If you do not have shell access or do not wish to use it, you will need to decompress the phpBB archive to a local directory on your system using your favourite compression program, e.g. If you have shell access to your account (via telnet or ssh for example) you may want to upload the entire phpBB archive (in binary mode!) to a directory on your host and unarchive it there. Installation of phpBB will vary according to your server and database. If you experienced problems or do not know how to proceed with any of the steps above please read the rest of this document.

phpBB should now be available, please MAKE SURE you read at least Section 6 below for important, security related post-installation instructions, and also take note of Section 7 regarding anti-spam measures.

Change the permissions on config.php to be writable only by yourself (644 or -rw-r-r- within your FTP Client).

Click the INSTALL tab, follow the steps and fill out all the requested information.

Point your web browser to the location where you uploaded the phpBB files with the addition of install/app.php or simply install/, e.g.

Store/, cache/, files/ and images/avatars/upload/. Change the permissions on the following directories to be writable by all (777 or -rwxrwxrwx within your FTP Client):.Change the permissions on config.php to be writable by all (666 or -rw-rw-rw- within your FTP Client).Upload all the files contained in this archive (retaining the directory structure) to a web accessible directory on your server or hosting account.Decompress the phpBB archive to a local directory on your system.

For a more detailed explanation you should skip this and go to section 2 below. If you have basic knowledge of using FTP and are sure your hosting service or server will run phpBB you can use these steps to quickly get started.

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