Tutorial: How to install phpBB 2 Forums

[Legostylist]

Go to http://www.phpbb.com and download the phpbb2 files.

Download FileZilla and log into it.

right click public_html, make a new directory and call it forums

Upload all of the files you just downloaded into that directory.

The find config.php.
Right click and select File Attributes
Make the numbers at the bottom of the page 666

The go into your brower and in the url box type:

http://yoursite.x10hosting.com/forum/install/install.php

Select MySQL 4.x/5.x from the drop down.
Leave 'localhost' as it is.

enter your database name
user name and password for that database

Then follow the easy instructions for the rest.
Click start install, and then finish installtion.


After that go back to FileZilla and delete the 'install' file, and the 'contrib' file.

Then go back to your browser and refresh the page, log in the then log into the ACP.


:biggrin:

 

[Tainted]

Thx it worked fine

 

[tgtest]

Hi, this is not working for me..



so i uploaded and unzipped it and it became like this

/public_html/forums/phpBB2/


I changed the file artibuts of config.php to 666 in filezilla, but when i type in my address like this it says there is no such thing, i am very ****** off, pls help me

I tried

http://tgtg.x10hosting.com/forums/phpBB2/install/install.php

http://tgtg.x10hosting.com/forums/install/install.php

helo!

 

[Sohail]

Have you upgraded your PHP? And that's a nice tutorial by the way, though i would say that most people are going for PHPbb3 now seeming as it has more features and stuff like that.

 

[tgtest]

Okay so i figurd out something, but now this is what i get?

Can i get some one to just install it for me pls? PM ?

Warning: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Access denied for user 'tgtg_tgtg'@'stoli.x10hosting.com' (using password: YES) in /home/tgtg/public_html/forums/phpBB2/db/mysql4.php on line 48

Warning: mysql_error(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL-Link resource in /home/tgtg/public_html/forums/phpBB2/db/mysql4.php on line 330

Warning: mysql_errno(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL-Link resource in /home/tgtg/public_html/forums/phpBB2/db/mysql4.php on line 331
phpBB : Critical Error

Could not connect to the database

 

[kkenny]

Your database settings are incorrect.

Does the user AND the database exist?
Does the user have permissions to do things in the set database for phpbb?
Did you remember to put CPANELUSERNAME_DBUSERNAME and CPANELUSERNAME_DBNAME in the boxes? you need to put your cpanel username and then your database name, they are seperated by an underscore, same thing applies for database user...
Is the password correct?

 

[tnl2k7]

You need to use 'localhost' as the MySQL server. Also check your username and password for your database. Make sure the MySQL user has been granted access to the database you're using (cPanel > MySQL Databases > Add user to database).

And in future don't use ANY profanity on x10Hosting's forums. It's not big or clever and it'll just help you get banned. People don't like helping others when they're so rude.

-Luke.

 

[hamsn]

the problem i face is uploading all those files "as in order" to my ftp manager
when there is no fantastico installer
and many a times i get error for 2-3 files in firezilla ftp software
which brings up the common function error of php
line error