Installation
System requirements
- Webserver with PHP >= 4.2
- MySQL >= 4.1
Installing the forum
Version 2.* (beta)
Manual installation only!
- Edit the file config/db_settings.php
- Upload the complete folder “forum” to your server.
- Create the database tables using the file install/install.sql
- This SQL file contains a query which creates a user with administration rights (username: admin, password: admin).
Version 1.7*
- Unzip the script package.
- Upload the complete folder “forum” to your server.
- Depending on your server configuration the write permissions of the subdirectory templates_c (CHMOD 770) and the file config/db_settings.php (CHMOD 666) might need to be changed in order that they are writable by the script.
- Run the installation script by accessing yourdomain.tld/forum/install/ in your web browser and follow the instructions (yourdomain.tld/forum/install.php).
Updating
- In Version 2 (beta) there’s no update function so far.
- Version 1.7 has an update function to update from older versions (select “Update” as installation mode while installing)