Issue: Database Error on Step 3 New install

vBulletin is incorrectly reporting your vB version to VaultWiki as vB 4.x.x. Check your includes/class_core.php, find:
Make sure it is showing the correct vB version. In your case, it should be 3.8.6 and SIMPLE_VERSION should be 386.
The only way VaultWiki would try to modify the package table is if it sees that the first number is 4.

Ok thanks, that worked. (Although I am really curious as to why I would have the wrong version in there.)

But now I appear to be stuck on step 8, importing styles. How long should that step take? it does say to be patient, but its been sitting at that step for a long time now. It says Please Wait and then there is the VB Message Go Back button.

If you are seeing a Go Back button with no error message, then I believe the file_inclusion_not_permitted or with_a_few_exceptions_function_calls_are_not_permitted error is being thrown. VaultWiki doesn't attempt these things in its templates, so this may be another modification you have installed.

Please post a list of your installed modifications and I will look into this. It is also possible if the mod is no longer enabled, or is no longer installed, and you still have templates that made use of function calls or file inclusions, so keep that in mind as well.

Omgosh, I probably have mods installed that I dont even remember.

of course I have nuwiki, I have an image uploader (imghost, I think), I have a stop the bots mod plus Stop Forum Spam. Also Same Window for Local Links is installed.

I have looked into those mods and it doesn't look like they use template_compile modifications. This may still be a side effect of your weird version numbers earlier.

I have added an installation service to your account. Please fill out the form in the Members Area and I will attempt to nail down the source of the error directly.

Ok thanks, I hope I did all of that correctly.

I just want to point out that this is currently in a test directory, not in the directory where it will reside later. I made a note of that on the maintenance form.

Hi, I have reviewed your test site.

The problem here is that your forum database is 3.8.7 but you have completely replaced the file system with vBulletin 4.0.7, without actually running the upgrade script. Your forum is not working correctly because of this, and it is not actually possible to load any pages. You will need to address this before you can install VaultWiki.

All you really need to do is finish upgrading vBulletin. Then uninstall VaultWiki and reinstall it from scratch.

Ok thanks. Still trying to figure out how that happened. Appreciate the help.

So now that I have upgraded to 4x, I have nothing but a mess on my hands so it will probably be awhile before I get back to my vaultwiki install...... but I want to know, does it matter or not if nuwiki is disabled when I do the upgrade? I have to disable it to even login or view my new 4x forum.

For best results, NuWiki SHOULD be disabled.