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.

<!-- Web.Config Configuration File -->

<configuration>
<system.web>
<customErrors mode="Off"/>
</system.web>
</configuration>


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 <customErrors> configuration tag to point to a custom error page URL.

<!-- Web.Config Configuration File -->

<configuration>
<system.web>
<customErrors mode="RemoteOnly" defaultRedirect="mycustompage.htm"/>
</system.web>
</configuration>

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.

<!-- Web.Config Configuration File -->

<configuration>
<system.web>
<customErrors mode="Off"/>
</system.web>
</configuration>


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 <customErrors> configuration tag to point to a custom error page URL.

<!-- Web.Config Configuration File -->

<configuration>
<system.web>
<customErrors mode="RemoteOnly" defaultRedirect="mycustompage.htm"/>
</system.web>
</configuration>

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:
upload it back to the server, then run the page -- you will get a detailed error.

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I found 2 web.config files. One is located under the root and the 2nd is in a folder called webconfigs with 2 other files in it plus a web.config. Which one do I edit.

I tried editing both and I'm still getting the same error here is my edit:

<system.web>
<customErrors mode="Off">
<trace enabled="false"/>
<xhtmlConformance mode="Transitional"/>
<globalization requestEncoding="utf-8" responseEncoding="utf-8"/>
<authentication mode="Forms">
<forms name=".YAFNET_Authentication" protection="All" timeout="43200" cookieless="UseCookies"/>
</authentication>
<!-- Set debug to "true" to test out the system in development -->
<compilation defaultLanguage="c#" debug="false">
<assemblies>

You only need to Modify the Web.Config in the Root folder.

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.

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I ran the installer but it would not connect to exisiting database. I edited the config file to update username/password. someone around there is when it went bad.

I checked the file thru my ftp in the browser and noticed a error.

XML Parsing Error: not well-formed
ftp://ftp.racingtrader.ca/web.config 
Line Number 25, Column 38: <xhtmlConformance mode="Legacy"/></ system.web>
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This is how the config file is:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration>
<configSections>
<section name="yafnet" type="yaf.SectionHandler,yaf"/>
<section name="rewriter" type="Intelligencia.UrlRewriter.Configuration.RewriterConfigurationSectionHandler, Intelligencia.UrlRewriter" />
</configSections>

<yafnet configSource="yafnet.config"/>
<rewriter configSource="urlrewriter.config"/>
<connectionStrings>
<add name="Member" connectionString="Server=xxxxxx;Database=xxxxxxxr;uid=xxxxxxxr;pwd=xxxxxxxx"/>
</connectionStrings>
<system.web>
<httpModules>
<add type="Intelligencia.UrlRewriter.RewriterHttpModule,Intelligencia.UrlRewriter" name="UrlRewriter" />
</httpModules>
<globalization requestEncoding="utf-8" responseEncoding="utf-8"/>
<compilation defaultLanguage="c#" debug="false"/>
<pages enableEventValidation="false" validateRequest="false" smartNavigation="false"/>
<authentication mode="Forms">
<forms name=".YAFNET_Authentication" timeout="525600" />
</authentication>
<customErrors mode="Off">
<!--trace enabled="true" pageOutput="true"/-->
<xhtmlConformance mode="Legacy"/></system.web>
</configuration>



xxxx = removed info

Please change the line from

to

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