hello,
sorry, I’m not quite sure what you mean. Fill me in and I will do my best.

Hi alex just here to thank you for your eye opening videos. Was also wondering if you could help me with why I get a “/” after the use of Apostrophes?

Hello Alex West,
First and last, i would like to Say Thank you very very much for your lessons. i was simply very lost and once i found your lessons, the whole matter turns out to be very easy. once again. thank you so much.

I love your videos, you got some serious talent!!!

nonsense. fireboard is for joomla 1.5 as well. it was recently renamed to kunena and so upgrade paths are available.

this is for joomla 1.0

get fb_converter here (if you need it):
ht tp : // joomlacode . org /gf/project/fireboard /frs/

7. Add menu link to kunena
8. If running J1.5.X install kunena_latest module if wanted.
9. uninstall com_fireboard, mod_fb_latest, com_fb_converter

As long as you have FB 1.0.5rc installed, just install kunena. For FB 1.0.4 and earlier you need to use fb_converter.

1. Backup (file and database).
2. To keep forum config when uppgrading from FB 1.0.4 and older version install
fb_converter. Otherwise you have to configure your forum over again.
3. take your FB forum offline, and put a message that link to forum have changed.
4. Disable fb_latest equivalent module
5. Remove all menu link to FB
6. Install kunena

“if I upload it and delete the Fireboard I have set up, will I lose all my forums”

I don’t know the answer to this. I still have fireboard and I simply do not yet know how different Kunena is. I don’t think the word is out yet, especially since the move from Fireboard to Kunena came as such as surprise to everyone. I suspect that it will keep all the info, but even if not, I think it best to move now rather than later. How did you get your hands on Fireboard? I thought it was gone.

Thats fantastic thank you. As it happens I do have my Home link at the top. I am now about to attempt the assignment the side modules to selected pages only. I have also looked at the Kunena forum and it looks pretty cool, the only concern I have is that if I upload it and delete the Fireboard I have set up, will I lose all my forums I have spent all day today setting up?

Thanks again for your help, you are very helpful.

Hey, I just realized that, for this to work, the user has to be able to get back to your home page. If you have your menu in a side position, as I do, rather than in the top position, you will have to make it so they still have a “home” link to click. I used the breadcrumb module for this, but I had to modify it so that the “home” entry became a click-able link. If you can;t figure out how to do this, just tell what joomla version you are using and I will tell you how to do it.

make sure you have made a menu item that links to fireboard (now call Kunena). Next, go into each module that is showing up in a side position when the forum is active and change the menu assignment for it from “All” to “Select Menu Item(s) from the List” and DE-select fireboard/Kunena.

The ’set all side positions to NOT show when fireboard is active’, where is that setting? I have looked but I can’t find it. Thank you in advance.

When I’m in the Forum, if I click on a post, it displays the forum with no style and no Joomla template. Once I click on something else it goes back into the template. That is the problem I am having.

I am having this exact problem as trubalu. I have only just installed Fireboard with Joomla 1.5 (i don’t have Community Builder yet). Did you find a fix for this problem?

thankyou for taking the time to reply . ive got my fireboard a bit more tidy . i just need to work on resizing it ang getting my emoticons working . thankyou for all you help and the useful links . much appreciated

vBulletin is commercial, and you might easily find your host, or the distributor, demanding that you pay up or take your site down. It’s been happening quite a bit lately. Fireboard is NOT as fully featured as phpbb or vBulletin, but, depending on your needs, it is more than adequate. If you WANT to be a forum mod, ditch fireboard and go with phpbb.

my fireboard is probably bigger because i have set all side positions to NOT show when fireboard is active.

i can;t really help w the link problem because it could be a number of things. Always try disabling SEF (whether joomla native or a plugin such as sh404sef) to test.

Make sure CB has the fireboard plugin published.

Make sure to create a menu item to fireboard.

“threw me up a lot of stuff that looks like an error page”

what error? That would be helpful.

ok i got my fireboard forum working but can get the smilies etc working .

any help anyone ??

my fireboard forum is tiny compared to yours . why is that ??

also i set up a user acc , logged into my joomla site (front end ) , clicked on the fireboard forums link i created , then it threw me up a lot of stuff that looks like an error page , . it has been there since i installed community builder which is supposed to be intergrateable with joomla and fireboard . what am i doing wrong ? ahhhhh
i just wanna rip fireboard out and i dont know how .
i’d prefer to have vbulletin installed

i got fireboard set up correctly now after paying close attention to your video . thankyou . great tutorials . is it possible to install more than 1 forum pllugin on joomla ??

I will annotate all my vids in the next couple days to display this info. On the other hand I do not want people thinking that file permissions will prevent them from being hacked, as most Joomla hacks are SQL injection hacks through installed thrid party plug-ins.