[PHP forum] - Computers

Search Tech-Forums - link takes you to our Forum's search page.

Note: The following is only a text archive!

To view the actual forum discussion, please visit our website at http://www.tech-forums.net

Pages:1

PHP forum
(Click here to view the original thread with full colors/images)

Posted by: ZoneFire

how can i make a forum using php?
i have downloaded phpBB but i dunno how to make a forum by that.
hope someone can teach me or provide some tutorials here.
thank you :surprised

Posted by: intercodes

ZoneFire,

The readme file provided with the phpbb is good enough to start with. I followed the exact instructions and it was easy...

[QUOTE]# Decompress the phpBB 2 archive to a local directory on your system.
# Upload all the files contained in this archive (retaining the directory structure) to a web accessible directory on your server or hosting account.
# Change the permissions on config.php to be writeable by all (666 or -rw-rw-rw- within your FTP Client)
# Using your web browser visit the location you placed phpBB 2 with the addition of install/install.php, e.g. [url]http://www.mydomain.com/phpBB2/install/install.php,[/url] [url]http://www.mydomain.com/forum/install/install.php[/url] etc.
# Fill out all the requested information and hit Submit
# Change the permissions on config.php to be writeable only by yourself (644 or -rw-r--r-- within your FTP Client)
# Click the Complete Installation button or revisit the location you entered above.[/QUOTE]

Posted by: Vormund

Yeah...you know you must have a PHP-enabled server, right? And a database...one commonly used/fee being MySQL. Anyhow, you need both of those, and of course read/write access on the server. Then as he said, follow the readme's...there are loads of 'quick-start' guides on the net if you don't want to read their stuff...but it's pretty to-the-point itself. :)