I uploaded all files and ran the installer I kept getting a "could not connect to database error" and now I am getting: I think I have more then 1 issue now. Lets start here.

Notes: The current error page you are seeing can be replaced by a custom error page by modifying the "defaultRedirect" attribute of the application's configuration tag to point to a custom error page URL.

I downloaded Mircosoft Webmatrix to updated to the latest version.

I uploaded all files and ran the installer I kept getting a "could not connect to database error" and now I am getting: I think I have more then 1 issue now. Lets start here.

Notes: The current error page you are seeing can be replaced by a custom error page by modifying the "defaultRedirect" attribute of the application's configuration tag to point to a custom error page URL.

In order to see the true error, you need to do exactly what this response tells you: Edit your web.config file, change the line for custom errors to read:

<customErrors mode="off">

Did you run the Install Wizard to Create the Database? You need to run yourforumdomain.com/install/default.aspx First in order to setup YAF.

XML Parsing Error: not well-formed

ftp://ftp.racingtrader.ca/web.config 

Line Number 25, Column 38:

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This is how the config file is: