Hello again everyone, I just installed the BT self hosted software on my server. I am able to log in and go through all of the links so I'm pretty sure that it installed correctly, mostly. The two immediate problems that i see are that the theme is not showing up. the folder is in the right place but i basically have a black and white control panel. #2- I've tried to install plugins directly through the BT website, uploading a zip file and FTP. While trying to download directly from the BT site, it just says "loading" and never loads. When I upload a zip file with just one plugin folder I get Error Saving Archive. The file archive uploaded OK but it could not be saved to the file system? When I use FTP, I can see the file folders in the plugins folder but when I hit the plugin refresh button, I get this There was a problem finding the http://**********.com/buzztouch/files/plugins directory In my FTP program, the string looks like this /public_html/**********.com/buzztouch/files/plugins and all of the plugin folders that I downloaded fron BT are in the files/plugins folder I'm sure that I screwed something up. I'm basically just playing around until self hosted 3.0 comes out. Any ideas? Going to bed now, my eyes are tired! Thanks Dave

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Well, you have to remember that the Self Hosted is at v2.1.9, and the new plugins are setup for the new BT v3… Because the 'old school' index.php file no longer exists, you'll get those errors on a self hosted setup. It won't take the plugins, because not all of the files it wants is there, and the files that BT v3 wants is there, but the v2 Self Hosted won't recognize them. So you have a fully funtional control panel, but because the plugins are made for the 'newer' control panel, you're going to be in limbo for a bit until Self Hosted v3 is released. Sorry about that… It's just bad timing, not really anything you've done wrong. Cheers! -- Smug

Thanks Smug. I figured as much for the plugins. I just thought my cp would see them but they just wouldn't work. I'm just trying to figure out self hosting so I'm ready when 3.0 comes out. What do you think about the cp theme though. It doesn't seem to be loading so I just see a white screen with a basic word type layout. Should my app physical path include the public/html prefix. Right now I just have *********.com/buzztouch Thanks again Dave

The physical path should be the true 'physical' path, like "C:\apache\buzztouch" or "//server/share/buzztouch" something… Mine is provided by my hosting provider; it's about a mile long. But it typically won't be using your domain name. There is another field for that. Cheers! -- Smug

Got it. I'll go take a look. Thanks

Put this code in a blank php file in the selfhosted folder and use the output. <?php echo $file=$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']; ?>