Topic: web forum (phpBB) instructions

[Shing Ho]

Hi

Does anyone have the instructions for installing phpBB.  It seems that the link in the "howto" section doesn't seem to work.

Thanks
Shing..

[DJ_Ramjet99]

INSTALL phpBB BULLETIN BOARD IN PRIMARY I-BAY
mkdir -p /etc/e-smith/templates-Custom/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf  (rtn)

cp /etc/e-smith/templates/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf/ 90e-smithAccess10primary /etc/e-smith/templates-custom/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf   (all on the one line)

Now edit 90e-smithAccess10primary to add a line after line 12 using mc/pico/vi:


AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .php3  above the line below
Options Indexes Includes
[...]

save and exit

/sbin/e-smith/signal-event ip-change $(/sbin/e-smith/config get ExternalIP)

 
Copy phpBB-1.4.0.tar.gz into the home/e-smith/files/primary/html directory using mc then
gunzip phpBB-1.4.0.tar.gz
tar xvf phpBB-1.4.0.tar
this will put phpBB under primary/html/phpBB
Type mysqladmin create phpBB
STEP 4
You will need the mysql password for the username “root”
pico /root/.my.cnf to find out what the root password is for mysql (note the TWO full stops)

mc through to /home/e-smith/files/primary/html/phpBB and type chmod a+w config.php

Go to
http://www.yoursite.com/phpBB/install.php
fill in the first several screens, when it asks you to login
type chmod 644 config.php when in the PHP directory on the server
chmod 0 install.php to stop access to db

[sander]

i installed phpBB in an ibay and it started working, but there is one small error - it wont display any smiles

so i found another forum (it hasn't got so much graphics) but works fine and was easy to install and administer.

the forum i replaced with is phorum.org (same as e-smith is using, take a look at the bottom of the page). you can customise it a lot if you know php

hope this helps

sander