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HOW TO SET-UP MYBB
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Introduction
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I am "Four" I am new to this forum and this is my first tutorial.
I hope you understand it, and I hope you find it easy to follow.
My grammar isn't the best, but I will try my best. Also If you need
need help with any of those steps. PM me.
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Following Needed:
http://filezilla-project.org/
http://www.mybb.com/download/latest
http://www.rarlab.com/
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Step 1
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First you want to download Filezilla install it, it is very easy to install it. And I hope every noob can do this. Download MyBB and extract it with Winrar into your desktop/folder.
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Step 2
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Go to your cpanel, and get the FTP details. Should look something like this.
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Step 3
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Open Filezilla paste the information. Should look something like this.
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Step 4
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Now if you look down to the right you will see something called "public_html" double click it and delete everything inside it.
Go to your desktop and copy everything inside "upload"
and paste it into "public_html" it will take some time to upload everything. Should look something like this.
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Step 5
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Now leave filezilla alone and go to your website. This will come up:
"MyBB has experienced an internal error and cannot continue.
Error Type:
MyBB Error (41)"
You need to install MyBB. This is how you install it.
http://yourwebsite.com/install
enter that. It's very easy to install it just click next untill you come to this.
To fix this you need to do the following:
1. Go back to FileZilla. And you need to do all the following:
First Fix:
Inc > config.default.php > (right click) edit
Change the name to "config.php"
Second Fix:
Inc > config.php > (right click) file permissions
Change the number from 644 > 777
Third Fix:
Inc > setnings.php > (right click) file permissions
Change the number from 644 > 777
Fourth Fix:
Right click "Cache" > file permissions
Change the number from 755 > 777
Fifth Fix:
Right click "Uploads" > file permissions
Change the number from 755 > 777
Sixth Fix:
Uploads > Avatars (right click) > File Permissions
Change the number from 644 > 777
Go back to your website and click "Recheck"
Should look something like this:
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Step 6
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After you clicked next this will come up
Now go back to your Cpanel > MySQL
Create a new database
Database Server Hostname: (Your Hostname)
MySQL database name: Mybb (your decision)
MySQL user name: mybbuser (your decision)
Database Password: (your decision)
Board Configuration
This is very easy make it look something like this
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Step 7
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Now that you are almost finished go back to filezilla and delete the "Install" folder. And your forum will look something like this.
http://fourforum.co.cc
Source!
