how to install dolphin

I have install dolphin to my host, went throug the install pages but when i set my perissions back and hit next it takes me back  to the start page , i have delted the install file but that dont work either, how do i active this?

can anyone help me?

any link to your site  so we can take a closer look at it

my site is www.my-chatspace.com, and iam trying to in stall the dolphin free and iam doing it the manual way

Ihave reinstall the install file, still dont work, i have set all permissions and i dont get ant kind of warning about missing files or permission. i make it all the way through the install , i reverse permissions and hit next and it take me back to the bieginning again. is it possible that when i downloaded dolphin the it was missing some files?

Check if you have mbstring enabled on the server, dolphin requires this.

you have two folders that are not chmd.. to 777

The reason why i say check if mbstring is installed is because i checked to see if you have a phpinfo.php loaded, at http://www.my-chatspace.com/phpinfo.php the results show a failed function in inc/header.inc line 173.

If the installation was unsucessful the header.inc file wouldnt be there as its generated during the install, i referenced this line 173 in my header.inc and it refers to mb_internal_encoding('UTF-8');

To make a phpinfo file to see if you have the mbstring enabled just open notepad and make a file with the following code in it, then save as phpinfo.php

<?
phpinfo();
?>

Now save and upload this to your site and go to http://yourdomain.com/phpinfo.php

then look for:

mbstring

just a quick off the hip question? who is your host, do they meet the requirements of the script?

Regards,

DosDawg

Script requirement

safe_mode must be Off, exec() must be allowed and allow_url_fopen also must be On with mbstring, domxml and xsl extensions ...they are required to run Orca forum and support UTF-8

Hmm also in the error is this

'/home/xxxx/public_html/index.phpray/modules/global/inc/header.inc.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php')

possibly allow_url_fopen is not set to on.

I got it installed!!! thanks to all of you for your help, and thanks sammie ,I could not have done this if you had not help!!!!

Thats good news, its nice to see new members helped to diagnose the problem in a professional manner and in a timely manner, keeping the community spirit.....pay it forward always consitutes good karma.