Install PunBB Forum CMS on your system

PunBB is a fast and lightweight PHP-powered discussion board. It is released under the GNU General Public License. Its primary goals are to be faster, smaller and less graphically intensive as compared to other discussion boards. PunBB has fewer features than many other discussion boards, but is generally faster and outputs smaller, semantically correct XHTML-compliant pages.

How to install punbb forum on your system?

This is the quickstart guide for installing punbb, aimed at people that are used to working with websites, PHP and databases.

Step 1 : Create you database name on your mysql. Create a database and a full-access database user for that database. Run the Command Prompt on the start run button and type cmd. On the Command Prompt, type the command C:\>mysql -u root -p and Enter root password. Entering the mysql database. Type the command as  below :

C:\>mysql -u root -p
Enter password: *********
Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 2
Server version: 5.0.45-community-nt MySQL Community Edition (GPL)

Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer.

mysql> create database funbb;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)

mysql>

Step 2 : Extract all the file that you've already download from the punbb website into the C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\htdocs

Step 3 : Database setup. Please enter the requested information in order to setup your database for PunBB. You must know all the information asked for before proceeding with the installation. Help with completing this part of the form is set out below.   

*  Database type PunBB currently supports MySQL, PostgreSQL and SQLite. If your database of choice is missing from the drop-down menu below, it means this PHP environment does not have support for that particular database. More information regarding support for particular versions of each database can be found in the FAQ. PunBB has detected that your PHP environment supports two different ways of communicating with MySQL. The two options are called "standard" and "improved". If you are uncertain which one to use, start by trying improved and if that fails, try standard.
* Database server Enter the address of the database server (example: localhost, mysql1.example.com or 208.77.188.166). You can specify a custom port number if your database doesn't run on the default port (example: localhost:3580). For SQLite support, just enter anything or leave it at 'localhost'.
* Database name Enter the name of the database that PunBB will be installed into. The database must exist. For SQLite, this is the relative path to the database file. If the SQLite database file does not exist, PunBB will attempt to create it.
* Database username and password Enter the username and password used for connecting to the selected database. Ignore for SQLite.
* Table prefix Optional - enter a database table prefix. By specifying a table prefix you can run multiple copies of PunBB in the same database (example: foo_).

Forum Administrator setup. Please enter the requested information in order to setup an administrator account for your PunBB installation. You can create more administrators and moderators later.

Forum setup. Please enter the requested information. Pay particular attention to entering your base URL and read the instructions set out below carefully.

*  Board title and description Enter a title and a short description for your PunBB installation. They will be shown at the top of every page. Leave blank to use the default title and description. Both can be changed later.
* Base URL Please pay particular attention when entering your Base URL. You must set the correct Base URL or your forum will not work properly. The Base URL is the URL (without trailing slash) of your PunBB forum (example: http://forum.example.com or http://example.com/~myuser). Please note that the preset value below is just an educated guess by PunBB.

Step 4 : Congratulations! PunBB 1.3.4 has been successfully installed. PunBB has been fully installed! You may now go to the forum index.

Step 5 : You may login to your admin panel by clicking on the login link.

Step 6 : This is the login panel.  Put your username and password and click on the login button.

Step 7 : This is your admin panel. Next tutorial will be how to managing the PunBB board, user, management and etc. 

BOB KEVIN.