I am by no means a stupid person, but I just can't make head or tail of some of your instructions on this website on how to upgrade to the latest version

Okay, I have copied and pasted the instructions from the fire board website. The instructions they have given just don't make sense. The following is step five of the instructions

I have already uploaded the latest patch for 1.0.4 and if you click on the test website below, you will see it is slightly messed up.

www.raywinstonethatsummer.torbaycommunit...fireboard/Itemid,32/

Below is step five from their instructions.Copy “components/com_fireboard/_fbfiles/” directory in the extracted package . Now I'm assuming they mean the files I have just uploaded? On the rootside, I go into components/com_fireboard and there is no_fbfiles files. So I'm pretty much stuck already.

Copy “components/com_fireboard/_fbfiles/” directory in the extracted package to “Joomla_Root/images/” directory and rename it to “fbfiles/” and ensure that it is writable (and also all its subdirectories). At the end you will have such a path: “Joomla_Root/images/fbfiles”. You can do this in Linux by applying the following command: Command: chmod –R 777 images/fbfiles/

So I moved onto the stage six and that was pretty straightforward

Stage seven doesn't make any sense whatsoever, you are asked to open an SQL file, or download it........ then what?



I have copied and pasted their instructions below so you can have a look. If anyone can help, I'd be very grateful.

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Download the 1.0.4 Patch files zip file.
2.
Extract the “FireBoard_1.0.4_Stable_PatchFiles.zip” files on your local system. You will notice that it has the same structure as the files on your server
3.
Connect to your website via FTP and overwrite all the local files over the remote files. This way your server will have latest files of the stable version
4.
Fireboard 1.0.2+ stores the common files, such as uploaded files, avatars, uploaded images,… under “Joomla_Root/images/” directory. Please make sure that your “Joomla_Root/images/” is writable.
5.
Copy “components/com_fireboard/_fbfiles/” directory in the extracted package to “Joomla_Root/images/” directory and rename it to “fbfiles/” and ensure that it is writable (and also all its subdirectories). At the end you will have such a path: “Joomla_Root/images/fbfiles”. You can do this in Linux by applying the following command: Command: chmod –R 777 images/fbfiles/
6.
Move (old) directories and all contents of “components/com_fireboard/avatars”, “components/com_fireboard/category_images”, “components/com_fireboard/uploaded/files”, “components/com_fireboard/uploaded/images” to the new “Joomla_Root/images/fbfiles”. The final structure should look like this:
7.
Open “Upgrades/Fireboard_101_to_1.0.3.Stable.sql” file. You can download it here: Fi is reboard_101_to_1.0.3.Stable.sql
8.
If necessary, rename all the “jos_” occurrences to your own database prefix. Hence, if your db prefix it “boj_” then you should rename all “jos_” to “boj_”.
9.
Execute the queries on your remote host; either inside phpmyadmin or your favourite database manager. If you don’t know how to do this, please read: community.mybboard.net/showthread.php?tid=4720 If you get any error during the execution, e.g. you had done some modifications to the database before, then you should execute the rest of the queries and not all of them. The queries are executed in the order as they are listed in the upgrade. First at the top and last at bottom.
10.
Now, head on to Fireboard Configuration and check if you have the latest version, by looking at the bottom of the page.
11.
Enter Fireboard configuration section and modify the settings to your need.
12.
Enter the control panel, and click on “Recount Categories Stats”. This will recount all the posts and update your frontend statistics. You should apply this action from time to time to ensure consistency in your forum statistics.

then you should move to 8 once you have downloaded the sql. open it, if it is your case (case 8) then apply the renaming, if not then move to 9.

the problem is, I haven't done stage five yet. After I uploaded the new files, I looked in components/com_fireboard but there was no files called fbfiles.


Copy “components/com_fireboard/_fbfiles/” directory in the extracted package to “Joomla_Root/images/” directory and rename it to “fbfiles/” and ensure that it is writable (and also all its subdirectories). At the end you will have such a path: “Joomla_Root/images/fbfiles”. You can do this in Linux by applying the following command: chmod –R 777 images/fbfiles/

Is there one called fbfiles_dist? Same thing.

no, there isn't A file of that name. look at what I have pasted below. Components/com_fireboard/_fbfiles. I have embolded the file that is giving me so many problems. I have a folder named fbfile in my main images folder. Is this what we are talking about? Should I be moving it out of the images folder and putting it in components/com_Fire board?


Copy “components/com_fireboard/_fbfiles/” directory in the extracted package to “Joomla_Root/images/” directory

no, if there is a directory called fbfiles under your /images then leave it there. it should be there, just check if it is empty or not (should have other subdirectories)

when referring to components/com_Fireboard/fbfiles, is this in the 1.0.4 patch file? If I open up components/com_Fire board in the patch, there is no file called Fbfiles. I have downloaded countless 1.0.4 patches and the file is not in any of them.

Here's a screenshot I've just done. I have opened up the 1.0.4 patch. I then went into components/com_Fireboard and this is what is in there, no fbfiles

come on guys, there must be somebody on this forum who can help me.

Copy “components/com_fireboard/_fbfiles/” directory in the extracted package

Please explain the above instructions? the above describes components/com_fireboard that is in the 1.0.4 patch file. remember that if you open up the patch file, there are three folders, administrator, components and images, it is the components folder I am talking about. So I ask again, inside the components folder, there is another folder,com_fireboard folder. So, can somebody please just confirm whether or not there should be an fbfiles file inside com_fireboard folder? I know that I am repeating myself, it just seems that I'm getting no answer is that helping me. There must be absolutely loads of people who have upgraded, most of them have no trouble. The instructions don't make sense, it's as simple as that. Now if there are some other instructions that will help, please tell me where they are

danialt wrote:
then you should move to 8 once you have downloaded the sql. open it, if it is your case (case 8) then apply the renaming, if not then move to 9.

ok