How to Install a Mod

[Homesrfan]

How To Install Mods
by Homesrfan

ATTENTION:
No one, and I mean NO ONE may repost my tutorials ANYWHERE without my permission. And if I give you permission there are guidlines. I have found many of my mods reposted on many Habbo forums. Please DO NOT repost this forum without my permission. I work hard on my tutorials.

PLEASE MAKE BACKUPS!
To make a backup, download the files that you edited. For more information scroll down.

I'm not responcible for any mistakes that you might make when installing mods. Install at your own risk. Any database errors or any errors for that matter, I'm not responcible for.

So, you want install mods? Well, this guide will let you do it.
First of all, do not be overwhelmed by mods. They are not that complicated as they are cracked up to be. Not a lot of PHP knowledge is needed to install mods. I knew next to nothing about PHP when I first started installing mods, and I haven't learned much since I have started. So please, be careful, but DO NOT giveup.

What do I need?

• A Forum (of course)
• Notepad or a PHP Editor
• FTP Client
• A Mod (duh?)

Step 1
Download a mod in the form of a .zip file.

Looking for a mod?

Mods for IPB

• Invisionize
• Invision Hacks
• IPBHelpers

Mods for phpBB

• phpBB Website
• phpBBHacks

Mods for vBulletin

• vBulletin.org

Step 2
Extract your files and folders to My Documents, or any location on your computer.
Please view the files. Look through all the files. There should be many folders, if your mod is a big mod. There should also be a install.txt or readme.txt or something. There might also be .html or .htm file you may need to view in your browser. Whatever it may be, open it.

If it was a .txt file it should look something like this:



Notice the labels.

Uploading Files
Now, we actually start installing the mod. Remember before I told you to look through your files and notice all the folders? Well this is where that comes in handy.
Open up your FTP client. In your FTP client, connect to your forum.
Go to your forum root (the main part of the forum where you can see all the folders... if in IPB admin.php will be there).
Now, open up your mod files on the other side of the FTP. Notice the folders on your mod files. Some of them should be the same as the ones on your forum. Upload all the files to your forum, in the proper places.

Example:
If, in your mod files, you see a folder called: /sources/ with files and other folders in side.
You will upload the files in that /sources/ folder to your /sources/ folder on your forum via FTP.
Does this make sence? :p

Editing Files
Now you must edit files. To edit files, open up your install file. You must also open up notepad or a PHP file editor.
Editing files is pretty self explanitory.

PLEASE BE SURE TO MAKE COPIES OF ALL FILES THAT YOU HAVE EDITED. EX. MAKE A FOLDER ON YOUR COMPUTER CALLED /backup AND COPY ALL ORIGINAL FILES THERE.

In your install file. It will say something like:

open file.php files being whatever file it says

• For this you must open whatever file it says, using your php editor or notepad.

open sources/file.php file being whatever file it says

• For this you must open a file inside a folder on your forum.

[find] <php_stuff> in file.php

• For this you must find text inside the given file that you previously opened.
• To find something in a file, press Ctrl+F. Copy and paste the text you are suppose to find, and click find. The text will be highlighted.

Add <the_rest_of_the_php_stuff> after <php_stuff>

• For this you must add text after the text you previously found. In most cases, you will need to start a new line of code for this to work.

EXAMPLE:

Open sources/file.php

Find <php_stuff>

<?php
<all this crazy file stuff that I don't know about>
<title="forum">
<php_stuff>
<php fileopen("file.php"); ?>
<text blahlblhadjflkjflkajlkfajslfjakf;jldajf;ldjsadsksa lfaj;ljadlf;ajfjafadfdsafajd;laj>
?>

Now that we have found <php_stuff> [in bold] we must add text.

Add <the_rest_of_the_php_stuff> after <php_stuff>

<?php
<all this crazy file stuff that I don't know about>
<title="forum">
<php_stuff>
<the_rest_of_the_php_stuff> after <php_stuff>
<php fileopen("file.php"); ?>
<text blahlblhadjflkjflkajlkfajslfjakf;jldajf;ldjsadsksa lfaj;ljadlf;ajfjafadfdsafajd;laj>
?>

Saving And Uploading
After you have fully moddified all the files that are needed, you need to save and upload the modified files over the original files.
To do this, just upload the files via FTP to the correct file that it originally came from.
Be sure it is in the right folder.

For now this is it.
YOUR DONE!
I wll add more stuff as I see I need to, but I need to stop writing becuase my computer is about to turn off any second.

MORE COMING SOON!

[zainx]

I never seem to backup mine, but they always work unless some 1 on msm speaks to me and then it puts me of. but i find it easier editing in cuteftp as you have the numbers down the side and u can click search type in wot u need to find and click replace.

And good tut

[Homesrfan]

I never seem to backup mine, but they always work unless some 1 on msm speaks to me and then it puts me of. but i find it easier editing in cuteftp as you have the numbers down the side and u can click search type in wot u need to find and click replace.

And good tut

Yes, if you are very careful, most of the times its not necessary to backup, but it can never hurt.

And thanks.