Install freeForum

To install freeForum, you will need:

To install:

  1. Create a folder for freeForum on your server (YOUR_FOLDER).
  2. Modify config.php to your liking.
  3. Transfer the content of the freeForum archive to YOUR_FOLDER
  4. Make sure that the PHP scripts have write access to the 2 files in YOUR_FOLDER/Data/(this can be done with your ftp program).
  5. Open the file YOUR_FOLDER/install.php in a web-browser.

Upgrade

  1. Move the freeForum folder to FreeForumOld.
  2. Transfer the content of the new freeForum archive to YOUR_FOLDER
  3. Edit config.php in the new folder to match your configuration.
  4. Copy you old Data/ipban.db.php into the new folder.
  5. Make sure that the PHP scripts have write access to the 2 files in YOUR_FOLDER/Data/(this can be done with your ftp program).
  6. Run YOUR_FOLDER/install.php.