Hi, I've just made a website and I want to know how to put up a phpBB
message board onto it. There are guides on the internet but I'm not as
computer literate as those guides suggest!
I am using Windows 'My Network Places' ftp folder and in there I have
3 folder called: htdocs (which they say I have to put my index.html
file in which I have and that is working fine (htdocs also contains a
folder called cgi-bin)), logfiles and private. I am using
streamline.net as a host if that helps. Please could someone walk me
through, simply, how to add this to my site. Thanks

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Clarification of Question by edejl-ga on 20 Mar 2006 10:57 PST

My host says MySQL databases aren't available one the hosting option I
have. Is there anyway I can do it without one? Or will I have to get a
host with MySQL/change my hosting plan?
Thanks

What server is your hosting plan on? I use apache. Look for a folder
called "public_html". Then upload all the PHPBB files into that
folder. You will need to make a sql database, which you can do using
Cpanel, which most hosts come with. Then just run the install files,
and make sure you choose the correct database. It should do all the
work it self, then giving you the option to set up the rest of the
site through the admin area, on your new website! I cant really go
detailed, as I dont know your full setup, but I hoped I helped!

Firstly, be sure you have the latest version of phpbb, available at
http://www.phpbb.com.

You may want to try starting over completely from the beginning. 
Download, then start from scratch.  It's tough to diagnose and fix a
problem once you've already put some files up.  Once you do this,
refer to:

http://www.phpbb.com/support/guide/

http://www.phpbb.com/support/tutorials/display.php?t=phpbb2_admin_install

The greatest thing about phpbb is that there is very little manual
work you actually have to do.  The main steps are: set up a blank
database (probably in cpanel or plesk, whatever your host uses),
upload the files, modify the config file, and then go to the
installation URL, and simply follow the directions.

As to your question of where to put the files, you should be putting
them in that 'htdocs' folder.  You should make a folder called 'phpbb'
or whatever you want to call your message board folder, and then
upload all the parts of phpbb into that folder.

Without a MySql database the forum will not function as this is where
all the settings, posts, user lists, etc are stored. You will have to
change to a host that allows you to create MySql databases.