Phpbb. How too...

[^^ CoolMacLover]

How do i install the Phpbb forum program?

If anyone knows a site, or is lovely enough to write a, step-by-step-hold-my-hand-im-scared tut on how I can do this, and what i'll need.



Thanks.

 

[NoNameBrand]

Have you tried the official guide?

Chapter 1. Quick Start Guide

 

[^^ CoolMacLover]

So what it will work with my mac straight away?

 

[angelwatt]

So what it will work with my mac straight away?

Have you actually tried anything yet?

 

[^^ CoolMacLover]

No. I thought I might as well get it explained before I went and did it, screwed it up, and had to go through it again.

 

[smirking]

No. I thought I might as well get it explained before I went and did it, screwed it up, and had to go through it again.

Jeebus. Don't be an idiot. Search the web first.

 

[miles01110]

So what it will work with my mac straight away?

This question doesn't even make sense. PHPBB is web forum software that is installed on a web server.

 

[NoNameBrand]

This question doesn't even make sense. PHPBB is web forum software that is installed on a web server.

A Mac can be a web server, and it would make sense for an intranet forum. Pretty straightforward to install it on your Mac (once you enable PHP*), though if you want a URL that's a little nicer than my-mac/~me/phpbb3, then you're going to have to do use Google.

*entropy.ch has Mac installers for PHP versions newer than what Apple ships, that get rid of the need of enabling the shipping PHP.

 

[smirking]

With entropy, you have to install stuff and command line stuff for it to work.

MAMP is one of the easiest ways of getting your Mac fully enabled as a local webserver and you're able to control most of the most critical aspects of the server through a control panel. Of course, it really helps to know what everything does and usually the way you learn what those things do is through bumping around a command line. If you know what you're doing, it makes life easier. If you don't, the default settings are probably good enough to get you started.

 

[^^ CoolMacLover]

A Mac can be a web server, and it would make sense for an intranet forum. Pretty straightforward to install it on your Mac (once you enable PHP*), though if you want a URL that's a little nicer than my-mac/~me/phpbb3, then you're going to have to do use Google.

*entropy.ch has Mac installers for PHP versions newer than what Apple ships, that get rid of the need of enabling the shipping PHP.

Thank you.

Side question: anyone know a good web sever I could use?

 

[Darth.Titan]

Thank you.

Side question: anyone know a good web sever I could use?

Wow. You've got a lot to learn. Google is your friend.

 

[NoNameBrand]

With entropy, you have to install stuff and command line stuff for it to work.

The horror!

If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

Side question: anyone know a good web sever I could use?

That qualifier narrows the choices.

Why not just turn on web-sharing, extract PHPBB to ~/Sites/ and see what happens? You'll discover PHP isn't enabled, and then once you do that, you'll find that you need to install MySQL, which is easy. Then you can setup PHPBB.