Help In Installing A Forum.

[Icepick]

Hello Guys....Pls i need help installing a forum using PHPBB/vBulletin v 3.6.4..ive downloaded the necessary packages, and bought a webhosting service and domain name... Please any help is greatly appreciated!


Thank You Very Much in Advanced !

[Realist]

Easy.

PM me your details and I'll see what I can do to help.

[Icepick]

Ive not been able to configure nor install vBulletin....ive downloaded the package and got a 40GB hosting service.....Any help would be great !

[Realist]

As per my above post, PM me your details:

FTP URL, Passwords, Usernames and details to your hosting account.

Also,

Have you uploaded vbulletin to the server?

[Icepick]

i cannot pm since my post count is less than 15...i guess these are the rules of the forum.....

No i did not know how to configure vBulletin before uploading

[Realist]

Ok, email me the details and I will sort it for you.

brian@r5x.com

Regards,

[cavanhalj]

In host create you database EX:Vbulletin

In ftp create one diretori ex: forums


Go vBulletin\includes\config.php.new

Edit to config.php

Open config.php wordpad

Name you database

//	****** DATABASE NAME ******
	//	This is the name of the database where your vBulletin will be located.
	//	This must be created by your webhost.
$config['Database']['dbname'] = 'forum';

You email suport

//	****** TECHNICAL EMAIL ADDRESS ******
	//	If any database errors occur, they will be emailed to the address specified here.
	//	Leave this blank to not send any emails when there is a database error.
$config['Database']['technicalemail'] = 'dbmaster@example.com';

MySQL Hostname and port

//	****** MASTER DATABASE SERVER NAME AND PORT ******
	//	This is the hostname or IP address and port of the database server.
	//	If you are unsure of what to put here, leave the default values.
$config['MasterServer']['servername'] = 'localhost';
$config['MasterServer']['port'] = 3306;

You login and pass database

//	****** MASTER DATABASE USERNAME & PASSWORD ******
	//	This is the username and password you use to access MySQL.
	//	These must be obtained through your webhost.
$config['MasterServer']['username'] = 'root';
$config['MasterServer']['password'] = '';

Forum path,exact diretory

//	******** FULL PATH TO FORUMS DIRECTORY ******
	//	On a few systems it may be necessary to input the full path to your forums directory
	//	for vBulletin to function normally. You can ignore this setting unless vBulletin
	//	tells you to fill this in. Do not include a trailing slash!
	//	Example Unix:
	//	  $config['Misc']['forumpath'] = '/home/users/public_html/forums';
	//	Example Win32:
	//	  $config['Misc']['forumpath'] = 'c:\program files\apache group\apache\htdocs\vb3';
$config['Misc']['forumpath'] = '';

Done

Up al files in ftp for you host/forums

And opem hxxt://youdomain/forums/install/install.php

Go configure and Done

Sorry my ingls y fron Brasil^^

Enjoi

[Jyles]

IcePick, you should not give anyone your login and pass to your hosting's that you paid for, aswell, have you made sure that the webhosting, has the appropriate php and mysql which is required for vbulletin?