vBulletin installation: Preparation – file uploading, database setup, etc. Once you have purchased a vBulletin license and have the archive with the last version downloaded on your computer you can proceed to the installation process. The names of the archives are usually vBulletin-x-x-x- where the x-x-x is the version, 3-5-2 for example. vBulletin installation: Extracting the archive and explaining it's contents Extract the archive in a separate folder of your computer. It must contain the following files: *do_not_upload/ *- This is a folder that contains the following files which are not obligatory to be uploaded: _tools.php_ - This is a script, which might be handy in future. It will help you to fix login problems and rebuilds caches for user groups and bit fields _searchshell.php_ - A script to be executed from server shell used to rebuild the search index if it gets broken. _vb_backup.sh_ - A simple shell script used to backup your forum's database. _license_agreement.html _ - This file contains the end license agreement and the Terms of Use of the vBulletin *_upload_* - This is the folder which contents must be uploaded on your account. Here are all the files of the productive vBulletin forum _vb3_readme.html_ - The current vBulletin version’s ‘Read Me’ instructions in ‘.html’ format. _vb3_readme.txt _- The current vBulletin version’s ‘Read Me’ instructions in text format. vBulletin installation: Uploading the installation & forum files to your account. Here you can learn more about how to upload files with FTP Now, that you have the archives extracted on your computer, it is time to upload it on your hosting account. First, you have to make a decision where to have it installed: - If you want to use your website only for forum purposes, then you can easily upload the contents of the upload folder, (without the folder) in the ‘public_html’ folder of your account. Then the URL for your forum you'll be http://www.yourdomainname.com
- If you want the forum to be just a part of your website, but not its main page then you can put into a subfolder. The most used names of this folder are board, bboard, forum, phorum, community, but you are not narrowed to these names, you can have whatever you want for your forum. Then the URL for your forum will be: http://www.yourdomainname.com/directoryname. (e.g. http://forum.indichosts.com/)
Upload the files, that are in the *_upload_* folder to the desired location and then you can proceed to the database creation. vBulletin installation: What is MySQL database and why is it obligatory for the forum installation? Like most of the applications, written in PHP (the most famous scripting language used to create dynamic Web pages) vBulletin is working using MySQL database to store it's data there. During the setup process you'll be asked to name the database, to give a username that have access to it and it's password. Your account with IndicHosts.net comes with 10 MySQL databases. They can be managed trough your cPanel, which is located at http://yourdomainname.com/cpanel. vBulletin installation: How do we create MySQL database Login in your cPanel and click on the MySQL databases icon. You will be redirected to your MySQL databases manager. Now we will create the database named ‘vbtest’. Please, note that during the installation, the name of the database must be filled in like ‘yourcPanelusername_vbtest’, for example ‘username_vbtest’. 
After we successfully create the database site_vbtest we'll have to create a username and password to access this database. 
We have successfully created the username brandon with password asdagfg. Please, note that the username that must be filled in during the installation will be with the same syntax, as the database – ‘yourcPanelusername_brandon’. Only the password remains the same. Now we have the database and username created. It is time we grant this username privileges to access this database, as this is required by the MySQL database to work properly. Only a database without a username to access it will not work properly. 
Now we have successfully added the database, username and we have granted this username the permissions to access the database, so we can proceed with the installation part. |