How To Install MYBB Forum

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MyBB is a free and open source forum software, with plenty of plugins and themes available for free and custom at an affordable price. MyBB may not be in the same league as the paid software’s, but it’s probably the best free software available on the market. MyBB is simple to use, it’s easy to create forum threads and send private messages as well as editing your profile pages. For a newbie to forums, MyBB is my recommended forum software. For the newbie,s I will include a guide on installing the MyBB forum software below, just follow the instructions, and you are good to go.

First of all you need MySql Database Before installing MyBB, you have to create a Mysql Database from your host.This is very easy, all you have to do is to access you c-panel and create a new database from mySql.

Installing MyBB

1. First you have to download the latest version of MyBB from, http://www.mybb.com/download/
2. Extract the zip file then upload it to your host.
3. Make sure to remember the path where you have uploaded the forum software. For example http://www.domainname.com/forum/Mybb/install/
4. Configuring MyBB

1. After uploading MyBB, you are ready to configure your forum.
2. Remember the path where you have uploaded your host. Now Open the web browser and type the domain name where you have uploaded it. This may look like http://www.domainname.com/forum/Mybb/install/
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3. Now click next. Read the GNU License Agreement and If you accept the terms of the agreement then click Next and wait the system checking
4. Click Next to continue. Now in this window you have to type the details about your Mysql database that you have created before
5. Click Next to continue. The script will add default data to the tables.
6. Click Next to proceed with populating the tables. The script will insert template sets and Default themes.
7. Click Next, In the window you have to type the details about your forum and click next

8. Now you have to create an Administrator account, make sure to do this very carefully. Here you have to type your Admin username, password and email. After that click next.
9. Finally, you have successfully installed your forum.
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Easy right? Now visit your forum and login with your Admin account details. If you need any help just comment below.

 

[Kane]

If you use cpanel, you will find softaculous on your dashbard. Softaculous is a feature on cpanel that allows you to directly install various content management systems, including MyBB on your server by directly choosing a domain, without you having to go the the official site, download on your device and then upload to your servers.

 

[Zevin]

If you are not too much technical kind of person, you can easily install the forum software through your cpanel. You do not have to download on your computer and then install the downloaded file.