Hallelujah Quake... I'm playing with it now... thanks a lot.
2 2007-03-02 22:21
Re: Where do I start ? (11 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 discussion)
Quaker, this looks good and useful.
I've got it running so that Apache and MySql are running. But its coming up with the following error message.
An error was encountered
Error: Unable to select database. MySQL reported: Unknown database 'punbb'.
Any ideas please ?
3 2007-03-02 19:56
Re: Where do I start ? (11 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 discussion)
I've browsed IE7 to the install.php file. It comes up with the message "Do you want to open or save this file". I click on Open and it starts a new browser tab, and then comes up with this message again and again.
Any ideas please ?
4 2007-03-02 19:44
Re: Where do I start ? (11 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 discussion)
Hmmm ? Do I need to download and install all of these as well before I start PunBB ?
PHP 4.1.0 or later (PHP 5 included).
MySQL 3.23.17 or later
PostgreSQL 7.0 or later
SQLite.
5 2007-03-02 19:37
Re: Where do I start ? (11 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 discussion)
Thanks. Just to be sure...
I've installed xampp and I double clicked on Apache start, which has brought up a DOS window with something in German, but the line Apache 2 is starting ... and nothing else..
I've extracted the PunBB files to HTDOCS as you suggested and I've browsed IE7 to the install.php file. From there it seems to do nothing other than display a page of text and some installation forms which I'm not sure how to fill in.
Sorry to keep asking, but I am trying my best to manage on my own.
6 2007-03-02 18:07
Re: Where do I start ? (11 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 discussion)
Thanks for the reply, but what does this software do please ?
Does it create a server like environment on a pc or something ?
Thanks
DuB
7 2007-03-02 17:05
Topic: Where do I start ? (11 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 discussion)
I'm going to be honest and say that I'm a power user of PC's but not a power programmer in any way whatsoever. I have an idea for a BB that I would like to set up, which if successful will draw in posts from 100's of people from around the English speaking world.
I've looked at a few BB software solutions such as YABB, phbb as well as PunBB. I think I'd like to run with PunBB as it seems to be quite stable in use. I'm a member of another forum which uses this software and its very successful and like I say, it seems to cope very well with lots of traffic.
Can the software be run and tested from a home pc ? The idea is that I install and set it up and get a feel for how it works before committing to buying some webspace and putting it out into the public domain.
Is there a link or set of instructions I can read to help me get started please ?
Thanks
DuB