How Do I Install phpBB on My Linux Hosting Account?
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Last Updated:
July 10, 2008 12:28 PM
Your Linux hosting account must have a MySQL database set up for phpBB to install.
To Install phpBB on Your Hosting Account
- Download to your local computer the most recent version of phpBB.
- From your local computer, upload (FTP) the phpBB files to your hosting account.
- In the phpBB2 directory of your hosting account, right-click on config.php and select File attributes.
- In the Numeric value text box, enter 666. Click OK.
- Navigate to the phpBB installation screen by going to:
www.example.com/phpBB2/install/install.php
where "example.com" is your domain name.
- Enter the following installation information:
Basic Configuration
- Default board language
- English
- Database Type
- MySQL 4.x/5.x
- Choose your installation method
- Install
- Database Server Hostname / DSN
- The hostname is assigned during database setup and can be found in your Hosting Control Center.
- Your Database Name
- Database name is assigned during database setup and can be found in your Hosting Control Center.
- Database Username
- This value was supplied during database setup.
- Database Password
- This value was supplied during database setup.
- Prefix for tables in database
- The prefix will differentiate phpBB tables from others in the database.
- Admin Email Address
- Specify the appropriate email address.
- Domain Name
- The domain name to which the hosting account is assigned.
- Server Port
- Port 80, the default value, is the port used by your hosting account.
- Script path
- Use the default value "/phpBB2/".
- Administrator Username
- Specify an appropriate administrator username.
- Administrator Password
- Specify an appropriate administrator password.
- Administrator Password [Confirm]
- Both administrator password entries must exactly match.
- Click Start Install.
- Click Finish Installation.
- In the phpBB2 directory of your hosting account, right-click on config.php and select File attributes.
- In the Numeric value text box, enter 644. Click OK.
- In the phpBB2 directory of your hosting account, delete the "contrib" and "install" directories.
