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I am new to the web site hosting game. My previous sites were with those "free" hosting services (tripod, geocities). My problem is this. I uploaded files to add a phpBB forum on my web site. When I go to the install page, I don't know what information it's asking for when it asks for Database Server Name, Your Database Name, Database User Name, etc. What exactly is all of that and how can I find it out?

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You gotta login to your control panel and then create a database, user, and password for the database. Then you need to put all that info on that install page to proceed.

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You can install PhpBB directly from the cPanel by selecting Bulletin Board under the CGI Scripts section. It will do most of the work for you.

 

If you want to install manually, you have to set up a MySQL database and user then use that information in the configure options.

 

The easiest route to play with it is to use the CPanel option.

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Submit a Help Desk ticket and we will look into why you can't log into you cPanel. If you have forgotten the password let us know and we can reset it.

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There is part of the problem. To submit a help desk ticket, it asks for cPanel username and password. I don't know which information is my username and password. I used what was emailed to me when my account was activated. But it says that is not the correct name and/or password. As I said, I am totally lost.

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I was able to send a ticket and already received a reply. And it worked. Thanks for everyone's help. The hang up was getting on a server that would connect. :D

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