Is there any documentation that Hostony has that will tell me step by step how to customize the Bulletin Board that is included with my Linux account? When it comes to anything of this sort I am a complete Newbie.

Thanks,
Marcus Draper

http://www.phpbb.com/
you have a lot of info there.
greetings

Thanks for the info. I will check it out and hopefully be able to understand what I am doing.

You're welcome

My big thing is trying to figure out where the file is that acts as the index page. I have tried to edit the index.php and other .php files and it is just code and nothing that I can edit in an html editor. Is there something that I am missing?

give a look at your "templates" directory, inside must be a "subsilver" style (if you have not installed another custom template).

Inside the subSilver directory are all the files of the template, if you want the index, look for something like "overall_body.tmpl" or something like that (sorry I don't remember it in details, I'll tell you paths in more detail tomorrow from my work.)

There you have all the template visual componentes(HTML, styles, images, blah blah)

going to sleep, have a good night

Thanks a bunch. That was what I needed to know.

Another thing. I am installing phpbb from a fresh download from their web site. What is the Database Type that is on a Linux server for Hostony?

The database type for Linux servers is called MYsql.

When asked for a Database Type here are my options:

MY Sql 3.x
My Sql 4.x
PostgreSQL 7.x
MySQL Server 7/2000
MS Access [ODBC]
MS SQL Server [ODBC]

Whenever I try any of these none of them work for the install.

you can use My Sql 3.x or My Sql 4.x

try with My Sql 4.x, because i think you have Mysql 4.0.22-standard in your server.

Don't forget to create the database and the user from your cpanel -> Mysql Databases

In the install script of phpbb, you will be asked about these values, like:

host: localhost
db: Mikr0n_phpbb
user: Mikr0n_phpbb
pass: 1234

(remember than the database name and database user have your main account username as prefix)

I am probably just not smart enough. I keep getting this error message. Do I need to install a SQL Server? I had thought that it was already setup.


Warning: mysql_connect(): Access denied for user 'marcus_phpbb'@'localhost' (using password: YES) in /home/deskatur/public_html/forum/db/mysql4.php on line 48

Warning: mysql_error(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL-Link resource in /home/deskatur/public_html/forum/db/mysql4.php on line 330

Warning: mysql_errno(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL-Link resource in /home/deskatur/public_html/forum/db/mysql4.php on line 331
phpBB : Critical Error

Could not connect to the database

nahhh, use mysql.

Remember, in the Mysql Databases section of your cpanel, to give permissions to the user for the database.

1) You create a database
2) You create a user
3) You assign the user to the database created in the step 1. ("Add user to db", or something like this.)

For the database username, if u didnt create a user when u made the database then just use ur normal username and it should work

of course, but i don't recommend this for security paranoia

Thank you guys so much for all the help. I believe that I have everything now setup the way that I like it.

Marcus

Congrats