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cpembo · October 12th, 2005, 10:44 AM

Im wanting to setup a web forum for my warcraft guild, i really need to do this for free if possible , my isp provides me with 100mb of free webspace (is this enough??), can i use this for the forum, basically i havent got a clue where to start and am wondering if theres any kind soul out there that will help me or link me to some guides, at the moment my guild is only at 32 members and we intend keeping it small and personal and at the moment have agreed on a 40 member cap altough this can be reviewed in the future.

Id greatly appreciate any help in creating the forum, id like it to be reasonably proffesional looking but the main idea is for ease of use , somewhere that our group can get together and post ideas etc . Thank you in advance.

redfoxstorm · October 12th, 2005, 10:47 AM

http://www.phpbb.com/

This is what I use for my paintball team. Its free to use.

www.teamredfox.com

cpembo · October 12th, 2005, 11:40 AM

ive downloaded thae program you mentioned but cant figure out what to do with it! Ive no idea with this at the moment my expertise is in hadware, at the moment i am at a loss with this current project BUT i am desperate to learn and make this work, how do i get this uploaded ? how do i install it? ive thried reading installation it talks of FTP ?? the guide seems to assume that i have some knowledge of how it all works and unfouruanatly this is a area i know nothing about.

paul9 · October 12th, 2005, 12:00 PM

FTP (file transfer protocol) lets you upload stuff to your webspace. You need to check what your webspace allows you to do, as some may not be set up to allow you to run forum software. Have a look around http://www.virgin.net/customers/help...ace/index.html
and http://www.blueyonder.co.uk/blueyond...vices_webspace to find a few clues.

cpembo · October 12th, 2005, 12:13 PM

ok update . ive got the program uploaded.

How to access and open/run it is another matter. Stuck again

redfoxstorm · October 12th, 2005, 12:16 PM

I have my web server in my bedroom, so I wouldn't know how to set it up using FTP which shouldn't be hard at all. You just unzip the files and transfer them to you webspace.

Just check and see. I think your webhost has to support mysql if I'm not mistaken.

somebody correct me if i'm wrong

redfox

redfoxstorm · October 12th, 2005, 12:16 PM

What FTP program are you using?

EXreaction · October 12th, 2005, 12:21 PM

to open the open the program for the first time, you have to install it...just go to your website, and follow the instructions on how to install it...

cpembo · October 12th, 2005, 12:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by redfoxstorm

What FTP program are you using?

im using ws ftp (ipswitch) at the moment if anyone knows of better ill be happy to try (free) .

got phpbb uploaded but not sure where to go from there ive tried pointing my browser at the page but theres nothing there, sorry for being a complete noob on this subject but i really wanna make this work.

EXreaction · October 12th, 2005, 12:29 PM

Eww...I would not use ws ftp...all I had was problems when I first used it!
I use filezilla...and before, when I used ws ftp, I could never get anything to install right...I tried like 10 times to install phpbb...but it would never install...then I switched over to filezilla, and it worked the first time.

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/filezilla.html