Installing phpBB2

[wildwood]

Trying to install phpBB2 msgboard onto my site. Struggling on the database configuration part. What is the Database Server Hostname / DSN for my site?

This is the config screen below, any help will be appreciated:

Basic Configuration
Default board language: English
Database Type: MySQL 3.xMySQL 4.x

Choose your installation method: InstallUpgrade

Database Configuration
Database Server Hostname / DSN:
Your Database Name:
Database Username:
Database Password:
Prefix for tables in database:

Admin Configuration
Admin Email Address:
Domain Name:
Server Port:
Script path:
Administrator Username:
Administrator Password:
Administrator Password [ Confirm ]:

 

[Jonty]

Hi wildwood

• Database Server Hostname / DSN - localhost
• Your Database Name - Your website name (so if your URL is http://www.[i]mysite[/i].barrysworld.net your website name is mysite)
• Database Username - Your website name (see above)
• Database Password - Your website password (the password you use to connect via FTP to your site, not necessarily the same as your BarrysWorld member password or forum password etc)
• Prefix for tables in database - Any prefix you like (phpbb2_ is usual, but it doesn't matter what it is so long as you can recognise the tables as belonging to PHPBB2)
• Admin Email Address - Your (or the admin's) e-mail address
• Domain Name - http://www.[i]mysite[/i].barrysworld.net (where mysite is your website name (N.B. if you run into trouble, try http://hosted.barrysworld.net/[i]mysite[/i]))
• Server Port - If there is a default value, use that. Otherwise, try 21 (although that is just an educated guess)
• Script path - Try /websites/hosted/mysite/myphpbb2folder (where mysite is to be replaced by your website name as before; and myphpbb2folder is to be replaced with the name of the folder in which PHPBB2 is located (If it's not a top-level folder (i.e. if you cannot see the PHPBB2 folder when you FTP into your site) as, say, it's inside another folder, let me know))
• Administrator Username - Finally, something simple The username which you wish to be know by, or the username of the person who will have absolute control over all aspects of the board
• Administrator Password - Any password you wish to have for this account
• Administrator Password [ Confirm ] - As above

Phew! hehe. Hopefully that will allow you to install successfully. Should you have any problems, though, please don't hesitate to post them here.

Kind Regards

 

[wildwood]

Like a breeze

Thanks Jonty, I owe ya a pint