phpbb2.0.6 help

[ToCLuNcHBoX]

hey i'm trying to use phpbb2.0.6 to make forums on my website i've tried a bunch of stuff i just cant figure it out, if anyone else uses it and can help me i would much appreciate it E-mail me at binkadogg@hotmail.com or IM me on XxBiNkADoGGxX...

[{ToC}CrazyEye]

or just post here...

[alphadesk]

ToCLuNcHBoX

Where are you stuck?

[jet192]

1. make sure you have the MySQL service activated on your powweb package. you will also create your database
2. create a user with yes for all permissions.
3. upload phpBB2 to your htdocs folder. you can either upload it into its own folder (thats what i did) or you can just put it directly in the htdocs.
4. go to yoursite.com/phpBB2/install/install.php
5. the form you fill out is very straight forward. database type (select MySQL 4.x), your database name (whatever you created in step 1). database username and password (whoever you created in step 2) table names (only change if you are installing phpBB more then once) . make an admin account for phpBB. enter in admin email address, and your site name (your domain name). If you make a mistake on your site name you will get a meta redirection error when you go to log in.
6. after that form is all filled out and filled out correctly, you click next, or whatever the button is and it will thank you for using phpBB. click the finish install button.
7. FTP to your account and delete the install and contrib folders.
8. from your browser go to your index.php (wherever you put it).. log in and configure your forums.
9. your done

hope thats what you were looking for

[{ToC}CrazyEye]

ty, i hope lunch can conprehend*sp* that :D

[{ToC}CrazyEye]

when we where in the install area it said:
phpBB : Critical Error

Could not connect to the database............. can anyone help us there...siphpBB : Critical Error
can anyone hel us since we entered in the right info.... and is the hostname mysql04.powweb.com....

[{ToC}CrazyEye]

ok..i got everything done, but now its like i cant delet these contrib folder and install...i tryed but they just wont go!!
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ok up there was when i wasnt doing stuff right, we got it all setup, now can some1 explain how to change templates. and like where to put those templates packages and icon thingys?

[alphadesk]

You put the skins in the templates folder....then go into admin section and add them.

[{ToC}CrazyEye]

phpBB : Critical Error

Could not open SpacePilot3k template config file

DEBUG MODE

Line : 326
File : /www/c/clantoc/htdocs/forums2/phpBB2/includes/functions.php

thats wat i got...now i cant go into forums since it dos that...how can i fix this?

[Trip59]

indicates that it could not open a template file.

you need to have like this in the directory,

/templates/subSilver/
/templates/subVeror/
/templates/whatever/

inside each of those directories you will have the folders admin, images, and a whole bunch of .tpl files.

if you uploaded it to where it is

/templates/subsilver/subsilver/(admin,images, all the .tpl files) it will give you hassles.

[{ToC}CrazyEye]

no.....i did it right and all...is there a way to delet it so i wont go there instead i will go to the default one? with out really going into the forums since i cant...?

[jet192]

you should always set up a test account to test all new styles.. and never use the user override for the style. not all styles work and sometimes they prevent you from entering you admin panel.

[{ToC}CrazyEye]

oooo...now u tell me? is there anyway of deleting that and making my admin account go to default instead of it....or have i lost it?

[{ToC}CrazyEye]

can i like uninstall this then reinstall it?

[jet192]

you should try posting your situation on www.phpbb.com

i am sure this isnt the first time this has happened to someone.. someone on those boards should know what to do.

[tranquility]

Originally posted by jet192
1. make sure you have the MySQL service activated on your powweb package. you will also create your database
2. create a user with yes for all permissions.
3. upload phpBB2 to your htdocs folder. you can either upload it into its own folder (thats what i did) or you can just put it directly in the htdocs.
4. go to yoursite.com/phpBB2/install/install.php
5. the form you fill out is very straight forward. database type (select MySQL 4.x), your database name (whatever you created in step 1). database username and password (whoever you created in step 2) table names (only change if you are installing phpBB more then once) . make an admin account for phpBB. enter in admin email address, and your site name (your domain name). If you make a mistake on your site name you will get a meta redirection error when you go to log in.
6. after that form is all filled out and filled out correctly, you click next, or whatever the button is and it will thank you for using phpBB. click the finish install button.
7. FTP to your account and delete the install and contrib folders.
8. from your browser go to your index.php (wherever you put it).. log in and configure your forums.
9. your done

hope thats what you were looking for


I need some serious help with this...and please forgive me for being a noob...:)

I installed phpBB 2.0.6 into the 'htdocs' folder and in my browser I put in our temp url (since this is a new service, i believe that is the one I need to use) followed by /phpBB2/install/install.php
I get "cannot find server" This is sad because I cant even get passed this portion of the installation..:)

I do know the temp url works, because we already have our Clans webpage active....

Can someone please help me with this...thanks..:)

[jet192]

did you put a phpBB2 folder in your htdocs folder? or did you put the contents of the phpBB2 folder in your htdocs folder?

if you put the entire folder in it would be tempaddy.powweb.com/phpBB2/install/install.php

if you put the contents of the phpBB2 folder in the htdocs it would be tempaddy.powweb.com/install/install.php



you speak of a clan.. that for an online game?

[tranquility]

Yes it is...we are UT2003 gaming clan..:)

I put the entire folder in the htdocs...:)

so this is how i tried to connect...

http://www.tempurl.powweb.com/phpBB2/install/install.php

[jet192]

check your private messages please

[alphadesk]

Try it without the "www". You can setup some scripts with temp url and when perm kicks in the script explodes.

http://tempurl.powweb.com/phpBB2/install/install.php

[tranquility]

Originally posted by jet192
check your private messages please

Checked ty..:)

[tranquility]

Originally posted by alphadesk
Try it without the "www". You can setup some scripts with temp url and when perm kicks in the script explodes.

http://tempurl.powweb.com/phpBB2/install/install.php

Thank you sooo much I have the forum now...

Now if someone can help me upload my database from my existing forum, I will love u to death..:)


Again, thanks u guys..:)

[jet192]

was it a phpBB forum?

if so thats real easy..

1. back up database on your old forum
2. restore database to your new forum

as long as your table names are the same it will work fine.. at least it has for me, and i have done that a lot. your database names do not have to be the same.

it will make EVERYTHING exactly how it was on your old forum.. so make sure if you have any extra styles installed on your old forum.. in stall them on your new one BEFORE you restore the database.

[tranquility]

Check ur pm please

[tranquility]

Thank you all so very much for any input that I was given...I was finally able to reload our current forum to our new host and life is good...