PHP forum

[ZoneFire]

how can i make a forum using php?
i have downloaded phpBB but i dunno how to make a forum by that.
hope someone can teach me or provide some tutorials here.
thank you :surprised

 

[intercodes]

ZoneFire,

The readme file provided with the phpbb is good enough to start with. I followed the exact instructions and it was easy...

# Decompress the phpBB 2 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 writeable by all (666 or -rw-rw-rw- within your FTP Client)
# Using your web browser visit the location you placed phpBB 2 with the addition of install/install.php, e.g. http://www.mydomain.com/phpBB2/install/install.php, http://www.mydomain.com/forum/install/install.php etc.
# Fill out all the requested information and hit Submit
# Change the permissions on config.php to be writeable only by yourself (644 or -rw-r--r-- within your FTP Client)
# Click the Complete Installation button or revisit the location you entered above.

 

[Vormund]

Yeah...you know you must have a PHP-enabled server, right? And a database...one commonly used/fee being MySQL. Anyhow, you need both of those, and of course read/write access on the server. Then as he said, follow the readme's...there are loads of 'quick-start' guides on the net if you don't want to read their stuff...but it's pretty to-the-point itself.