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How to install phpBB Forum System

Friday, February 27, 2009, 19:48
This news item was posted in Education, Web Development category and has 16 Comments so far.

phpBB is one of the most popular freeware pieces of forum software on the Internet. Setting it up can be a hassle if you’re not prepared. Follow these steps to install phpBB on your computer. We assumes you have already downloaded the phpBB install files and unzipped them to a handy location on your computer. You must also have a database in place and a database user account for the phpBB software to access the database.

1 Log on to your Web site using an FTP client. You’ll need your username and password.

Step2

Upload the contents of the phpBB2 folder (created when you unzipped the phpBB install zip file to your hard drive) to the location you’ve chosen for your forum. This could be the root directory of your Web site or a subdirectory.

Step3

Navigate to the following address in your Web browser:

http://www.yourdomain.com/phpbblocation/install/install.php

“www.yourdomain.com” is your domain name and “phpbblocation” is the directory to which you uploaded the phpBB files. If you uploaded them to the root directory of your Web site, omit that part of the URL, like so:

http://www.yourdomain.com/install/install.php

Step4

Enter your database server hostname into the text field. This is usually “localhost” (without the quotes). If you run into an error, contact your Web hosting provider for the correct hostname.

Step5

Enter the name of the database you created for phpBB into the “Your Database Name” field.

Step6

Enter the database username and password into their respective text fields.

Step7

Enter the admin email address, administrator username and administrator password (and confirmation) values into their respective fields.

Step8

Click “Start Install.” phpBB should now set itself up, using the information you’ve provided.

Step9

Delete the “Install” and “Contrib” phpBB subfolders, as directed by the Web site. You’re ready to go!

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