If the admin looks messy there may be something wrong.

Its a bad idea to install all modules automatically as a beginner, because there are too much of them, maybe a hundred or so...so if you are a beginner....install only a module at a time and watch the administration.

Dont think to work with OPN in 5 minutes....so find some spare time, sleep 7 hours, take a deep breath and enjoy OPN

Sorry if I seem like an idiot, but I find myself completely confused towards how to finish setting OpenPHPNuke up.

I downloaded and installed the software... painless enough on the second try (the first try, I though it detected the correct paths... it installed and then had nothing but broken images and broken links).

I then automatically installed all the modules... that went smoothly too.

But despite this, as far as I can tell, none of the modules are actually accessible to users and the "administration" and "admin sidebox" menus are the largest labrynth I've ever seen in a single program (and I used to run DOS based BBSs).

Maybe I'm overlooking something completely obvious because I exist on average of 4 hours of sleep per day, working 9-5, going to school from 7-10, and then trying to work with OPN between 11pm and 1am, at the end of the day.

Anyway, if someone could give me a nutshell tutorial about how to at least get the forum and gallery functional to visitors... and perhaps a hint were to find some nice themes and how to install them, I'd be EXTREMELY greatful.


Thanks in advance,

-Brian.