Before I get going... I have been doing a bit of web design and site maintenance but don't really have any deep knowledge about servers etc. so my question(s) may seem shallow but I'm basically a shallow kinda guy and need things really spelled out.
The situation is this.
This forum,
http://www.bobdunsire.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi has been run since inception by one man who died last Nov and the family turned to me to look after it since I was a good friend. The day to day stuff has been no problem but now we wish to u/g and this is where the trouble begins.
I have d/l the newest ver., placed it all on the server, fixed the permissions and that's the end.
When I reach step two,
Enter your Database Server Name, Database Name, Database User and Database Password into the appropriate fields. If you do not have this information, you will need to contact your host or MySQL documentation. I did check with the host and they state that I am on a dedicated server? that they don't maintain s/w wise and have no record of the PHP or Mysql installation and are unable to help.
I'm lost. Should all this be in place from the old setup? If so, how do I find it. If not what next? We have some support credits availble from Groupee but Rick informs me that that's not a function they can help me with.
Would picking up the Mysql & PHP books for Dummies enable me to work this out on my own or is there someone who can work with a guy like me to get through this?
Also, I'm trying to install the new ver. so I can play with it before importing the old data. I used the demo for a few days and found some issues that Rick was going to clean up so I intend to use as much time getting comfortable with the new ver. as required. I'm in no rush and have lots of time to play around.
The forum is on a Windows server and I have no documentation as to how or if the database has been set up, name, p/w all that stuff so if you haven't realized by now, I'll state it again, I haven't a clue.
Anything to sort this out, even where to start will be greatly appreciated. Use small words and don't type too fast...
Regards,
Ken
