ok, thanks, ill try contacting my host. but they might not do anything, since its a free host service...

ok done thanks...

my forums hav been up and runnin for about 2 hours now, but i just recently got this error right now:

An error was encountered
Error: Unable to connect to MySQL server. Host 'mybesthost.com' is blocked because of many connection errors. Unblock with 'mysqladmin flush-hosts'. 

it wont let me in, it just keeps coming up with that error, and same for any1 else

i clicked the link u gave me, the firt ine, but its not working for some reason....

shiznitt, how do i do that though?

wait, that link aint workin. hey try this:

http://makthedon.bestfreehost.com then click on forums, thats should def work

my site:

http://makthedon.bestfreehost.com/forums

im just doin this as a one off project, so i can incorporate punBB into any future websites

lol
jujst look at the sticky at the top of troubleshooting page. this is really wierd...

im havin problems with the HTTP_REFERER now, read the sticky in troubleshooting, come on man, youre a miracle worker, can u help me on that prt?

im in ! thanks alot flavius, thanks a lot!

yeh i have mysql support... how do i set it up???

now ive uploaded all the files from the 'upload' folder to my website in the correct order theyre meant to be. i can get to the punBB install form on my website, but when i reach the field that says 'Database server hostname' i dont know what to do. i tried filling in my own ip address, that didnt work though. it comes up with the error

Error: Unable to connect to MySQL server. Can't connect to MySQL server on '169.254.81.46' (115).

what am i supposed to do?

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ok i did all that. i got to the install page on my website. i'm having problems with the part on the install form that says:

Database server hostname - i tried putting in my own ip address, but that doesnt seem to work. any help would be greatly appreciated...