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
- Download the most recent version of Phorum to your local computer.
- From your local computer, upload (FTP) the Phorum files to your hosting account.
- 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);
?> - Save "include/config.php.sample" as "include/db/config.php".
- Navigate to the Phorum admin page, where "example.com" is your domain name:
www.example.com/phorum-5.1.6a/admin.php
- While Phorum runs its admin script, click Continue when prompted.
- 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.
- Click Submit.
