hello all, I'm trying to create a MyBB forum
I have downloaded it from the website and extracted it, now I need to upload the files. On the MyBB Wiki site it says 'With the files extracted from the MyBB package, upload them whole to your web server.' Does this mean a domain place like GoDaddy.com? Or is there a better place i should be putting them on?
i assume you have a domain and hosting?
if so just use the ftp to upload the folder named 'upload' to your hosting and run the install file at install/index.php. it should then guide you through everything.
i already have a domain, now i just need to get hosting
is '5 GB Space' and '250 GB Transfer' good for running forums?
i already have a domain, now i just need to get hosting
is '5 GB Space' and '250 GB Transfer' good for running forums?
for a new forum? plenty. you won't even use a tenth of that for the first year or so.
Yeah, you usually start to experience problem when you have a lot of users on at the same time, and when they are causing a lot of queries to the MySQL. For example a forum with 10000 members and only 2 members on at the same time won't cause problems, however a forum with let's say 1000 members, and like 800 at the same time, might cause some issues.
Yeah, you usually start to experience problem when you have a lot of users on at the same time, and when they are causing a lot of queries to the MySQL. For example a forum with 10000 members and only 2 members on at the same time won't cause problems, however a forum with let's say 1000 members, and like 800 at the same time, might cause some issues.
very true. forums don't really use that much bandwidth for the amount of page views being shown. i had to upgrade my servers RAM a couple months back because there is around 10-50 people on at once which as you can image is a lot of strain on the server and causing my sites to be really slow and even crash.
i uploaded the directories (admin,archive,css,images,etc) in binary format right. And then the .php files (announcement,attachment,calender) in ASCII.
i get this message on my site
MyBB Error
MyBB has generated a critical error and as a result cannot function correctly.
MyBB Said:
Error Code: board_not_installed
Your board has not yet been installed and configured. Please do so before attempting to browse it.
Please try clicking the Refresh button in your web browser to see if this corrects this problem.
We apologise for any inconvenience.
what exactly do i do? i followed what it said on MyBB Wiki
make sure you have uploaded all of the mybb files to the directory you want the forum to be in.
then before doing anything, create a mysql database and user in your hosting control panel. then visit you directory/install and follow the install instructions.
I am not sure what you are doing wrong but the install is as simple as it can get.
okay it's up and running now
