Set Up A Forum...

[chinook_apache]

Hi. i am wanting to just expriment into creating a forum.
I have heard about phb and invison and when i download them i have no idea what to do with them. i have 50 meg webspace from my ISP but i dont think that supports my sql.
could you ppl help me by posting links for the following:-
1. Link(s) to a tutorial on creating a forum using phb or invision
2. Link(s) to a free webhost which supports ftp upload
3. Link(s) to skins for a forum.

I am a complete noob at this and would appreciate all help.

[sharedholder]

http://www.forum-forum.com/forum/tutorials.php

Ready to use

http://www.invisionfree.com/

http://www.forumhoster.com/

Free Hosting

http://www.webhosts4free.com/

http://www.free-webhosts.com/

Skins

http://www.invisionskins.com/

http://www.invision-skins.de/

http://www.ibplanet.com/

http://www.invision-skins.de/forum/

[RedRival]

Just upload all of that onto ur host. I can't remember which folder you have to upload but there's a file that comes with the package that can be deleted. I can't remember the details because I did my forum ages ago. And what I used was invision similar to the klite boards...

it's better if you use the forum-forum tutorial given by sharedholder, i remember learning from there too

[chinook_apache]

my host u see i dont think it has phb installed or sql it gives me errors about chmos and i cant edit any permissions on files

[chinook_apache]

what i need now is a webhost with ftp for me to upload invision board...the ftp server must have my sql and phb or php watever it is

[james_bond_rulez]

wtf i thought the invision power board is free?

i looked and it says 59.99 dollars

wtf?

[chinook_apache]

yeah thats for like 3 year extra support. you go for the free one

[Amarjit]

You can't install PHP and MySQL on your ISP's machine, so you're best to look for another forum host.

As mentioned before, just upload the entire contents of phpBB/IPB to your new host. For the CHMOD to work, it is normally done in your FTP client.

[chinook_apache]

Originally posted by Amarjit@22 November 2003 - 21:44
You can't install PHP and MySQL on your ISP's machine, so you're best to look for another forum host.

As mentioned before, just upload the entire contents of phpBB/IPB to your new host. For the CHMOD to work, it is normally done in your FTP client.

amarjit i dont have a host could you give me one plz? i am a complete noob at this and would like to know a bit about how to set up forums.

[Illuminati]

Originally posted by Amarjit@22 November 2003 - 22:44
As mentioned before, just upload the entire contents of phpBB/IPB to your new host.

Technically, it's just all inside the /upload directory (found in the download) that you have to upload