How to install and how to use Simple Forum PHP.
How to install forum
1) Unzip the .zip file received from us.
2) Now you need to upload all files on your website. You can upload all files in a folder(directory) of your script for example named "SCRIPTFOLDER". Or you can upload all files in the root directory of your script.
3) Next step is to open http://www.YOURDOMAIN.com/SCRIPTFOLDER/installation.php.
4) Installation wizard will ask you to complete the form below.
- PHP/MySQL installed on your server
- MySQL server name which is usualy 'localhost'
- MySQL username - when you create a database you need to assign minimum one user
- MySQL password - this is the password of the user assigned to database
- Server path to script directory, Full URL to script directory, Script directory name - they will appear automatically. You can change if they are different.
- Admin Username - this will be username to protected page for the administrator
- Admin Password - this will be password to protected page for the administrator
5) If everything is correct and when you hit 'Install Script' you will see next screen:
6) Click on the link - 'Login here', and will be redirected on administrator login form.
How to use forum
When you login, you will see the administration page. First you need to setup the forum options.
Set the administrator email and topics per page.
Set options for approval, replies order and create a list with banned words.
Translate the text in your language.
There are two easy ways to put the forum script on your website - like iframe or like include.
