Help with 000 web host and phpBB3

[Sparkz]

I realy need help here. I have been Trying to set up a phpBB3 forum on 00web host but beyond uploading the files to 000 I got completely confused with them other steps.

Change the permissions on the following directories to be writable by all (777 or -rwxrwxrwx within your FTP Client):
store/, cache/, files/ and images/avatars/upload/.
Using your web browser visit the location you placed phpBB3 with the addition of install/index.php or pointing directly to install/, e.g. http://www.mydomain.com/phpBB3/install/, http://www.mydomain.com/forum/install/ etc.
Click the INSTALL tab, follow the steps and fill out all the requested information.
Change the permissions on config.php to be writable only by yourself (644 or -rw-r--r-- within your FTP Client)

From the help.
I know nothing about sites beyond basic HTML. Please help

 

[Taz]

what version are you trying to install?

 

[_20_]

You have to CHMOD those directories and files to 777 to make them writable.

That's another con to 000webhost, is they don't have it setup to have auto permissions applied like paid hosting does.

 

[Sparkz]

You see, I do not even know what that means. I am installing the most recent complete release.

 

[Umbreon]

Okay, lets break it down.

Step one, go to your file manager.

Step two, go to public_html, then phpBB or where your phpBB script is

Step three, find these folders and check them:
store/, cache/, files/

After that, click on cmod on your right and change the values to 777

Then, go to images, then avatar, and then upload. Check that folder and cmod it to 777.

step 4 - Go to the install and then try again.

Thats enough info for you 😀

 

[USHost247]

After that, click on cmod on your right and change the values to 777

If your using cpanel, you will look at the top of the page and click "change permissions" on the x3 cpanel skin.

Just a little extra information.

 

[Hitakashi]

000webhost doesn't provide cPanel for free accounts

sparkz if your using the free control panel
Go to "File Manager" and go to the files said in your quote and press the bottom named chmod and click all the boxes

 

[Sparkz]

Database server hostname or DSN:
DSN stands for Data Source Name and is relevant only for ODBC installs.

Database server port:
Leave this blank unless you know the server operates on a non-standard port.

Database name:

Database username:

Database password:

Prefix for tables in database:

First off, thanks I did not know what cmod was.
O.k. Now it is asking me for those fields.
Any idea where to find the answers?

 

[CyberFreak]

In the control panel click MySQL and you will see a line saying the following

Important: MySQL Host for any database in this account is **Database Hostname appears here** , do not use localhost!

Then below where it says the host name you will then see 4 fields in order to create a database and a user. Fill them in with any name you want and password and click create. Then enter the database name, username and password in the relevant fields on that form. Leave the rest alone and submit and it should work.

 

[Sparkz]

Could not connect to the database, see error message below.
Access denied for user '******'@'localhost' (using password: YES)

I did that and got that error. Am I doing something wrong? Did I put the data in the wrong places?

 

[Jay]

So, what you want to do is go to your FTP program, then click public_html, then go to the folder where you saved the PhpBB files. Then you need to go right click the store file and click file permissions. Then you need to check all the "Write" boxes. Do that for all the files that you need so store, cache, files and images/avatars/upload/.

For images/avatars/upload/ you need to open the images folder, then open the avatars folder, then right click on the upload folder and check all the "Write" boxes.

Hope this helped! 😀

 

[CyberFreak]

He has done all that bit already 😉

SparkZ, are you sure you have put in the right hostname? It should be like mysql#.000webhost.com where # is a number. It shows you what the hostname is on the MySQL page in your (what is supposed to be) cPanel.

 

[Sparkz]

Yup, I am sure.

 

[CyberFreak]

If you were then it wouldn't show "localhost" in the error 😉

 

[Jay]

I think that you should move your webhost to someone els because 000webhost isn't good. I had many problems on 000Webhost until Fowler told be that it us rubbish and so i looked for a new webhost. I would recommend you switch to sitefrost.com. Its really easy to use and the great thing about it is that it's free. They also provide a program in there cPanel called "Installatron" which downloads your phpBB forum automatically free of charge.

 

[Sparkz]

Got it. Thanks. One more thingy.
There is a screen with "index of" then PHBB.
How do I get rid of it?

 

[MrJohn]

Well if you are having a hard time with the installation, adding the mods is going to kill you. Maybe think about switching to an easier software to like Mybb.

 

[Sparkz]

Well if you are having a hard time with the installation, adding the mods is going to kill you. Maybe think about switching to an easier software to like Mybb.

Then I will die trying.
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Everything is going nice but that weird index of screen. I even managed to install a skin and know how to change the banner. :rofl:

 

[CyberFreak]

That index is because you installed phpBB3 in a directory and not in the root. If you create an index page in the public_html directory then it will get rid of the screen. You could also set up a redirect to redirect the root to the directory that your forum is in.

For example set up a redirect for http://domain.com/ and make it redirect to http://domain.com/phpBB3 or whatever.

It has nothing to do with the forum software. Some people will take any chance to have a dig at something.

 

[Sparkz]

Is an index page just an HTML doc? Because I can't get that to work.