phpBB Tutorial - Auto Installation

phpBB installation

 

Fantastico is really a great tool and phpBB is one of the first scripts ever included in it. It saves a lot of time in installing applications to all of us. It will save a lot of your time, too. In order to install phpBB using Fantastico, you should first login at your cPanel. It is located at www.yourdomain.com/cpanel.

 

There you should find the blue smiley face icon which is the entrance for Fantastico.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As you will see, many pieces of  software in this great tool, however we are going to install only phpBB (in this tutorial). You will find a link named phpBB in the menu on the left, under the Discussion Boards category:

 

 

 

 

 

Click on it, and you will be taken to the applicaiton's overview page. To proceed with the installation, click the "New Installation" link:

 

 

 

 

 

The (normal) Fantastico installation contains three steps. The first one is the most important. In it usually you have to fill in the details of your application.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First of all, you should choose an installation directory. If you would like to access your phpBB using www.yourdomain.com, you should leave the first field blank. If you would like to access it using http://www.yourdomain.com/phpBB, you should fill the first field with "phpBB" (or substitute with one of your choice) and that's all.

 

Then you have to fill in the administrator login details. In the automated installation, the first user is being created during the process and not after it, as in the manual one. When you are done, click "Install phpBB" button.

 

 

 

 

 

You will be forwarded to a confirmation page. If you need to make any changes of the above configuration, it is just the right time to click back and perform them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you have no changes to perform, just click on the "Finish installation" button and hold your breath.

 

 

 

 

 

When the next page loads your phpBB installation is completed. You will be provided with all the neccessary login details and you are ready to go.

 

 

 

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