Opening myBB forum. Need help!

[xSHREDED SCOPEx]

Hey guys, I am tired of making my forums on free hosting with their domains being behind mine. I downloaded everything for a myBB forum and unzippied the ZIP file and have everything set. I just need to know how to upload it to a server and how to get a domain for the forum.

Regards,
xSSx<br /><br />-- 10 Sep 2011, 13:02 --<br /><br />I really need help, please post!

 

[death180]

Hawk Host has great reasonably priced hosting, http://www.hawkhost.com/

And 1&1 has reasonable pricing for domains, http://order.1and1.com/xml/order/Home;j ... TCpfix141b

I recommend checking those out.

 

[xSHREDED SCOPEx]

Thanks

 

[The Elite]

It's ridiculous that you haven't even read the MyBB wiki. If you can't do that, don't even bother with the forum. Some Google searching would also have answered many of your questions, but you felt posting before searching would have been more sufficient, right?

 

[Jerlene]

What you need to do first is find a host. You're lost without on. A free one like bytehost.com will do, but I recommend shelling out a couple of bucks for USHost247.com(tell them I sent you😉).

Once you have your hosting go to GoDaddy, or the domain registrar of your liking and purchase a domain from them. I prefer GoDaddy because they have lots of coupons all the time, although NameCheap currently has their .us domains on sale for $1.99.

Anyway, once you've bought your domain you will need to change the nameservers. To get your nameservers go to your control panel assigned to you by your host(the hosting provider you chose in step 1).

Once it's changed just go to your control panel(mentioned in step 3) and you will know what to do(hopefully).

 

[kavin]

It's ridiculous that you haven't even read the MyBB wiki. If you can't do that, don't even bother with the forum. Some Google searching would also have answered many of your questions, but you felt posting before searching would have been more sufficient, right?

I agree with The Elite. MyBB Wiki have more detailed explanation. You should try it first.

 

[netsavy006]

You are going to need 2 things: a webhost and an FTP account created by your webhost. A webhost will either give you a subdomain (such as yoursite.host.com) or give you the option of buying one from them. IMO it's cheaper to buy your domain separate from the host and apply it to the host later.

Some links that might help you:
http://www.2createawebsite.com/prebuild ... rview.html
http://www.2createawebsite.com/prebuild ... omain.html
http://www.2createawebsite.com/prebuild ... _tips.html

If you need help using FTP, here's a video that provides the basics:
[youtube]O3DudpEMPiY[/youtube]

I hope this helps and I wish you the best of luck with your forum.
~ Andy

 

[etc]

mybb wiki has a neat instructions on how to do this. you can use ftp program to upload the files