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08-10-2005, 08:41 AM
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Need to create a forum for a website --HelP!!
I am trying to create aforum for a web site i am creating
I am using a 1and1 hosting WSC website creator to make the web site does any one know how to add a forum to one of the pages this is the forst time I am creating a web site so i do not have the knowledge of mysql or php scrips and my budget is very limited
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08-10-2005, 08:50 AM
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PHP Bulletin Board is free, easy to setup and works quite well. Plenty of hacks for it as well although they require some experience.
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08-10-2005, 09:03 AM
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Which hosting package do you have?
If it is the Instant Website one then I do not think you have any server side script support and so you will not be able to host a forum. If it is one of the MS ones (I run a forum and other stuff off a MS Business account), but if you are on the home account I do not think you can use a database and so cannot run a forum. If you have Business or above then you might want to look at Web Wiz Forums, which will run on them. If you have Linux hosting then the Home account has a forum included in the CGI Library, and the others have this and should also be able to handle PHPBB or other forum software.
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08-10-2005, 09:09 AM
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Should i integrate a forum to a web page and how should i do it? Should i link to a free forum host and make my account from there what do you think? what should I do next? |
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08-10-2005, 09:13 AM
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and it is linux hosting. |
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08-10-2005, 09:20 AM
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And yes i have tried the basic cgi scripts the only thing i do not knoe=w how to do is how to integrate with the web page?
. it only shows the links and i do not know how to use the web links although it sounds silly i really am doing this website hosting for the firdt time. |
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08-10-2005, 09:25 AM
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What I would do is keep the forum seperate from what you are making in Website Creator since then you can have more control over what you do, and all the forum pages do not count as pages from the website creator.
Instead link to where the forum is in your webspace, ie www.mydomain.co.uk/forum and then link to that from Website Creator. If you are happy using the cgi scripts then this should be easy, but if you want a more feature rich forum try looking at phpbb as recommended by mairving, the instructions for installation are at http://www.phpbb.com/support/guide/#section2 . |
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08-10-2005, 09:47 AM
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PHPBB is pretty easy to setup. It has a web-based install script that wallsYou don't really need any programming skills unless you want to add some of the addon hacks for it. Your only need will be to setup a database first.
I would try to do it and if you have any questions or need help just post back here. Be glad to help you set it up if you need. |
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08-11-2005, 02:53 PM
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08-15-2005, 06:13 AM
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I am now trying to install phpbb2 it says something about a sql database
how should i name the database and what tables and fields to create Any ideas? |
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08-15-2005, 07:14 AM
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You'll want to install a MySql database. I think if you read the install instructions installing a MySql database should probably be done first. I played around with runcms and as along as you had a working database server installation and a database to point it to during installation it configured the database the way it wanted it. I would imagine PHPBB would do the same. It really pays to read all the install readmes and the like on a project like this.
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08-15-2005, 10:00 AM
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I heve now accessed the install/install.php script and filled in the damin form but i am stuck it says error can't connect to data base.
on the one and one FAQ says that i should use php my admin to conect to the database but i am confused about the file config.inc.php ? I have all the information details available but do not now where or what to add/change to that file help sorry but it is the first time i am using such services. Last edited by Ind-PC_student; 08-15-2005 at 10:03 AM. |
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08-15-2005, 10:38 AM
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You don't need to use PHPMyAdmin to connect to the database to install PHPBB. If you have a database all you will need for the database part is:
database name: database user: database password: You tell it those on the first page of the setup script. |
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08-16-2005, 05:43 AM
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I have setup now the forum correctly but I am finding a problem with it I found out that i have miss spelled the database name but now i am loged in to the forum
but the problem is when i try to go to the administration control panel there is an error 404 not found? what could cause the problem? Last edited by Ind-PC_student; 08-16-2005 at 05:59 AM. |
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08-16-2005, 06:39 AM
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Never mind I have found a patch that has sort out my cookies and solved this problem thank you all?
1 Unziped the file 2 created a install directory 3 uploaded the two files onto the install directory 4 on the bowsre i accessed www.mydomain.tld/install/cookie.php 5 just cliked apply and that was the end of the 404 error!! |
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08-16-2005, 07:41 AM
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And I can tell you that this phpBB2 is absolutely fantastic WOW!!
and best of all it is open source my kind of software. |
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