Quick Installation

If you have basic knowledge of using FTP and are sure your hosting service or server will run Fully Modded phpBB you can use these steps to quickly get started. For a more detailed explanation you should skip this and go to New Installation.

  1. Decompress the Fully Modded phpBB archive to a local directory on your system.
  2. Upload all the files contained in this archive (retaining the directory structure) to a web accessible directory on your server or hosting account.
  3. Change the permissions on config.php to be writeable by all (0666 or -rw-rw-rw- within your FTP Client)
  4. Using your web browser visit the location you placed Fully Modded phpBB with the addition of install/install.php, e.g. http://www.mydomain.com/phpBB2/install/install.php, http://www.mydomain.com/forum/install/install.php etc.
  5. Fill out all the requested information and hit Submit
  6. Change the permissions on config.php to be writeable only by yourself (0644 or -rw-r--r-- within your FTP Client)
  7. Click the Complete Installation button or revisit the location you entered above.
  8. Fully Modded phpBB 2 should now be available, please MAKE SURE you read at least File Edits & Directory Permissions for important, security related post-installation instructions.

If you experienced problems or do not know how to proceed with any of the steps above please read the rest of this help manual.