uploading vbulletin to Dreamhost- 2 days and no luck!

[lynne4t]

I've been having problems for 2 days trying to upload vbulletin to dreamhost. I'm using smartftp. It seems my files have gone to an ftp:// (ftp://%3Ci%3Emydomain.com%3C/i%3E) mydomain.com. I'm not sure where I went wrong. Does anyone know what I should be entering in the SmartFTP fields? Which directory in DreamHost? I need something very specific as I'm (obviously) very new at this. :rolleyes:

The domain name is vmkwish.com. I want vbulletin to be the first thing you see when you enter the domain in the browser. I did have to create a mysql database, the name is vmkwish. The host name is mysql.vmkwish.com. These are the values I put in the config.php edit. Is this correct? Is this domain part of my problem? :(

Any help is appreciated. I'm confused.

Lynne

[Kerry-Anne]

Make sure that you are uploading vBulletin to an area inside the public_html or www directory as anything outside this directory is not accessible via a web browser.

[ajwuzhere]

I use smart FTP, too.

You don't need to have the ftp:// in smart FTP, just domain.com.

Like Kerry-Anne said, make sure you are uploading to the right place.

[lynne4t]

I connect to domain.com and in the "upload to" field I just leave the /. Is that the problem? Should I be putting more in the field?

[Kerry-Anne]

You should be able to navigate through the directories on the server once you are connected in a similar way to how you navigate through folders and files on your computer.

[cemartin]

I connect to domain.com and in the "upload to" field I just leave the /. Is that the problem? Should I be putting more in the field?

As stated above, be sure that you are uploading the files to the /public_html folder or the www directory, which are both found in the main directory of the hosting account (in other words, the directory shouldn't only be just a /; it should be /public_html).

Chris

[Jose Amaral Rego]

This should give you some insight.
http://wiki.dreamhost.com/KB_/_FTP_/_Using_FTP_clients_/_Microsoft_Windows

I have tried the Demo Cpanel and I can not properly navagate though it to find how the structure of file manager.

[lynne4t]

The directories seem confusing to me on Dreamhost, but I was able to finally get it going. Thanks for your help! :D