How To Set-up Your Forums..., Thought this should be useful to people, so this is how you do it.

[Cazz]

How to set-up forums for your website

Pick the forum that best suits you

phpBB
SMF

There are many more types of forums but those are the top 3 that I like to use depending on the type of site and look I want.
Download the package, and make sure its a stable package not a beta one.
Unzip the package and upload it to your site in a new directory called whatever you want (possible /forum/)
Once you have finished uploading it all, you should go to your favorite internet browser and go to where you forum is (example.com/forum/)
It should lead you to the installation part. These 3 forums come with explanations on what to fill out but I will have screenshots and a explanation from
my own head up here soon.

Questions are welcome.

Hope my small guide was somewhat of help, probably not yet, but should be alot better when I start updating it with new and useful information.

[philipkavanagh]

I have upload phpbb forum on my site but could not open forum in site my site name is http://maharaoshekhaji.zxq.net

phpbb files are successfuly uploaded & show in file manegaer but not published.

plz guide me what i do

thanks with regards

ratansingh

Step1.Go into MYSQL managment and create, new database, and new user.
Step2. Find the files you uploaded belonging to phpbb, and you should find settings.php, open it with the editor
Step3. Put in your databse name and user name along with your password you just created in MYSQL.
Step4. Put in your URL ie: http://mysite.zxq.net/forum/install.php
Step5. Fill in the same information DB, ussername, password, and hopefully you should be on your way!.


Anyway hope this helps

[dsmart]

Step1.Go into MYSQL managment and create, new database, and new user.
Step2. Find the files you uploaded belonging to phpbb, and you should find settings.php, open it with the editor
Step3. Put in your databse name and user name along with your password you just created in MYSQL.
Step4. Put in your URL ie: http://mysite.zxq.net/forum/install.php
Step5. Fill in the same information DB, ussername, password, and hopefully you should be on your way!.
Anyway hope this helps

where do I find the setting.php file I look in the DIR/foder that has all the files for PHPBB but I don't see the setting.php
and when I opne the zip file on my computer I don't see a setting.php file

I download PHPBB 3

PS:
I only look in the folder root (where the PHPBB files are not the Web site root)

PSS:
when I start the install and I get to the database settings page

I get the following error:

for mysql type

Test connection:

Could not connect to the database, see error message below.
Access denied for user 'databaseuser'@'localhost' (using password: YES)

NOTE:
that I had change the database user name only for this forum or post only
so I do not use databaseuser or I should say that user I did not make it I used another username but that listed here

and settings used are:
Database server hostname or DSN: localhost
Database name: hostname_forum
database username: mydatabase name
database Password: mydatabase password
Prefix for tables in database: phpbb_

NOTE:
that the data base name and username are not the some and their is no database name or username or password with the name phpbb_

I hope some one can help me out thanks

PS NOTE:
I do see a config.php file

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can any also tell me how to upload or add an attachment to this forum or how to post one thanks