Messageboard in flash

1

Hello there,
I was searching for a messageboard fla and woohoo i found one. well it used asp and stuff and i dunno how o do that with flash mx. every time i try to preview the messageboard an error comes up

Error opening URL “file:///C|/WINDOWS/Desktop/chargedsite/database.asp?dbaction=readmessages&rnd=num54”

Any help?

2

There is no way you can do a message board without using any kind of server-side script!
And there’s the problem… it can’t find the script file!

3

well. im sorry. could someone explain to me how one might do this kind of operation?

4

It is very complicated! I think the best way is to do it with php!
But you have to know some of it before you can make a messageboard with it so… see if you can find any tutorials of the web or sth…

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I already found one! It’s a complicated process though!
<b>Here it is</b>

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ummm… something’s wrong there! It just shows the example but no tut! :-\ maybe send him an e-mail or sth! :expressionless:

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ok… jubba knows!

5

www.phpforflash.com

6

well lemme post what it says in the readme

########## PHP/Text Files Forum ############

For the first time.

  1. Create a directory called Forum on your server.

  2. Create 4 folders called Category1, Category2, Category3, Category4 in that directory (Forum).
    These directorys/folders must be named those exact Names - Category1 and Category2 For example.

So it looks like this
Forum/
Forum/Category1/
Forum/Category2/
Forum/Category3/
Forum/Category4/

  1. Change the permissions of each Category folder/directory to 777 - (on windows/Apache you won’t have to worry about that) - If your using Win2k/NT with IIS - you will have to make sure the directorys have write permissions. Actually this may not work on Win2K with IIS web server - But will with Win2K/Apache web server.

  2. Place the Forum.php file and Forum.swf in that directory.

  3. That’s it. Follow the notes in the Forum.php file and on the Forum.Fla file to learn how to customize everything - hopefully it’s somewhat intuitive.

###############################################
You can change all of the settings / Paths to files fairly easily - Make sure everything is working in it’s default state before trying to change everything around.

If you have Questions on the Forum or how to modify/install it please visit:
http://www.flash-db.com/Board/

We’ll try to answer your questions as soon as possible.

-Jeff Hill @ Flash-db.com

well im using brinkster and how can i make the permissions editable or whatever it says?

7

you can’t use PHP on brinkster. Brinkster only allows for ASP support.

8

well, shizzer FUUUUUUUUUUUuuuuuuuUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUDGE

9

where can i put up my website then?

10

there are a bunch of free hosts that support php. That question has been asked a bunch of times on the forum. Search here or google and you will and an answer