• Haligh
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Topic: Installing Help

Hi all, I am new to PunBB//PHP/MySQL/Apache, but I am trying to design a forum for my new church's youth group. I chose PunBB because I shopped around and found this one to be one of the more clean, faster options that would suit my situation well. Here is where I am, and since I don't know much about programming or MySQL well, I would like some advice on what to do when I get here:
http://uploads.bestupload.com/redir/20018.jpg

Do I create a new php file called config or do I simply edit a different one that I have come across during installation of PHP/PhpMyAdmin?

How would I go about creating the cache and the avatar location through PhpMyAdmin or the Terminal (or where do I need to handle those problems)?

Thanks everyone in advance for your help and thank you PunBB developers for creating such a versatile system for everyone ++

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Re: Installing Help

#1: you need to CREATE a NEW file called config.php with the text it shows in the box there and upload/save it in your forums root directory.

#2: i can't help you with, sorry.

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  • Haligh
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Re: Installing Help

Dr.Jeckyl wrote:

#1: you need to CREATE a NEW file called config.php with the text it shows in the box there and upload/save it in your forums root directory.

Got it, thanks. Of course that won't do me any good until the cache is created from what I understand...

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  • Paul
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Re: Installing Help

The cache and avatar directories are in the PunBB package and should have been created when you uploaded PunBB. All you need to do as far as the cache and avatar directories is change their permissions to make them writable, nothing else needed.

  • Haligh
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Re: Installing Help

Ok thanks Paul, that works now too and everything is up and running. One more question: if I customize this test forum that is run off of localhost, can I transfer it to the server later so that everything is set up properly already ? Or will I have to set up everything again on that server once we purchase it and find a host and everything else needed to get this up and running? (sorry if this post should be a topic in another forum, I didn't think it was important enough to make another topic)

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Re: Installing Help

you can transfer the database but it is probably more effort than its worth, you would need to make a backup using a script like phpmyadmin (or the db management plugin for punbb) then restore the backup on the new server,

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