Pick the forum that best suits you

phpBB
SMF
vBulletin

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.

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

What version of phpBB?

Are you sure you have successfully uploaded index.php file? Try reuploading.

Their is also myBB that you can use. It's extremely easy to install!

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

is IPB supported?

All forums are nearly supported lol.

well, i am a totally new in this mysql and forum stuff and i am trying to learn from here as much as i can... so if you ppl can be patient with me and help and guide in this then i would be greatful.

First, i know that you have to pay for Vbulletin and IPB but PHPBB is free so i will use that to create the forum.

And I will download the package and upload it to my site.

What to do next?

Please help

yup! you are right. phpbb is the best known forum application. well hey it is free!

i think you should go to the install folder and start installing. sorry i never do this but i use phpbb which was ported to phpnuke!

i tried to install phpbb3.0.0 final and when i press "proceed to next step" to the Create Database i recive this error: The proxy server received an invalid response from an upstream server.
The proxy server could not handle the request POST /install/index.php.

Reason: Error reading from remote server.

What should i do ?

you had already created a database for it right?

smf is very easy to install just dont change nuttin before you know what it does >.< i missed one letter wile changing skins and now im having to re do whole website =P SMF is simple yet stable - vb is a little more complex but better skins and better for flashy sites =)

Hi, Can Anyone Teach Me How To Install vb???

There are plenty of tutorials on the web.It's a little different than the other forums-you have to configure the settings manually using a text editor.

how i can make mybb in my site
or IP.Board

Is woltlab gmbh lite supported with zymic?

It's a PHP forum that requires also a Mysql database so I don't know...

I think you need to go into this more and make it a little more detailed for the users that are new to most of this. It's an ok start though.

Jacob.

Any chance someone could add a little more detail to this topic? Screenshots would be a bonus!

i am trying to upload phpBB2 but I can'tfigure out what to do...

Please someone give me a simple explanation without thhose hi-tech words that I probably won't get...

upload it then run install script... see if zymic had fantastico or cpanel

interesting thanks

-snip-


Nevermind I got it figured out.

Hey people, am new to all this trying to learn the basics stuff, am having trouble with the next step off my forum, i have uploaded all the files and it seems to be correct, but when i got to install SMF forum i come to this..



I tryed putting my account details in,(not sure what the LocalHost & Ports are, i just left them) but i got failed to connect to FTP Server... Am cluess tbh, i don't know if you have to make Mysql database or not, am still a noob to that also =/.

Thanks.

My forum is fully uploaded and I can access it by going to /phpBB3/index.php.

I have added my own domain, but it goes to my main directory which gives me an error that I don't have the permission to access it. Can anyone please tell me how to make my domain go to the /phpBB3/index.php?

Change your domain in the Administrator Control Panel.

Jacob.

how do i unbecome a newbie

im not a big fan on phpbb3, i love the way phpbb2 is and the way the setup is. rather going into all the issues and bugs phpbb3 has. im hoping this setup flash video will help other views that need it!.

http://www.phpbb.com/support/tutorials/2.0/index.php?tid=0

It doesn't seem to work for me

phpbb3

I uploaded it created sqldatabase name and stuff

go to the install url thing

I get that Congrgulations, visit zymic thing

If you want help you have to give us your site's address.

You must have installed the forum into a folder instead of the root directory, probably: yoursite.vndv.com/phpbb3

- problem solved -

I need some help getting PHPBB 3 on my server vndv.com is the sub-domain

and I have added a screen shots of what I need help on but it is in a PDF file

USE LINK BELOW:

PHPBB 3 Sreen Shots (HELP ME IF YOU CAN)

edited:
I want to make sure that PHP setting allow_url_fopen is enabled: (install page say NO in red)

I want it to say yes green unless that is not allow or not supported

thanks for anyones help

edit2:

here are some screen shots images I hope that will help you all out?

are the setting in the image below OK and/or RIGHT




1)PHP setting allow_url_fopen is enabled: (install page say NO in red)
and I want to trun it ON (GREEN)

2)and how do I get it to find imagemagick suppoert (attachment)

PHPBB3.0 problem with install

What do i need to do?

Files and Directories

Required - In order to function correctly phpBB needs to be able to access or write to certain files or directories. If you see “Not Found” you need to create the relevant file or directory. If you see “Unwritable” you need to change the permissions on the file or directory to allow phpBB to write to it. Where can i do that??

cache/:
Found, Unwritable

files/:
Found, Unwritable

store/:
Found, Unwritable

Optional files and directories

Optional - These files, directories or permission settings are not required. The installation system will attempt to use various techniques to create them if they do not exist or cannot be written to. However, the presence of these will speed installation.

config.php:
Found, Unwritable

images/avatars/upload/:
Found, Unwritable

go to these files and click on edit permission and make sure the box w is ticked

Jdb19: Safe mode cannot be turned off but if you read it says it is optional anyway, it is only required off for certain features for offsite avatar hosting so you can run phpbb3 fine without it off.

Apart from that you both have the same problem - file permissions.

If you are using FTP then right-click the given files and set the permissions to writeable by all.
If you are using the file manager than edit permission and tick all the boxes like Red-Spiral said.

If you need someone to do a fourm for you, just ask me.

Have a look here http://www.zymic.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=9398

I do SMF & phpBB

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

--

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

There's not supposed to be a database with the name phpbb_

That's just the prefix for the tables when the installation is complete. Did your download come with instructions on how to install it? If it did, you might want to look at it - that's how I installed my forum, but I'm not using phpBB.

Make sure that the user that you created for the forum has access to the database that the forum will be using or else it won't work.

But I'm not the best person to come to for help when it comes to this kind of stuff.

The only forum that I've successfully installed manually is XMB. Sorry.

If anyone is having trouble with their forum PM me.

Also im doing a free service to upload SMF or PhpBB forum software aswell has wordpress which is a wordpress software.

i will have it doen in 24 hours.

Have a look here

http://www.zymic.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=9398

Thanks,
Red-Spiral

Could not connect to the database, see error message below.
Access denied for user 'gvtrpg'@'localhost' (using password: YES)
I'm having trouble installing my PHPBB3 forum.
I put
DSN: Localhost
port: 21
database name: gvtrpg_gvtrpg3
Database username: gvtrpg
database password:
Prefix for tables in database: phpbb_

the user name should be gvtrpg_gvtrpg

if that dont work try gvtrpg_gvtrpg3

I'm really new to all this and I'm confused. I downloaded phpbb but it will only let me upload 3 files at a time.

Use an external ftp client like filezilla - will be much faster!

swordz

Thanks. What do I put in the boxes host and port in filezilla?

host- yoursite.vndv.com

username- yoursite

password- the password to access your site

port-21

Whenever I get to database settings in install and put in my database user name and database name and password it says

You probably have a username that is too long, so it automatically shortens it and it doesn't work.

The limit for all mysql usernames and databases is 16 characters including the underscore _

Therefore

thebestsiteever_forum Is way too long, because you can't even shorten it to 16 characters
thebestsiteever_ is 16 characters in and of itself.

Therefore your sitename needs to be shorter

bestsiteever_bb would work because it's 15 characters.

He's actually mentioned what username he's trying - the-lost-explore. There are 2 problems with this username.

First, it is not in the correct form for a database username on a zymic server - the correct form is sitename_randomstring. This makes me think that you have not set up a MySQL Database.

Secondly, the-lost-explore is 16 characters long, which means that by the time you've got the-lost-explore_, you're on 17 characters, which is too long. I suggest you create another site, e.g thelostexplore.vndv.com. You can keep your previous site, but must set up your databases on your new site - it is possible to link between them like that. Use a database name like thelostexplore_d and a username like thelostexplore_u.

swordz

What's the quickest way to transfer every file from my old site, into my new one?

Use an ftp client, such as filezilla.

swordz