rg8043 Posted December 28, 2006 Posted December 28, 2006 I am a beginner, who wants to set up a forum on the web. Once I purchase web hosting, what is my next step? Do I go to the SMF site and choose a theme? Once I have chosen my theme, I assume I will load it on to my domain, and from there I can set up the various forums for people to post and answer questions. If the above is correct, how do you make sure that everything is working correctly before opening the forum to the public? I need help in figuring out how to load the software to to the domain, and what resources are there to review to accomplish all of this. Thank you for your help. Rob G. Quote
TCH-Thomas Posted December 28, 2006 Posted December 28, 2006 When your hosting account is set up, you will have access to your cPanel which contains a whole bunch of scripts inlcuding a forum (SMF). Generally you will just need to log in to your cPanel, click the Fantastico link and then click the SMF link and a guide will ask you a few questions. When you finish the setup guide, you will have a full functioning forum. Then you can visit http://mods.simplemachines.org/ and download themes among other things. Some modifications can be installed directly through the admin interface in SMF. I am not sure if themes can be downloade and installed through it though. Quote
rg8043 Posted December 28, 2006 Author Posted December 28, 2006 When your hosting account is set up, you will have access to your cPanel which contains a whole bunch of scripts inlcuding a forum (SMF). Generally you will just need to log in to your cPanel, click the Fantastico link and then click the SMF link and a guide will ask you a few questions. When you finish the setup guide, you will have a full functioning forum. Then you can visit http://mods.simplemachines.org/ and download themes among other things. Some modifications can be installed directly through the admin interface in SMF. I am not sure if themes can be downloade and installed through it though. Thank you; is there a way to keep the site private so I can edit etc before I launch it? ( I am assuming that I will have an audience!) thanks again Quote
TCH-Bruce Posted December 28, 2006 Posted December 28, 2006 All forum software that I've installed has an option to take the forum off-line. So that would be how to prevent people from using it before you were ready to start. Quote
TCH-Don Posted December 29, 2006 Posted December 29, 2006 If you install to a folder and do not link to it in your root page then no one will know it's there. Quote
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