with the specified add-on

Not Found page came up.

I don't know what to do now and any help is appreciated.

Thanks, Shoemaker

[davidundalicia]

Re: ABVFP for navaldesign or David

Shoemaker

Your domain is working, but I cannot see that you have published your
index
page yet...........publish a temp index page then get back to me.

[shoemaker]

Re: ABVFP for navaldesign or David

Seems like that might do it. Thanks David, Shoemaker

[shoemaker]

Re: ABVFP for navaldesign or David

David, I just tried to publish my index page but got flagged that my password was incorrect. I used the voda supplied master password. Also I noticed the server IP was in the box (67.228.244.194), not mine, 75.126.124.166 which is still not in the drop-down list.

Thanks, Shoemaker

[davidundalicia]

Re: ABVFP for navaldesign or David

you need to download BV again to get the latest server IP numbers then

[shoemaker]

Re: ABVFP for navaldesign or David

Hi David,

I reinstalled website builder. My IP address is now on the drop list.

I published my index page successfully.

Using Firefox I successfully accessed my page with the full URL and also with only electmagi, (a little ray of light).

Now, after entering in the address bar navaldesign's URL for dbts_install.php I received the same failure.

Hope you or any of the team can help.

Thanks, Shoemaker

[davidundalicia]

Re: ABVFP for navaldesign or David

If your comments page contains a form it should be saved with a php extension..........

delete the comments.html form from your website(use bv's ftp)

and then change the extension to php(see page properties) then
save and republish.....

edit:
found your install form..............but should not be published here......

[shoemaker]

Re: ABVFP for navaldesign or David

If your comments page contains a form it should be saved with a php extension..........

delete the comments.html form from your website(use bv's ftp)

and then change the extension to php(see page properties) then
save and republish.....

edit:
found your install form..............but should not be published here......

Hi David, thanks for getting back.
I'm confused here because of lack of experience.
I understand using the php extension.
The only page I purposely published was the index page, the partially constructed comments page was just in my blue voda files, I thought. I intended to trash it when I began with the ABVFP.
I don't know what (use bv's ftp) means yet.
If I save and republish I'm not using ABVFP, right? I'm just using the old form page without going through the ABVFP process, right?
"Found your install form...but should not be published here . . . I don't have a clue what that means.

Sorry for the trouble, but I'm completely new at all this.

Thanks again, Shoemaker

[mrmagoo144]

Re: ABVFP for navaldesign or David

it looks like David feels that this is not the correct place to post this thread. you have published your index page and it works fine. you should delete the present contact us page and set up the ABVFP software to make your form or you could use the form wizard. the link to see how to make a form using a wizard is:

http://www.vodahost.com/vodatalk/forms/35915-form-wizard-tutorial.html

i hope this helps you
mrmagoo144

https://www.videopostcards.info

[davidundalicia]

Re: ABVFP for navaldesign or David

Way back I advised learning/watching BlueVoda ftp File Transfer Program video tutorial:

http://www.vodahost.com/vodatalk/saving-naming-previewing-publishing/9366-how-use-blueftp.html

To avoid confusion, lets assume that you are going to use ABVFP....OK ?¿

Now, I have already seen your ABVFP installation form which you need to complete as soon as posible, hence the comment I made.

Concentrate on 2 things at the moment:
BV FTP
and
ABVFP

if you have not published that parcial comments page yet, then remove the link to it from your index/home page.......SEO's dont like broken links.

Get in the habit of creating, testing, and publishing a page BEFORE you link to it........

[davidundalicia]

Re: ABVFP for navaldesign or David

it looks like David feels that this is not the correct place to post this thread. you have published your index page and it works fine. you should delete the present contact us page and set up the ABVFP software to make your form or you could use the form wizard. the link to see how to make a form using a wizard is:

http://www.vodahost.com/vodatalk/forms/35915-form-wizard-tutorial.html

i hope this helps you
mrmagoo144
www.videopostcards.info

I do not feel as you have suggested, shoemaker has opened a topic and is staying within his topic, so please do not think or speak for other people.

[shoemaker]

Re: ABVFP for navaldesign or David

OK fellows, I'm slowly making my way and it's clearer now, thanks to your replies.

I just set up my FTP account in cpanel. I came here to double-check David's instructions before I did anything else.

Now I'm going back to FTP and deleting my 'comment' page.

I'm deleting the link from my index page to 'comment' page by selecting the word 'comment' then cutting it. I hope that's right.

I'm typing in the address bar: http://www.electmagi.com/ABVFP/dbts_install.php (underscore is there)

Then I will continue with the ABVFP installation procedures.

In case I'm off base in any of the above, advice is much appreciated.

I'll check here periodically as I continue the work. Shoemaker

[davidundalicia]

Re: ABVFP for navaldesign or David

shoemaker
Never publish the address of an install type program......that was the reason for my 2 comments...........it could be hijacked......

In this case the link is not working, so you could be alright

[shoemaker]

Re: ABVFP for navaldesign or David

Gotcha

[navaldesign]

Re: ABVFP for navaldesign or David

The problem with ABVFP is that you have uploaded all the files in your public_html. The zip instructions instead clearly state that you should upload everything in a specifically created folder (named ABVFP, but the name is not important).

Delete the ABVFP related folders from your public_html. create a folder, and upload the ABVFP files in that folder.

Just to show you what i mean, your ABVFP installation page is in http://www.electmagi.com/dbts_install.php