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Ah ye, thats the thing, with SMF i don't have a database for it, like I registered for the forum through the SMFfor free website and so I don'thave a database for it or anything

And is that for SMF 1.0.x
rather than the newer SMF 1.1?

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

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

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?

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!

ah thanks for that!