SMF forum is not working correctly by the server's address

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SMF forum is not working correctly by the server's address

In case you are accessing SMF by the server's address you may experience problems because of incorrect url paths. In order to fix them follow these steps:

1. Log in cPanel and click on 'phpMyAdmin' from the Databases box. Then select the SMF database from the drop down box;

2. In the table 'smf_settings' make the following changes:

smileys_url: http://serveraddress.com/~username/SMF_FOLDER/Smileys

avatar_url:http://serveraddress.com/~username/SMF_FOLDER/avatars

3. In the table 'smf_themes' change:

theme_url: http://serveraddress.com/~username/SMF_FOLDER/Themes/default

images_url: http://serveraddress.com/~username/SMF_FOLDER/Themes/default/images

theme_url: http://serveraddress.com/~username/SMF_FOLDER/Themes/classic

images_url: http://serveraddress.com/~username/SMF_FOLDER/Themes/classic/images

theme_url: http://serveraddress.com/~username/SMF_FOLDER/Themes/YOURTHEME

images_url: http://serveraddress.com/~username/SMF_FOLDER/Themes/YOURTHEME/images

If you have problems making the above changes you can use Siteground's Development services.

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