Needing A Site To Host Forum!

MeRcChRiS

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Erm...i am so confused with hosting and everything...i just need a basic websitewhere i can host forums on it...thats it, but everything i tried needs you to dl files then import them and put in paths etc...its made me frusterated! :banghead:


So can someone set me up a site or seomthing and a cp for me in some way so i can host my forums.
 
Myzteryz

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You are confusing the terms, a website is hosted on a server (which is known as a host). A forum is hosted on a server.

There are lots of free host out there but nothing comes free so you'll have to put up with ads. There are people out there that will help you for free. Ill let them come to you if they wish =).

If you want to search for free host, http://www.google.com/search?q=free...ient=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official
 
sqrage

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the host needs to provide FTP support, ot sure of 50megs does. If it does, then look for something within the forum files, it should be named "readme.txt", open it and then read it.
 
MeRcChRiS

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no it doesnt...damnit :banghead: It said it didnt support it whene i tried loging in to my ftp account...

EDIT~ok i got a accoutn at 3000mb and it had dtp and im logged in my ftp account now. so how do i get pages and stuff onto it? just upload my forum files using the ftp?
 
MeRcChRiS

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Its hard to do it all at once......plus after uploading 50 files my internet jus stops and i have to close firefox then open it up again then start all over...why does this happen?
 
sqrage

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MeRcChRiS said:
Its hard to do it all at once......plus after uploading 50 files my internet jus stops and i have to close firefox then open it up again then start all over...why does this happen?
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you don't upload with your browser, you get an FTP client and just drag and drop the folder contents and it does it all for you
 
DDRtists

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If you can't figure out how to set it up, your going to have a really big problem running your site.

Also, does your site have MySQL? If not, your skrewed...
Read the Readme again if you dont get it! You have to create the forum folder on your FTP.
 
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you dont NEED a forum folder, they say to make one and put it in there to help you and your viewers find your forums. You can put your forum files in any folder just as long as you configure everything to make sure all the file paths are correct.

A very useful FTP Client is AceFTP. You can get the freeware version here: http://software.visicommedia.com/en/products/aceftpfreeware/ it is free and all you have to do is just enjoy the slash screen asking you if you want to continue the evaluation service, the service will last for ever if you register your product, which is also free.

I use this program and AceHTML. Both are tremendious help to me so i suggest the same to all web developers, to either invest and get the Pro versions which allow you to do more with it or download the freeware versions.

A good web hosting service is http://www.t35.com and they allow you to connect to an outside MySQL provider, like the one at: http://www.freemysql.net.

If you need futher help you can PM me and i can set it up for you.
 
MeRcChRiS

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Ok i pmed you on some stuff, i did manage to get my smf forums up but im installign it and its askign me for my acount on mysql, but i dont have a acount X.X
 
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x.x ok sorry...and yes player_11 already pmed me the stuff a long time ago, and im up and running my board XD

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Its not great cause im still playing around with all of the things it can do.
 
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