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Jrs6494
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10-22-2008

Saturday, October 25, 2008 - 9:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jrs6494 a private message Print Post    
I am pretty new to creating websites and the like but the big thing I want to learn is how to create a forum on the site.

What I have done so far: I have a hosting site and domain. I have downloaded phpbb3 and uploaded it to the site using an ftp client. I then created a database though I dont know if I did that right.

What I have read says to goto the site address for the phpbb3 and install it but I get to the address and it is in parent directory. I then click on install file and give me an error message.

I am using 1&1 as my host and I am just not sure of what I am doing period. Can anyone run me through this from beginning and give me some noob pointers? Thanks.

Draheid
Board Administrator

09-09-2001

Sunday, October 26, 2008 - 6:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Draheid a private message Print Post    
Jrs6494: It's been a very long time since I messed with phpBB (version 2 I think) but it was fairly thoroughly documented on how to get it going. Probably the first thing you need to check is the permissions on the files uploaded to the host server. You must have executable permission for the web interface in order to run the configuration/installation scripts.

Read through the documentation and installation guide HERE for detailed instructions. There you should also be able to find the instructions on what permissions need to be set to and how to set them.