As most of Users are interested in making a Forum inspite of making blog. So, Here is the Complete Guide to Create a phpBB, SMF forum.
- BEFORE STARING TO BUILD A FORUM . WE NEED A DOMAIN TO MAKE OUR FORUM LOOK PROFESSIONAL. YOU MAY GO WITH A FREE DOMAIN(Like Co.Cc & .tk) OR YOU MAY GO WITH PAID TOP LEVEL DOMAINS(Like .Com,.Net etc).
- AFTER GETTING THE DOMAIN THE SECOND IMPORTANT STEP IS TO FIND A HOSTING WHERE WE CAN UPLOAD OUR FORUM FILES.YOU MAY TRY FREE HOSTING PROVIDERS(With Certain Limitataions)OR YOU MAY OPT FOR THE PAID ONCE.
- FOR DEMO WE ARE GOING WITH 5gigs.net (Free Plan).FIRST , SIGNUP AT www.5gigs.net AND THEY WILL SEND YOUR USERNAME & PASSWORD TO THE REGISTERED EMAIL ID.NOW LOGIN TO THE CPANEL WITH THE LOGIN INFORMATION RECEIVED.
- AFTER GETTING LOGGED IN THE C PANEL YOU CAN FIND THE OPTION TO ADD DOMAINS.JUST ADD YOUR REGISTERED DOMAIN NAME THEIR,& CHANGE SERVER NAMES OF YOUR DOMIAN TO GIVEN SERVER NAMES ( xyz.co.cc ).THEY WILL NOW GIVE YOU 2 SERVER NAMES LIKE NS1 & NS2 FILL THESE SERVER NAMES IN MANAGE DOMAIN OPTION OF THE DOMAIN PROVIDERS C PANEL.
- NOW ALL STUFFS REALTED TO DOMAIN AND HOSTING ARE JUST OVERED, AND WE ARE GOING TOWARD DEVELOPING OUR FORUM. NOW IN CPANEL CLCIK ON I-VISTA EASY SCRIPT INSTALLER
- NOW FOR A FORUM SCROLL DOWN AND FIND PHP 3.0.5 INSTALL NOW.
- NOW SELECT YOUR DOMAIN AND PROCEED
- AFTER SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION IT WILL GIVE YOUR ADMIN USERNAME AND PASSWORD TO MANAGE THE FORUM. NOW LOGIN INTO YOUR SITE AND SET YOUR FORUM RULES AND MANAGE THE SITE.
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