When you have done this, you should see the phpBB3 Introduction screen appear. For example, if your domain name is and you placed the phpBB3 files in the directory /phpBB3 off your web root you would enter or (alternatively) into your browser. Once all the files have been uploaded to your site, you should point your browser at this location with the addition of /install/.
PHPBB3 HOW TO
For more details on language packs, where to obtain them and how to install them please see the README.
The installation process below will allow you to select a default language from those available (you can, of course, change this default at a later stage). If you are not a native English speaker you may wish to install one or more of these packages before continuing. However, a number of separate packs for different languages are available. PhpBB3 comes supplied with British English as its standard language. In most cases this is all handled transparantly by your ftp client, but if you encounter problems later you should be sure the files were uploaded correctly as described here. If you are unfamiliar with what this means please refer to your FTP client documentation. txt files should be uploaded in ASCII mode, while all graphics should be uploaded in BINARY mode. Please ensure that the cases of filenames are retained, do NOT force filenames to all lower or upper case as doing so will cause errors later.Īll. From there you must FTP ALL the files it contains (being sure to retain the directory structure and filenames) to your host.
PHPBB3 ARCHIVE
If you do not have shell access or do not wish to use it, you will need to decompress the phpBB3 archive to a local directory on your system using your favourite compression program, e.g. If you have shell access to your account (via telnet or ssh for example) you may want to upload the entire phpBB3 archive (in binary mode!) to a directory on your host and unarchive it there. Installation of phpBB3 will vary according to your server and database. If you experienced problems or do not know how to proceed with any of the steps above please read the rest of this document. phpBB3 should now be available, please MAKE SURE you read at least Section 6 below for important, security related post-installation instructions, and also take note of Section 7 regarding anti-spam measures.Change the permissions on config.php to be writable only by yourself (644 or -rw-r-r- within your FTP Client).Click the INSTALL tab, follow the steps and fill out all the requested information.Point your web browser to the location where you uploaded the phpBB3 files with the addition of install/index.php or simply install/, e.g.Store/, cache/, files/ and images/avatars/upload/. Change the permissions on the following directories to be writable by all (777 or -rwxrwxrwx within your FTP Client):.Change the permissions on config.php to be writable by all (666 or -rw-rw-rw- within your FTP Client).Upload all the files contained in this archive (retaining the directory structure) to a web accessible directory on your server or hosting account.Decompress the phpBB3 archive to a local directory on your system.For a more detailed explanation you should skip this and go to section 2 below. 
.If you have basic knowledge of using FTP and are sure your hosting service or server will run phpBB3 you can use these steps to quickly get started.
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