phpBB
is a high powered, fully scalable, and highly customisable open-source
bulletin board package. phpBB has a user-friendly interface, simple
and straightforward administration panel, and helpful FAQ. Based on
the powerful PHP server language and your choice of MySQL, MS-SQL, PostgreSQL
or Access/ODBC database servers, phpBB is the ideal free community solution
for all web sites.
To setup a phpBB website, the easist way is to install a RaidenHTTPD (PHP4 or PHP5 version) first, and You also need to have a MySQL 4 or MySQL 5 server installed. After You set these 2 things up, You are ready to install phpBB.
1.
Download latest phpbb from http://www.phpbb.com/
2.
Un-zip the package to a directory under your web document root directory.
For
example, if your web document root directory is c:\inetpub, extract the zip package to c:\inetpub\phpBB2. |
3.
Preparing for the run-time environment.
[ready] web server : The latest version of RaidenHTTPD.
[ready] php processor : The php processor is included in the latest version of RaidenHTTPD.
[required] mysql : The mysql is not
included in RaidenHTTPD; you need to manually install it.
After
you setup mysql, you need to create a database for
phpbb. You may start c:/mysql/bin/mysql.exe with the following
steps:
Microsoft
Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
C:\Mysql\bin>mysql
-u root
Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with
; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 4 to server version:
3.23.58-max-nt
Type
'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear
the buffer.
mysql>
create database phpbb;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
mysql>exit |
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4.
Open an instance of Internet Explorer.
In the address bar, enter this url:
http://YOUR_SERVER_IP/phpBB2/install/install.php.
You should look at the screen and correspondingly enter information for db, database, user, and password.
Click 'Start install'.
![](http://www.raidenmaild.com/httpd-images/manual/img-en/phpbb/eng01.jpg)
Click
'Finish installation'.
![](http://www.raidenmaild.com/httpd-images/manual/img-en/phpbb/eng02.jpg)
Please
delete two directories under your phpBB2 directory for
security reason. Now, login with the admin account that you just created
in the first screen.
![](http://www.raidenmaild.com/httpd-images/manual/img-en/phpbb/eng03.jpg)
![](http://www.raidenmaild.com/httpd-images/manual/img-en/phpbb/eng04.jpg)
Now,
scroll to the end of the screen and click on 'Go to Administration Panel'.
![](http://www.raidenmaild.com/httpd-images/manual/img-en/phpbb/eng05.jpg)
After
you enter the administration panel, you will see a lot of administration tools on the left-hand side. You may do some final
settings and then tell a friend to visit your site.
![](http://www.raidenmaild.com/httpd-images/manual/img-en/phpbb/eng06.jpg)
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