Building Online Communities with phpBB 2
A practical guide to creating and maintaining online discussion forums with phpBB, the leading free open source PHP/MySQL-based bulletin board 
 

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Chapter 2:
Installing and Configuring phpBB
Now that you have a general idea of what phpBB is, it is time to install it on your server or your personal computer and to start using it. The installation process is generally not hard—phpBB has a built-in browser-based installer that makes the job much easier—but there are some pre-requisites and some details you need to be aware of before you begin. There are also some post-installation tasks that you need to perform once phpBB is installed on your system. In this second chapter of the book you will learn:

  • What are the pre-requisites before you install phpBB

  • How to download and install phpBB

  • The basic post-installation tasks, along with some security tips

  • Where and how to look for help when in trouble

  • Chapter 2: Installing and Configuring phpBB

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    • Pre-Installation
      • Requirements
      • The Attack Plan
      • Finishing Pre-Install Touch - The Database
      • phpBB Pre-Installation Checklist
    • Installation
      • Troubleshooting the Installation
    • Post-Installation Tasks
    • Security Tips
    • Finding Help
    • Summary

     

    BOOK DETAILS
      Paperback, 360 pages
    Released: May 2005
    ISBN: 1904811132
    Authors: Stoyan
    Stefanov, Jeremy
    Rogers, Mike Lothar
      
     
     

    TABLE OF CONTENTS

    Introduction
    1: Introduction to phpBB
    2: Installing and Configuring phpBB
    3: A Quick Tour of phpBB
    4: Customizing Your Forum Free Chapter
    5: Forum Administration
    6: Creating Your Own Template
    7: Creating a New MOD
    8: Programming phpBB
    Appendix A: Directory Structure
    Appendix B: phpBB Resources
    Appendix C: phpBB Code and Permission Cheatsheets
    Appendix D: phpBB Database Structure
    Index

     




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