Sorry to be asking what's extremely probably a very straightforward question.

I've uploaded all the files into the Plugins directory, and activated the plugin, and now I don't know where to go to access my forum.

I've read the Installation Help file, and realise that there is no page that was created for the forum. I created a new page and noted its ID, like the Installation Help page instructed me to, but then it instructed me to modify the page ID information in the Admin tab of the Forum > Manage Options screen — where is this screen, and this tab?

Thanks very much for your help…

I've now found the “Forum” link in the Admin panel, which you were talking about. But when I click on it, I get a 404 error. Have I omitted something while uploading, or……?

Also, on the Dashboard area of my Admin panel, I've found two “Wordpress database error” messages. The first one says that the table “wp_sfforums” doesn't exist, and then says:

SELECT topic_id, wp_sfwaiting.forum_id, forum_slug, forum_name, group_id, post_count, post_id FROM wp_sfforums LEFT JOIN wp_sfwaiting ON wp_sfforums.forum_id = wp_sfwaiting.forum_id WHERE post_count > 0 ORDER BY forum_id, topic_id

The second database error message says that the table “wp_sfposts” doesn't exist, and then says:

SELECT COUNT(post_id) AS cnt FROM wp_sfposts WHERE post_status=1

Thanks for your help so far, and please tell me how to solve this!

PS: I definitely can't find a new page created for the forum.

PPS: If it would make any difference, I was lazy when uploading the files as I just wanted to see the forum working, first, so I omitted all the language files except those titled with “en”, and I omitted all but one of the emoticon images. I meant to upload these later. I may have skipped some other things I thought not strictly necessary for the moment, but I can't remember exactly - I did upload the vast majority of files. :s

No - this is version 3 and it has it's own top level menu now.

I really don't know what you have done here except there are missing tables so they have not been created. Did you try installing this twice, interrupting it or something? Od did you start the install abnd then click on another menu item before it had finished?

With one caveat below, you need to remove everything and start again. However, if the install got as far as placing the 'sfversion' and 'sfbuild' records in your Options table then these need to be removed otherwise it will not re-install.

The caveat is to do with whatever version of MySQL you are using. If this is a 4.20 version or below then sometimes (seemingly randomly) it has problems creating the tables. Don't know why. If this is the case then you will need to run a SQL script as I have found no other way of doing it.

Yes - 4.1.22 is likely to cause problems. (I dont 'officially' support anythign prior to 4.2.1)

There is absolutely no requirement to remove the code files at all. Just leave them be.

Tp be honest IO reaslly donlt have tme to write up a detailed set of instructions - there ios just too much going on at the moment.

But I can send you a sql script and you will need to import it though a tol like phpMyAdmin which you probably have access to via your host. But… even that may need some editing….

Do you want me to email it to you?

reading my post (number 7 above) I can see I was tired and harrassed! All those typos!

I can send you the sql file - I can't promise you success. When I have time I will write it up on the site but I quite truly am up to my ears in other, more pressing, problems at the moment. And I am sorry about that.