Once you have installed phpBB on your website, you may glimpse information about the installation from the Power Tools interface. Follow the below mentioned process to do so:
1. Login to your Control Panel and search for the domain name for which you have purchased a Linux hosting package. Click here to know how >>
2. In the search results view, click on the domain name. This will take you to the Order details view.
3. Click on the Manage Web Hosting Service button in the lower toolbar.
4. Go to Manage Website -> Power Tools.
5. Here click on the View link under the Status column, besides the phpBB Power Tool.
6. This would present you the following details about your current installation
- phpBB Version
- phpBB Space Utilization
- Database Name
- Database Username
- Installation Directory Name
- Admin Name (provided at the time of installation)
- Admin Email Address (provided at the time of installation)
- phpBB URL
- Admin URL
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If for some reason, you wish to uninstall your phpBB Power Tool, you may do so by following the below mentioned process:
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Login to your Control Panel and search for the domain name for which you have purchased this hosting package. Click here to know how to accomplish this >>
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In the search results view, click on the domain name. This will take you to the Order details view.
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Click on the Manage Web Hosting Service button in the lower toolbar.
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Go to Manage Website -> Power Tools.
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In order to uninstall phpBB, click on the Uninstall link under the Status column, besides the phpBB Power Tool.
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Confirm the process by clicking on the Uninstall button.
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Follow the below mentioned process to install the phpBB Power Tool on your website:
1. Login to your Control Panel and search for the domain name for which you have purchased a Linux hosting package. Click here to know how >>
2. In the search results view, click on the domain name. This will take you to the Order details view.
3. Click on the Manage Web Hosting Service button in the lower toolbar.
4. Go to Manage Website -> Power Tools. This will present you with a list of Power Tools offered.
IMPORTANT
If you have already installed the phpBB Power Tool, then instead of the Install link, the Uninstall link would be visible. You may view the details of the existing installation by clicking on the View link under the Details column.
5. In order to install phpBB, click on Install link under the Status column.
6. In order to install the phpBB Power Tool you would need to simply input the following details -
i. Database Name – select the database from the drop-down list.
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You need to upgrade your package by adding a database. Click here to read how to upgrade your package >>
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You need to configure your database. Click here to read how to configure your database >>
ii. Database Username – select (one of) the Database User(s) whom you have associated with this database, from the drop-down list.
iii. Database User’s Password – provide the password of the Database User, you selected above.
The Database User’s Password you input above has to match the Password you entered while adding this User in the Database Manager interface. In the event that you can not recall this Database User’s Password, you need to reset the same before continuing. Click here to find instructions on how to reset the Password of a Database User >>
iv. Directory Name – you need to input a new sub-directory name where you want the phpBB Power Tool to be installed on your website. This sub-directory will be directly under your web directory. You need to provide the directory name without any trailing forward-slash (/).
IMPORTANT
Confirm that you have sufficient Web Space and Database Space before continuing the phpBB installation, by referring the information provided in the interface.
Should you not have enough Web and/or Database Space, you would need to upgrade your package. Click here to read how to upgrade your package >>
IMPORTANT
IMPORTANT
phpBB is a database-driven Power Tool. Hence, your hosting package needs to include at least one database. If a database is not included in your current hosting package, the following steps need to performed -
7. Click on the Install button to complete the phpBB installation.
Besides the above information, you need to provide a few details about the phpBB Administrator:
1. Admin Name – This is the name of the person who will be administering the phpBB installation.
2. Password – This is the Administrator’s Password.
3. Confirm Password – Re-enter the Administrator’s Password to confirm the same.
4. Admin Email – Mention the Administrator’s Email Address where important notifications will be sent by the phpBB Power tool.
Once phpBB is installed, you can click on the View link under the Details column, to view the details related to phpBB.
IMPORTANT
URL of the phpBB Image Gallery Management System: http://<yourdomainname>/<directoryname>/index.php
URL of the phpBB Admin Control Panel: http://<yourdomainname>/<directoryname>/admin/index.php
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