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I've created my website with Microsoft FrontPage and will I be able to integrate a PunBB forum in it?
I am a complete newbie to this integration thing and I have tried reading around but couldn't find anything specific.
I found this on the main PunBB site: http://www.punres.org/desc.php?pid=78
But is that what I am looking for? what what do I do with it?
Sorry for all the questions :$
Frontpage? All your pages are plain HTML. PunBB needs PHP. You'd have to convert those. And don't use Frontpage for that 
The link you posted is for some sort of portal 
Ah I see thanks, so how do I get the PHP?
Like is there a program I can get (like FrontPage) i which I can easily make a site that is PHP enabled? Or is this all more complicated than that and not for me?
haha.. simplest way to get php file is rename index.html to index.php...hahaha...
go to http://oswd.org over 1694 free templates... start there then holla at me about integrating punbb to the template...
that simple.
evil giggles..
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You server needs to support PHP ofcourse.
p.s. I forgot to say this!
You server needs to support PHP ofcourse.
hi, new here...
i've also got frontpage, an oswd template, a php enabled server, and a soon to be PunBB forum that I just downloaded off this sight.
HOLLA, HOLLA lol
Yeah could you help me out please, thanks.
haha.. simplest way to get php file is rename index.html to index.php...hahaha...
go to http://oswd.org over 1694 free templates... start there then holla at me about integrating punbb to the template...
that simple.
evil giggles..
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I've picked a theme I like from there, so do I just open it in FrontPage and edit it from there?
Edit: sorry to sound so darned noobish 
Okay, now I've made another site with a oswd template.
With the page I want the forum on do I need it to be .php instead of .hml ?
Thankies ever so much for the great help I've had so far!
The easiest would be to apply the theme to the forum...
The easiest would be to apply the theme to the forum...
I'm still stuck on how to add the forum to my website
Have you installed the forum already?
If not, does your server support PHP and MySQL, PostgreSQL or SQLite?
If not, get new hosting
No I haven't installed a forum in yet but I was going to work on that tonight/this weekend. I didn't really understand how to install the forum: I downloaded the files and saved them to my Documents but got stuck from there.
As for my hosting provider, they do support PHP and MySQL, they even have 'fantasico' so we can instal things onto our site.
So, do I make a forum to standalone under my URL then integrate it into my site after?
You have to upload the files in your 'upload' folder through FTP to a folder on your hosting. Then you need to run install.php which will create all the tables for your forum. It will prompt you with some code in a textbox. Put this in config.php and upload it.
That's how to install a PunBB forum.
Which folder exactly do I upload it to? Do I make another one or put it into the public_html?
Make a folder forum in public_html and upload it there.
Ah, I've uploaded it and have opened the 'instal.php' and it has opened a huge text document.
The HTML, is that what I upload to my site?
I admit I can't really make sense of the instructions at the begining:
<i>// The PunBB version this script installs
$punbb_version = '1.2.13';
define('PUN_ROOT', './');
if (file_exists(PUN_ROOT.'config.php'))
exit('The file \'config.php\' already exists which would mean that PunBB is already installed. You should go <a href="index.php">here</a> instead.');
// Make sure we are running at least PHP 4.1.0
if (intval(str_replace('.', '', phpversion())) < 410)
exit('You are running PHP version '.PHP_VERSION.'. PunBB requires at least PHP 4.1.0 to run properly. You must upgrade your PHP installation before you can continue.');
// Disable error reporting for uninitialized variables
error_reporting(E_ALL); <i>
Etc. I dont understand what the first step would be.
And thanks ever so much for your help elbekko
If you see all that text when opening it in your browser, your host doesn't support PHP
na, I just this minute got it now. I forgot to open it in the browswer- before, I opened it via the ftp access.
I'm just making the account right now...
Edited:
For 'Enter then name of your database'
is that public_html or what is my database?
If your forum is installed, you can start modifying the layout by editing style/Oxygen.css and style/imports/Oxygen_cs.css.
For 'Enter then name of your database'
is that public_html or what is my database?
You need to create a database in your host's control panel and then enter its name into the installation form (depending on your host, you may pick this name or it may be assigned to you).
WeAreWriters wrote:For 'Enter then name of your database'
is that public_html or what is my database?You need to create a database in your host's control panel and then enter its name into the installation form (depending on your host, you may pick this name or it may be assigned to you).
So that new directory, is that a new folder in my subdirectory under 'public_html' which is where all my files that are uploaded for viewing on the net. Or do I make the new folder on the main page with all the cpanl and admin files and folders?
Edited: I've figured that bit out now
I've also got quaker as a guide and hes being incrediably helpful.
Thanks again to all 
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