How Do I Install PunBB on My Linux Hosting Account?
Your Linux hosting account must have a MySQL database set up in order for PunBB to install successfully.
To Install PunBB on Your Hosting Account
- Download the most recent version of PunBB to your local computer.
- From your local computer, upload (FTP) the contents of the upload folder to your hosting account.
- Navigate to the PunBB installation screen at the following location:
www.example.com/PunBB/upload/install.phpwhere "example.com" is your domain name. - Enter the following installation information:
Database setup
- Database Type
- MySQL Standard
- Database server hostname
- The hostname is assigned during database setup and can be found in your Hosting Control Panel.
- Database name
- Database name is assigned during database setup and can be found in your Hosting Control Panel.
- Database username
- This value was supplied during database setup.
- Database password
- This value was supplied during database setup.
- Table prefix
- The prefix will differentiate PunBB tables from others in the database.
- Administrator username
- Specify an appropriate administrator name.
- Password
- Specify an appropriate administrator password.
- Confirm password
- Both administrator password entries must match exactly.
- Base URL
- This is the location of PunBB on your hosting account.
- Click Start install.
- Copy and paste the php script shown in the window into a file and add ?> to the end.
- Save the file as config.php.
- Upload config.php to your hosting account's upload directory.
- Click Go to forum index.