Installing phpBB

I have successfully installed phpBB 2.0.21 on the Car Accessories web site. It can be found at: http://www.caraccessories.com/forum/index.php. I also documented the steps involved:

  1. Copy phpBB2 directory to web site root or target directory
  2. Create MySQL database phpbb
  3. Create database user phpbb
  4. Assign phpbb database privileges to phpbb user
  5. Browse to /phpBB2/install/install.php
  6. Select MySQL 4.x/5.x
  7. Download config.php file
  8. Replace config.php file in phpBB2 root directory
  9. Delete install/ and contrib/ directories
  10. Go to home page /phpBB2/index.php
  11. Log in as Administrator

Next I will learn how to customize the phpBB design and add a link back to the web site.

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