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PHPBB3 Install

Below we will go through how to INSTALL PHPBB3.

You need to download the latest full package of phpbb3 from the phpBB website. Once you download the latest full package unzip the files and have them ready to upload them to your web space.

Creating the database…

In order to install phpbb3 you will need to create a MySQL database.

Read How to create a new mysql database account – cpanel.

Installing phpbb3…

Now you need to decide where you are going to upload the phpbb3 forum files. Are you going to have a website or just the forums? If you are planning to have a website or already have a website in place then i would suggest installing phpbb3 on a directory called "forums".

Connect to your hosting account trough FTP and create a new folder called "forums" inside of the "public_html" directory. Now upload all the files that are inside of the phpbb3 folder to the "forums" folder you created in inside of the "public_html" directory.

Now that all the files are uploaded to the "forums" folder. You need to open favorite internet browser.

http://www.yourdomainname.com/forums...ll_install.php

Click the Proceed to next step to continue with the installation of the message board.




In the requirements part of the installation you are going to check to see if phpbb3 could be install on your webspace hosting account.

Look in the "php version and settings" are all green yes and "supported databased" mysql has a green available next to it. Check to see if "files and directories" and "optional files and directories" are all found and writable. If something shows in red "not found" or "unwritable" you need to either create the file or folder like it says there or make the file or folder writable by changing the files permission.

Now click Start Install to begin the installation process of phpbb 3 message board.



The image above shows that you made a successful connection to the MySQL database.

You can click Proceed to next step to continue with the installation…



You need the info that you entered when creating the database in the 3 steps above. We need the Database Name, Database Username, Database Password. Everything else should be left the way it is.

You need the login name that you use to connect to cpanel [Control Panel]. Looking at the picture above you can see that i used my login name for my cpanel website which is "c388262". You need to enter the cpanel login name with an " _ " in between the cpanel login name and database name. The same goes for the cpanel login name and the database username.

Examples…

Database name:
•c388262_testdb

Database username:
•c388262_testuser

NOTE: You do not need the cpanel login name for the password.

Once you are done entering the info click Proceed to next step button to continue the installation of phpbb 3 forum.



Now you need to create a Administrator login name and password for your message board. This is how you are going to login to your forum and ACP [ Admin Control Panel ].

Click Proceed to next step to continue the installation of phpbb 3.



If everything was entered correctly then you are going to see a screen like the picture above.



After entering the Administrator username, Administrator password and contact e-mail your configuration settings have been saved.

Click Proceed to next step button to continue the installation of phpbb 3 forum.

On the advance settings screen only make changes if you know what you are doing. I would advice to leave the default settings that the server picked for you.

Click Proceed to next step button to continue the installation.



The database for the phpbb 3 message board has been created for you.

Click Proceed to next step button to continue the forum installation.



Congratulations!

You have installed phpbb 3 message board.

Click the login button to move to the next step.



You are now logged into the Admin Control Panel of phpbb3. You need to login to the FTP account and either rename, move or delete the "install" folder (directory).



Now go to the web address of your domain to see that the message board was installed successfuly.

Once phpbb3 is installed you’re to receive an email from the finished board to the email address you provided with your login and password details.

Now you can now start building the message board with forum titles and descriptions.