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How Do I Install Phorum on My Linux Hosting Account?

Your Linux hosting account must have a MySQL database set up for Phorum to install.

To Install Phorum on Your Hosting Account

  1. Download the most recent version of Phorum to your local computer.
  2. From your local computer, upload (FTP) the Phorum files to your hosting account.
  3. Edit "include/db/config.php.sample" so that it resembles the following, substituting actual values for those in bold:
    <?php
    if(!defined('PHORUM'))return;
    $PHORUM['DBCONFIG']=array(
    'type'=>'mysql',
    'name'=>'database name',
    'server'=>'database server hostname',
    'user'=>'same as database name',
    'password'=>'password',
    'table_prefix'=>'phorum',
    'mysql_use_ft'=>1);
    ?>
  4. Save "include/config.php.sample" as "include/db/config.php".
  5. Navigate to the Phorum admin page, where "example.com" is your domain name:
    www.example.com/phorum-5.1.6a/admin.php
  6. While Phorum runs its admin script, click Continue when prompted.
  7. On the Creating An Administrator page, after the admin script has run, enter the Admin User Name, Admin Email Address, Admin Password, and the password a second time. The passwords must be an exact match.
  8. Click Submit.
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