Believe me Phpbb3 Forum Installation is a hard thing to do if you not keep some essential steps clear in your mind before installing. Its the same way as you install Worpress on your server (if you have done it before).
Before starting this tutorial first check out that your hosting provider is giving 1 click install to you for phpbb forum or not, if yes then you can install phpbb directly from your cpanel or plesk panel - just find the install Web application or Web Applications icon. if you find the icon then you can directly do setup for the phpbb via a wizard.
Now if you want to do manual Phpbb3 Forum Installation then read the article with keen interest now onwards.
1. Requirements:
phpBB3 has a few requirements which must be met before you are able to install and use it.
A webserver or web hosting account running on any major Operating System with support for PHP
A SQL database system, one of:
- MySQL 3.23 or above (MySQLi supported)
- PostgreSQL 7.3+
- SQLite 2.8.2+
- Firebird 2.1+
- MS SQL Server 2000 or above (directly or via ODBC)
- Oracle
PHP 4.3.3+ (>=4.3.3, >4.4.x, >5.x.x, >6.0-dev (compatible)) with support for the database you intend to use.
getimagesize() function need to be enabled.
These optional presence of the following modules within PHP will provide access to additional features, but they are not required.
- zlib Compression support
- Remote FTP support
- XML support
- Imagemagick support
- GD Support
2. Installation Steps:
You need to have the basic knowledge of using FTP before starting this installation. you also have already
downloaded the latest phpbb solution.
- Decompress the phpBB3 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 writable by all (666 or -rw-rw-rw- within your FTP Client)
- Change the permissions on the following directories to be writable by all (777 or -rwxrwxrwx within your FTP Client): store/, cache/, files/ and images/avatars/upload/.
- Using your web browser visit the location you placed phpBB3 with the addition of install/index.php or pointing directly to install/, e.g. http://www.yourdomain.com/phpBB3/install/, http://www.yourdomain.com/forum/install/ etc.
- Click the INSTALL tab, follow the steps and fill out all the requested information.
- Change the permissions on config.php to be writable only by yourself (644 or -rw-r--r-- within your FTP Client)
- phpBB3 should now be available.
I will provide you the link of my forum very shortly which i have install today :-)
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OR
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very soon i will post about how you can do
SEO for PHPBB forum.
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