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[George]

I wonder what happened to BB invision board etc.
and most of all why doesn't SMF install properly?

All I get after new installations
(tried a few times over some the last 6 - 9 months)
are these error messages

URL http://anothersite.com/forum/
Unknown system variable 'NAMES'

URL http://anothersite.com/forum/index.php?action=admin
Unknown system variable 'NAMES'

[CyberHostUK Tim]

George

Invision Board is no longer available through Fantastico as it is a paid product and has been for quite some time now and is therefore no longer available without a license. As the Fantastico version was out of date and had several vulnerabilities, we had no choice but to remove it. I'd personally go with SMF, which is great... and best of all free! We can help you with the installation if you wish.

I've looked into that error message and it appears to be caused by the following code in Settings.php:

Code:

// Most database systems have not set UTF-8 as their default input charset.
if (isset($db_character_set) && preg_match('~^\w+$~', $db_character_set) === 1)
db_query("
SET NAMES $db_character_set", __FILE__, __LINE__);

Here's a workaround:

Edit the Settings.php file and you should see $db_character_set in there. Simply remove that line and the problem should be resolved.

Please remember to make a backup of your original Settings.php file before making the above amendments.

Let us know how you get on

[George]

Great yeep!!
That did it
Thanks a lot Tim

[CyberHostUK Tim]

Great! No problem... glad I could help 

You know where we are if there's anything else we can help you with