I really don’t have experience but I have read a little about how to set up phpbb (the one this site uses), including the step-by-step instructions at the link Gus provided. All you have to do is follow them. I’m going to fool around with it myself. Have already signed up for a Lycos UK free hosting account to practice with since my current host doesn’t give me the access I need.
thanks … I got to the bit where it said that the board was a lot of hard work to do and I quickly closed the window… I think I’ll stick to my discussion board on MSN.
Yeeesh , hard work…ahhhhhhh.
Thanks, I actually will use it when I get some time.
1-Figure out where you are going to host it. most hosting services would provide you with disk space and other things. This way, you don’t need to set up your own coputer with OS and other goodies.
1a-If you decide to host it yourself, if you have your own static IP address, you can build your own server. Choose an OS, I would suggest Red Hat since it pretty easy to do these days and it’s stable. To run your own web server, download and install Apache (www.apache.org). Modify the control script to deal with php files and it will work.
2-This forum is using the phpbb software (www.phpbb.org) which is pretty easy to install and free. That’s why I suggested it to Gus. Set the control passwords and other controls and it should be good to go.
Have created a site on lycos, ftp connected, and extracted PHPbb files uploaded.
Now how do I do the Install. I read the instruction from the link telling me to doubleclick the install.php on the ftp client? (the right pane). This seems unreasonable to me. And I’m at a loss on how to install it…
We need to know more about the Lycos account. Please tell us how we can create this kind of Lycos account.
Also, I think you will find this easier in the long run if you get an account with secure shell access rather than trying to do this with an FTP client.
Anton: It looks to me like phpBB requires PHP support and a database such as MySQL or PostgreSQL. I signed up for a tripod.com account and I can’t find any documentation showing that tripod supports these services for its free accounts. Please make sure that your tripod account meets phpBBs minimum requirements first.
Finally got the forum works…thanks for all the advises…
my phpbb forums at lycos is up and running now…
you may take a peek at members.lycos.co.uk/antonxie
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