First Forum :)

[bigbadish]

Hi guys,

I've decided to take it upon myself to create myself and my Lord of the Rings Kin a Forum or some sorts, of which I currently no nothing about.

I have done a little reading and downloaded myself MYSQL and PunBB though I am a little stuck now hehe. I have installed MYSQL and I've uploaded the PunBB files onto my webspace, but after that I'm a little stuck. I'm confused as to where to go from there in regard to setting up the database (i.e. is it done through a GUI or commands) and everything in between hehe.

Would anyone know of some dummy guides to getting a forum up and running, possibly with a nice looking skin and a database to go with it...

Oh and my FTP software is a pain to navigate so if anyone knows of any free ones that would be appreciated.

Thanks for the help in advance.

 

[bigbadish]

I downloaded FileZilla, and what a great bit of kit

I will continue to read through the docs and see what I can find out, and of course report back my findings

Cheers.

 

[bigbadish]

I seem to be stumbling at the first hurdle. I've got MySQL installed and uploaded the content of the Upload directory to my webspace; opened install.php in Firefox, but I don't get any instructions to follow , just more information and then lots of code.

Am I missing a vital component possibly?

Thanks.

 

[bigbadish]

This may be a silly question, but do I require an Apache server as I keep hearing this name in the documentation I read?

Thanks.