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Trying to add a forum to my site
nates450r
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28 Mar 09 7:51 pm

Trying to add a forum to my site

i am trying to add a fourm to my site i have downloaded the phpbb software to use i uploaded the files from my computer to my ftp server i pointed my browser to *broken link* as the directions say

after that this is the url
    http://www.MYWEBSITE.com/MYWEBSITE/phpBB3/install/index.php

and it is just a blank page the install guide does not come up

what am i doing wrong? any ideas
Thanks
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Last edited by michellerana on 18 Feb 10 1:47 am, edited 3 times in total.
Reason: remove broken link
 
kjhosein
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01 Apr 09 11:01 am

 Have you tried running a simple PHP script in the document root of your website (to make sure PHP is working)? Ex:

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nates450r
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01 Apr 09 4:32 pm

 i dont know what you mean-- you mean put that script in my website ware the forum would be???

    http://www.mywebsite.com/forum .............................??????
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kjhosein
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01 Apr 09 9:02 pm

 Hi Nate,

This is one of those things that could take dozens of back and forth messages to fix without your having a fundamental knowledge of how it works. I would recommend spending the time to learn about it, especially if you're going to be in the business of operating multiple websites.

Just some starters:
* I noticed PHPBB has extensive online documentation:
http://www.phpbb.com/support/documentation/3.0/
* Here is just one of thousands of pages out there describing how to test your PHP installation:
http://www.kirupa.com/web/testphp.htm
* Take a look through Wikibooks. There are lots of tutorials on website building, etc. Ex:
"http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Starting_A_Website"

Sorry that it seems I'm dismissing your ques, but I feel like I'd be do you a disservice by giving you a recipe. It would probably take longer using the forums than it would be for you to learn about it.

_KJH
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nates450r
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01 Apr 09 10:21 pm

 ya i will diff look at those sites i know how to build websites and stuff like that its just my first time adding a forum thats all once i figure it out it will be easy right??? lol its just like anything else your doing for the first time

thanks again for the info im sure i will get it done sooner or later

have a goodf day
Take care
Nate
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oceanic
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11 Apr 09 5:58 am

 I Reccomend you do not use phpbb, try using MyBB
http://mybboard.net/

take a look its pritty sweet.
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