How do i add a forum to my site?

[Martin]

hi, can anyone help


i downloaded this free software -[ http://www.phorum.org/ ], now i don't have a clue how to get it working

[miles]

I would assume it's like all the other forums where you upload the files to your web server but you usually have to change some info in a few of the files first. You may need to ask your web host for some of the variables. Didn't it come with a help file that tells you what to do? If you could tell us where you are stuck then maybe we can help you better.

[lisa]

Miles is right. If it's anything like www.phpbb.com and most other forums, there are a bunch of files you download and then you'll need to go in and edit the files per the instructions. Usually you have to edit the "path to your web host" and some other "host specific" details. Then you save the files they ask you to edit and upload them all to your web server.

As Miles said, there should have been instructions.

[Martin]

thanks guys


i got it sorted

[Lajocar]

If your website hosting company have cPanel installed then it will just be a matter of a click to install one of a couple of forums on your domain

[Plouplou]

phpBB has a simple, user-friendly interface, a helpful FAQ and a generous administrator control panel.
You can choose the databases server (MySQL, MS-SQL, PostgreSQL or Access/ODBC), the functionalities (at first I was a little discouraged by the mods installation process but I found great support on the online community and the documentation they provide answered all my questions) the skins... Everything is customizable so you can create the forum you wish.

If you haven't got much time, and want to see what the new phpbb3 can offer, just try it out on this host : free forums

Hope this can help!