free phpBB3 host or host it myself??
- Thread starter Daria
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CyberFreak
Legendary Typer
Stay away from free forum hosts. Get some webhosting and install the software of your choice and that will be better then any free host.
netsavy006
Seasoned Veteran
I don't know about your second question, but I say go with a webhost and install phpbb3 yourself.
they do have a support site for phpbb3 itself:
http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewforum.php?f=49
they do have a support site for phpbb3 itself:
http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewforum.php?f=49
CyberFreak
Legendary Typer
Not that i know of anyway. It has been along time since i learnt :lol:
My advice would be to install a test forum and start installing small mods. Slowly progress up to bigger mods. Once you understand the concept and get one mod working, you will start flying through them. When you get more experienced with them then you will go them alot faster. If you test them on a test forum, if you mess up then you haven't ruined your main forum. All mod installation is is using ctrl+f to find the "find" line and the pasting a line or sections of code where it tells you then saving it and uploading it again.
My advice would be to install a test forum and start installing small mods. Slowly progress up to bigger mods. Once you understand the concept and get one mod working, you will start flying through them. When you get more experienced with them then you will go them alot faster. If you test them on a test forum, if you mess up then you haven't ruined your main forum. All mod installation is is using ctrl+f to find the "find" line and the pasting a line or sections of code where it tells you then saving it and uploading it again.
Lee Lawson
Seasoned Veteran
Check phpBB.com they have good tutorials there about installation, requirements, etcetera. Or you can go the easy route and go for SMF.
el canadiano
Paragon
Most phpBB mods should come with instructions for file edits or whatnot (use the file manager feature in your cPanel or equivalent). Personally, I would try to install one or two phpBB MODs before trying to move to SMF or MyBB. It's only then when you appreciate SMF's Package Manager feature or MyBB's plugin system (I should'vd counted how many times I have busted IPB 2.3 forums with the ibProBattle mod).
CyberFreak
Legendary Typer
That is a bit unfair as that is just saying try 2 mods when you are not sure what you are doing and then that will make MyBB and SMF better which is a bit bad isn't it? Of course it will make phpBB look bad when you haven't learnt properly how to install mods on phpBB. When you can install mods on phpBB (and it is pretty easy to pick up) then you won't appreciate the MyBB or SMF plugin system anywhere near as much.
CyberFreak
Legendary Typer
You can open the install file in any browser. I usually open them in frefox.
It will say something like
Notepad++ is good to use.
It will say something like
So basically you just look in blahblah.php for the find line and after add the code it tells you and that will look like
Code:
// This is a test
include($phpbb_root_path . 'includes/functions_blah.' . $phpEx);Notepad++ is good to use.
So if I wanted to install mods for my main forum site I should first have ALL the mods installed that are already on the main forum on the test board. If I wanted to install a new mod for the main forum then it'd be wise to test it using a demo board. ?
CyberFreak
Legendary Typer
You don't have to use a test forum but i usually install them on the test forum to make sure i did all the edits right and that it works ok then if they do work i just upload them to the main forum.
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Deleted member 4320
Don't get a free forums forum, they're no way near as good as paid hosted phpBB3 forums. If you don't know how to install MODs, check my tutorial here, that should help you out. Free hosted forums limit what you can do considerably and having a 'proper' forum will be better as you can add your own adverts and have any style you want etc.
I would say, host it your self. There are many free hosts they're not great but I think they are still much better than free forum hosts. Web Hosting Fox is a great free and paid host, they also provide a post to host as well so you might want to to a look at that as well.
el canadiano
Paragon
Fowler said:
Not really. I've mostly found that the guys who have truly used MyBB to its potential are the ones that come from elsewhere after getting fed up with file edits. The one major problem I had with file edits wasn't doing it, it was doing it after an upgrade, which is where things will really slow down. Besides, I only said that just because a few of the previous guys were talking about SMF and that stuff.
But to add something that Daria previously said (asking for a free host), someone here who talks about the host they run is very trustworthy. That to me shows that they care about their clients and that such.
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Deleted member 4320
Well it's alright using forum software that just uses plugins but lets be honest when it comes to coding you know where to start and I learned pretty much everything I know for doing it myself. It takes practice and that takes time but it's well worth it.
But what Fowler said is completely correct, one MOD gone wrong and people trying to MOD phpBB forums will get angry and go over to MyBB which personally isn't as good in many ways.
But what Fowler said is completely correct, one MOD gone wrong and people trying to MOD phpBB forums will get angry and go over to MyBB which personally isn't as good in many ways.
el canadiano said:
Yeah.. I ended up finding one but they went about doing it the wrong way and pming me which resulted in them being reported. It's pm advertising :sad:
But anyways thanks for the support and I'll be sure to keep learning and install that test MOD that the site gave that Limited Luck gave me
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