Setting Up A Localhost

[Bullseye]

well I click this link (as the guide states)

http://localhost/phpbb/install/install.php

and I get an error message....

[Steve]

well I click this link (as the guide states)

http://localhost/phpbb/install/install.php

and I get an error message grrrr

click this one : http://localhost/phpBB3/index.php
make sure you have the complete phpBB3 folder still named as is and all files with in it .

what guide where im lost.

[edit]im making my own with screen shots[/edit]

If i dont respond back tonight and you see the install screen use this topic : viewtopic.php?f=10&t=474

to guide you throught the install, just ignore ftp client folders settings and upload files etc just do the install screen instructions.

[Bullseye]

well I click this link (as the guide states)

http://localhost/phpbb/install/install.php

and I get an error message grrrr

click this one : http://localhost/phpBB3/index.php
make sure you have the complete phpBB3 folder still named as is and all files with in it .

what guide where im lost.

[edit]im making my own with screen shots[/edit]

If i dont respond back tonight and you see the install screen use this topic : viewtopic.php?f=10&t=474

to guide you throught the install, just ignore ftp client folders settings and upload files etc just do the install screen instructions.

This part of the guide...

# Go to the Start menu -> Apache Friends -> XAMPP -> XAMPP httpdoc folder -> and create a new folder called phpbb where you will copy the uncompressed version of phpBB you downloaded.
# Finally, go to http://localhost/phpbb/install/install.php and follow the instructions.

and when I click this........

http://localhost/phpBB3/index.php

I get the same error message.....

[Steve]

yes this is getting confusing

extract the phpbb files to the htdocs folder
will show C:\xampp\htdocs\phpBB3\
visit here again : http://localhost/phpBB3/index.php

the installer will pick up that phpBB3 is not yet installed and will take you

here: http://localhost/phpBB3/install/index.php

xampp.PNG

night mate ,just keep putting the phpBB3 folder with in htdocs and try visiting the links a posted

[Bullseye]

http://localhost/phpBB3/index.php

^This one works^ It takes me to the xammp welcome page

but I click this one...

http://localhost/phpBB3/install/index.php

and I get "object not found message"

This may sound daft but where do I down load the php files from?

sorry for being a pain....

[cisco007]

Let's try it one more time, have you created any folders inside the htdocs folder made by xampp? if so you should put in the address bar this http://localhost/nameofmyfolder/ for example if you upload all your phpbb3 files inside a folder named phpbb3, or whatever you have called it, vectra used for example phpbb3, so you would go to http://localhost/phpbb3/install/index.php to install your phpbb3 forum. Each folder you create inside the htdocs folder acts as it's own website! I asked you previously to go to the apache friends website and read the FAQ's towards the bottom! you might be getting and error if you have not setup any passwords for the xampp root or the phpmyadmin, you need to create a password so you can set up a database for your sites, if you have not created one then you wont be able to install a phpbb3 site. You have posted a couple of times that you get an error, but you have not really said what that error shows or says. Now i should go write a book with the amount of words i have posted on this post!

[Bullseye]

Can't wait! will it be available on hardback?

Anyway, I think I've got it all sussed out now, I tested it out on some html web pages I made and it works fine..

Thank you very much for your time and patience

John

[cisco007]

so did you understand what i explained on my post then?

[Bullseye]

Yes I did

[Nisok]

excellent instructions!!