I uninstalled and reinstalled the corrupt component and it works now. I suggest backing up your databases, files and reinstall your faulty script. It will fix your problem more than likely.

vujsa

ok will do then will post the results...one question before I do though. Should I just replace the Subs.php file or uninstall the whole forum and then reinstall it again? If I have to reinstall the whole thing I think I might try a different forums system not sure though will wait till I get a reply.

I just replaced all files that had been changed. Actually deleted Souces/ and uploaded the original ones.

What I'm wondering is what caused this?

ok I replaced the files in the Sources directory and now I'm not getting a parsing error now it says that there is a problem with the templets...will try to reinstall the templet but not sure how to reset the forum to the default templet without having direct access to the admin panel. Vujsa once helped me through a problem like this once before but I can't remember how it was done...lol...and I forgot to put it down in my growing note book of badly written and hardly ledgible handwritting...lol.

If anyone could help me with this new problem I would greatly appreciate it.

Okay Logan sorry about IRC, been working on something and I got distracted.

Once you get everything working properly again, you'll need to go the the SMF admin panel and create a database backup.
Admin > Forum Maitainence > Backup Database
[X] Save the table structure.
[X] Save the table data. (the important stuff.)
[X] Compress the file with gzip.
[Download]

The same thing can be done in you account cPanel by using phpMyAdmin select the required database and click the export tab. This is a little more involved but provides for a better backup if done correctly.

Hope this helps a little.

vujsa

the only problem with doing everything through the SMF admin panel is that I can't access the forum at all. Everytime I try to access the damn thing it tells me that it is having a problem parsing the Templet and stops loading. If I could get it to go back to the Default templet I could probably save everything but I'm not sure...gonna look at the Helios Templet and see if it is possible to install it without having to do it through the SMF admin panel. If I can do that I might be able to save the forum and me extensive work of having to bring the whole thing back up from the ground up. I'll post to let everyone know how things are progressing. After this problem is done I think I'll be gett'n Mambo up and running on the site. Vujsa I think I'll need your help with that...but in that case I'll be starting 1, if not more, new threads...lol

ok haven't been able to find a way to reinstall the Helios templet without the ability to access the admin panel....arg this is so upsetting. Well looks like I'm gonna have to re-initiate the whole forum from the ground up. Unless of course someone else can help me come up with a way to reinstall a theme without using the admin panel....