Guide: How to Install phpBB2

vbgunz · 2003-02-10T16:47:27+00:00

Introduction phpBB2 is a superb forum application which is extremely powerful and very popular... You can find out more about phpBB2 by going to the following address http://www.phpbb.com Requirements 1. Abyss Web Server 2. phpBB2 3. WinZIP 4. PHP 4.3.X 5. MySQL 6. phpMyAdmin Post Installation 1. Make sure Abyss is running without problems. 2. Make sure php is configured correctly otherwise go here: http://www.aprelium.com/abyssws/php.html 3. Make sure MySQL is installed and running. If you do not have it go here: http://www.aprelium.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1070 4. phpMyAdmin is not really needed but its definitely worth its wieght in gold. This little gem will help you administrate your databases using a GUI, otherwise its all commandline and is not supported in this guide. You can quickly install it following this link to the guide: http://www.aprelium.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1071 Installation Steps 1. Using phpMyAdmin create a database and name it phpbb2data 2. Unzip phpBB-2.0.4 and go one level deep... Drag, copy or move the phpBB2 directory into your htdocs directory Please Note: You have to make sure the public can access your server. You have to know your IP address. It has to be static and not dynamic. If you have a dynamic address you can try http://www.dyndns.org for a solution. In the end the phpBB setup needs a static address to work. If you use a port you will have to add it to the end of your address. Please keep this note in mind. 3. Depending on where you located your phpbb2 files depends on how you access it. If you did as according to this guide then you would access the install page like this: http://yourIP/phpbb2/install/install.php 4. Database Type: = Do you have MySQl 3 or 4? Choose here. 5. Database Configuration a.) Database Server Hostname / DSN: = localhost b.) Your Database Name: = phpbb2data c.) Database Username: = Did you change the name of any users in MySQL? If not input "root" without the quotes... d.) Database Password: = Did you password protect your root user? If you did input that password here... e.) Prefix for tables in database: = Do not touch this - It should be "phpbb_" and it is correct... Admin Configuration a.) Domain Name: = Enter your static address. Dynamic IPs cause problems. b.) Server Port: = If you're using one it should automaticaly display, other wise input it here. Everything else is pretty self explanatory, finish your installation, was it successful? Congratulations 🙂

TomBullock

shadowkiller2k4 wrote
When i add a user it says user has been taken ??
what do i do
also i need to edit the emailer.php file what do i have to edit
this is what i get when i register a new user
Failed sending email :: PHP ::
DEBUG MODE
Line : 234
File : C:\Program Files\Abyss Web Server\htdocs\phpbb2\includes\emailer.php

For those of you who are getting this message about the e-mail not working, make sure your e-mail address is setup for SMTP relaying or configure your emailer.php correctly. Not sure how to configure emailer.php though

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