Install phpBB Automatically!

How to install phpBB automatically in less than 10 minutes via web hosting control panel.

phpBB is very popular powered by PHP and MYSQL forum package. The name "phpBB" is an abbreviation of PHP Bulletin Board. phpBB is a free forum software available under the GNU GPL.

If you prefer to perform manual install of phpBB, before you start, you must check that your web server already has PHP extension installed and you have at least one MySQL database with login and password. Also you must know how to upload files to your web server via ftp client and set correct file permissions after uploading.

Manual install of phpBB takes one-two hours of time and because this is not a very simple process some people even hire freelancers that offer paid installation of phpBB for several tens or even hundreds of dollars.

But not all people know that the simpliest way to install phpBB is automatic and very easy installation process of phpBB via web hosting account control panel using this step-by-step installation instruction.

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When you receive your web hosting account login and password you can login into your account control panel and start process of phpBB installation by following these easy steps:

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1.Login into your control panel

2.Click on "Fantastico" button

3.Select "phpBB" from navigation menu on left navigation panel

4.Choose "New Installation"

5.Select domain name from list of your domain (if more that one). If you prefer install phpBB in directory of your domain, enter also directory name.

6.Enter Admin access data: Administrator-username and Password

7.Enter Base configuration data such as: Site name, Short description, E-Mail signature (will be attached to all emails sent by the forum), Admin e-mail (your email address), and select Preferred Language of the phpBB forum

8.Click Install phpBB2

9.Click "Finish installation" when you get message like this:

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The MySQL database and MySQL user demo_phpb2 will be created and used for this installation.

- You chose to install in the domain yourdomain.tld, in a subdirectory called phpbb. - The access URL will be: http://yourdomain.tld/phpbb

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10.Install phpBB final step - you will see message like this:

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You need a username and a password to enter the admin area.

Your username is yourusername.

Your password is yourpassword

The full URL to the admin area (Bookmark this!): http://yourdomain.tld/phpbb/admin/