if you want a free professional forum , i recommend using pbboard forum script , so in this tutorial i will show you how to install pbboard
so what is pbboard ?
pbboard is free open source forum script , it has a powerful management system , allows you to manage your forum (manage users , post,sections ...) and fully customizable , you can find in the web or in the website of the script , plenty of awesome styles, addons.
and it's easy to install on you host , just a couple of minutes , and your forum is ready to use !
with this tutorial you can build you own forum like vbulletin, xenforo , for free !example of the pbboard control panel:
to install the script
1. Download The script :
download the script , extract it and go to the upload folder which is under PBBoard_v... folder
2. Create a database :
after downloading the script , create a database in cpanel
3. Edit the config file :
Go to the folder : Upload/engine/config.php , and Fill in database information, host , username , and the password of the database// MASTER DATABASE SERVER NAME
$config['db']['server'] ="localhost";
// DATABASE NAME
$config['db']['name'] ="forum";
// DATABASE username
$config['db']['username'] ="root";
// DATABASE password
$config['db']['password'] ="password";
4. Upload the files :
5.Go to setup setup link :
www.yoursite.com/setup/install
change the red text to your website link
6.chose the language and click on continued
7.before you click on start the installation process , change the permission of those files to 777 :
download
download/avatar
download/contact look/styles/admin/main/templates
addons
look/images/avatar/upload
look/images/icons/upload
look/images/smiles/upload
cache
cache/original_ar_default_templates.xml
cache/HooksCache.php
cache_templates
8. all permission has been set correctly , click on : The next step -> create tables
9. MySQL tables has been created , now press The next step -> enter the information
10.Click on "The next step ->Import styles"
11.Press "The next step ->Import languages"
12.Now Click on "The next step -> enter Information forum"
13. Type your username , the password , email , forum name , and press on continued
14.Congratulations! Forum has been installed successfully. you have to delete the setup folder , using cpanel file manager
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