Question server 500 timeout on install

I am aware that this is a common known thing with kunena installs. I have hosting through 1&1 and have asked to change my php.ini file but i have got the following response:

Please be advise to change the settings via a php.ini file instead of
.htaccess file. However please be informed that due to resource limits
on our Shared Hosting machines, it is not possible to allocate more than
20M of memory to PHP, although phpinfo() may report a higher number. You
will be unable to increase the memory usage limit with a php.ini file.


I tried also after searching here to upload via directory. I unzipped the files and put them in a folder named com_kunena_v1.5.5_stable_b1778_2009-08-15 and placed it in /tmp, went to install via directory but still the same server 500 error comes up. The path im inputting is /homepages/37/d243601789/htdocs/2nd8th/tmp/com_kunena_v1.5.5_stable_b1778_2009-08-15

Is there any other way I can get kunena to install? I really really hate agora at the moment with all the bugs in it and need a good forum. Thanks

Hello,

You can check this doc : docs.kunena.com/index.php/Installation_Issues
The Joomla! installer is slow, there isn't a lot of ways to install Kunena.

Do you use sef component or sef system integrated into joomla ?

im going to say sef system as I dont know for sure but there is a plugin listed for System - SEF that is active. I dont know much about joomla but I dont believe that any of my urls are changed with sef, ive never really cared about it to be honest.

so no help then? Ok I guess ill just try ninjaboard or something then

You can try my manual installation- instructions.

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perfect! exactly what i was looking for thank you very much