Installation of large scripts of forums on the website is made by means of the automatic means offered by developers. The forum can be installed on a hosting which meets system requirements. Functioning of the majority of engines will require existence of PHP and MySQL of the corresponding versions.
Compliance to requirements of a hosting
Before installation of a forum make sure that the hosting selected by you conforms to requirements of a script. You can study the required parameters on the official site of the developer. To the newest applications it is necessary to have PHP not below version 5.1. On a hosting the possibility of work with MySQL should be implemented (PostgreSQL, MS SQL or Oracle, depending on a script). Also some forums require existence of the connected libraries (zlib, Imagemagick) about which in more detail you can learn from your hosting provider. Existence of all libraries is checked by setup.
Installation will not be complete if your server does not conform to the imposed requirements.
Preparation for installation
Before installation you will need to load the file of a forum to yourself on a hosting. For this purpose pass into the control control panel of the account on the server of provider, and then use the manager of files or FTP service. Load archive with a forum into the directory located on level below htdocs (or www, depending on the software version of a hosting). After carrying out operation unpack the file in this directory, having used the corresponding element of the control panel.
Create the database for a forum at yourself on the server. For this purpose specify the Create the Database parameter in the control panel of a hosting.
Save a name and the password for access to base as their input will be required during installation.
Installation
By means of the browser pass to your website into the directory where the forum was saved. If all actions were carried out truly, you will see the message from a forum about the beginning of installation. Click "Further" that the program checked compliance of the server to its requirements. In the presence of errors on this step it is necessary to contact your hosting provider for explanation.
If check took place successfully, enter the name of your database, a host name, the login and the password for access. Wait for the end of installation and specify primary configuration parameters. Installation of a forum is complete and you can start its change.
Installation process of a script can differ because of separate features of each engine. At emergence of problems you can use the readme.txt and install.txt files which are in one archive with a forum.
Some hosting providers provide services of automatic installation of scripts of forums on the server. At impossibility of implementation of installation try to pick up older version of the forum selected by you or to use alternative engines.