Web site management - 236 CHAPTER 8 INSTALLING AND CONFIGURING PHPBB
236 CHAPTER 8 INSTALLING AND CONFIGURING PHPBB Completing the Basic Configuration Section In most cases, this part of the form defaults to the settings that you ll be using. Typically, the only field you may change is the Database Type field. Default board language: In most cases, you will leave this as English. However, if you uploaded additional languages, you can set one of those languages as the default if you wish. Database Type: Here, you tell phpBB which kind of database driver to use. If you are using MySQL, you need to check if your server still uses MySQL 3.x or if it has been upgraded to MySQL 4.x, as phpBB has a specific driver for MySQL 4. You can ask your host provider, or you can use phpMyAdmin, a popular web-based MySQL administration tool, to check the version. Choose your installation method: In most cases, you will leave this as Install. The Upgrade option is for those upgrading from phpBB 1.4.4. This chapter describes a new installation (the Install option). Completing the Database Configuration Section Here, you will need the database connection information that you collected from your host. Database Server Hostname/DSN: phpBB assumes that you will use localhost as the database server. In most configurations, this is correct; however, if the database server is hosted elsewhere, insert the name of the database server. Database Name: Enter the name of the database that you plan on using for phpBB. Database Username: Enter a username that you can use for access to the database. Database Password: Enter the password for the username that you entered on the previous line. Prefix for tables in database: Generally, you will do well to leave the default set to phpbb_. However, if you are installing an additional instance of phpBB into the database, you must use a different prefix than used by any other installations that may persist in the database; otherwise, nasty things will happen. Completing the Admin Configuration Section Here, you will set up a few final items, including information for cookies and your own personal administrator account. Admin Email Address: Enter the e-mail address that you wish to use for your phpBB account. Make sure you enter a valid address, as phpBB uses this address for several administrative purposes, including password resets, notifications of new registrations (if you set phpBB to screen all new registrations, as described in Chapter 10), and private messages sent to you. Additionally, this is the e-mail address that is appended to e-mail sent from the board. Domain Name: This will already be filled in for you. This is for cookie purposes, and in most cases, you won t have a reason to change it.
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