How to make portal start page ?

phpBB2.de User Anmeldungsdatum: 10.06.2004 Beiträge: 22

How can I make the index page of my directory to be directed to portal.php instead of it pointing to the forums ?

Change in the login.php all values like "index" to "portal". Then you will ever return to the portal.
Also look for .htaccess-Files and change in these files the order to "portal.php portal.php index.php index.php".

phpBB2.de User Anmeldungsdatum: 10.06.2004 Beiträge: 22

Hmm sorry I mean I wanted
http://www.mysite.com/forums to point to
portal.php by default instead of index.php (the forums)
If I try and access /forums now I get a 403 error

BTW is the download module installed by default, cos I can't seem to find it anywhere ?

go read this post.
http://www.phpbb2.de/viewtopic.php?t=12536

Look for a .htaccess-File or index.htm(l) in this folder and replace in these files "index" with "portal"...

phpBB2.de User Anmeldungsdatum: 10.06.2004 Beiträge: 22

Thanks will make the changes ...

I also seem to have a cookie issue in that whenver I return to the forums I have to login again ? I would also like to customize the portal itself, what are the exact files in the templates folder do I have to edit ?

phpBB2.de User Anmeldungsdatum: 10.06.2004 Beiträge: 22

Oh yah and the Mods DB doesn't install the mod for you does it? Isit just a place to list the mods you install there ?

The cookie will contains the domain you are logged on. This will not affect any changes on your settings on .htaccess or index.htm(l).

To edit the portal use the files portal.php and templates/subSilver/portal_body.tpl.

And at least: Yes the mod database only will list the mods for download. Installing the mods must be done by yourself.

phpBB2.de User Anmeldungsdatum: 10.06.2004 Beiträge: 22

However the cookie doesn't seem to remember me cos everytime I return to the forums I have to logon ?

phpBB2.de User Anmeldungsdatum: 25.05.2003 Beiträge: 78 Wohnort: Ludwigsburg

Hier mal ein Auszug aus der Anleitung vom ezPortal, wenn ich das richtig verstehe worum es hier geht.

Code:

# HOW TO MAKE YOUR WEBSITE OPEN TO FILE portal.php INSTEAD OF index.php ?
# You can use one of the following methods! Lots of luck!
#
#
# o Method 1: (for Apache server)
# create/modify file .htaccess in phpBB root directory
# add/edit this line:
#
# DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm portal.php index.php
#
#
# o Method 2: {use JavaScript - if you cannot apply the 1st method)
# create file index.html in phpBB root directory (without #)
#
# <html>
# <head>
# <title>Redirecting...</title>
# <script language="JavaScript">
# self.location.href='portal.php';
# </script>
# </head>
# <body>
# </body>
# </html>
#
# if your phpBB was placed in a subdirectory to the
# webroot, like: http://something.com/forum
# you could create index.html in the webroot and modify the
# line 5 to self.location.href='forum/portal.php';

you can forward the index file to portal file like the code below

your text can be erase if you want it

Code:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="refresh" CONTENT="1; URL=URL TO YOUR PORTAL.PHP ">

<script>
if (parent.frames.length > 0)
parent.location.href = location.href
</script>
<title>TITLE OF YOUR HOMEPAGE</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
</head>

<body>
Even geduld ...........................

TEXT YOU WANT


TEXT YOU WANT 
</body>
</html>

phpBB2.de User Anmeldungsdatum: 10.06.2004 Beiträge: 22

Hmm I get this error when I tried to upload pics, is this a permissions problem or ?

Warning: copy(album_mod/upload/e3a9e26263a7a8ee0209467b8f67096b.jpg): failed to open stream: Permission denied in c:\home\ericcantona.com\forums\album_upload.php on line 488

Warning: copy(album_mod/upload/cache/e3a9e26263a7a8ee0209467b8f67096b.jpg): failed to open stream: Permission denied in c:\home\ericcantona.com\forums\album_upload.php on line 494

Warning: getimagesize(album_mod/upload/e3a9e26263a7a8ee0209467b8f67096b.jpg): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in c:\home\ericcantona.com\forums\album_upload.php on line 504

Warning: getimagesize(album_mod/upload/cache/e3a9e26263a7a8ee0209467b8f67096b.jpg): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in c:\home\ericcantona.com\forums\album_upload.php on line 523

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at c:\home\ericcantona.com\forums\album_upload.php:488) in c:\home\ericcantona.com\forums\includes\page_header.php on line 786

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at c:\home\ericcantona.com\forums\album_upload.php:488) in c:\home\ericcantona.com\forums\includes\page_header.php on line 788

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at c:\home\ericcantona.com\forums\album_upload.php:488) in c:\home\ericcantona.com\forums\includes\page_header.php on line 789

change the folder to 777 (chmod 777)

phpBB2.de User Anmeldungsdatum: 10.06.2004 Beiträge: 22

I've changed permission (I'm using Windows) to the equivalent of it, is there anywae I could manually upload it instead ?

phpBB2.de User Anmeldungsdatum: 10.06.2004 Beiträge: 22

Where do the polls have to be posted on before they will be seen on the portal page ?