Ok I'm not sure what I'm not understanding here or where I went wrong. I'm running my own webserver and actually managed to get apache, php, and mysql working and for a server n00b that's not bad.
I have the bridge working, I put in my info into the phpbb login and then it redirects me to the coppermine page, unlogged in though. So then I go to login and that redirects me to the forum. Logout, login, repeat process. When I try to access the bridge manager it tells me I've disabled the forum (which I did because I was working on it which in hindsight might not have been the best option). All I want to do is login to turn the bridging off, but I can't login because the board access is shut off. Any idea how I could fix this through SQL (which I know even less about than PHP code).
Coppermine install: http://thedeadsociety.com/gallery/
Forum install: http://thedeadsociety.com/forum/
Coppermine version: cpg1.4.10
Forum version: phpBB 2.0.22
Test user account: tdstestuser / tdstestuser
BridgeManager settings:
Forum URL: thedeadsociety.com/forum
Relative path to your BBS's config file: ../forum/
Use post-based groups?: 1
Cookie name/preifx phpbb2mysql
http://coppermine-gallery.net/demo/cpg14x/docs/index.htm#bridge_manager_recover_start
Already been there http://www.thedeadsociety.com/gallery/bridgemgr.php says it's offline and shows no options what so ever to switch it off.
Then you have deliberately put your gallery into offline mode. Use a tool like phpMyAdmin, browse coppermine's config table and turn bridge_enable off to recover from failed bridging attempts, similar to what is being described in the debug_mode tutorial (tutorials sections from above menu). Alternatively, you could turn your gallery back online (again: phpMyAdmin, config table) and then do as suggested in the docs (bridge recover section).
Heh, not what I wanted to hear, but the problem is solved.
I just need to figure out how to update the mysql table now through the text editor. However this isn't a CPG related problem. You can totally mark this as solved and thanks for the help.