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Calling all Webmasters - phpBB3 Question
Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 3:25 pm
by Damnidge
Hello all,
So I have a question with phpBB and many of you on here admin it and work with it, so I am hoping someone knows the answer.
I am installing a forum for our school department site and want to change the url of the forums. I have successfully installed phpbb3 (it is showing in the SQL database and I can log into the admin panel and configure it), but I cannot find the forums manually without logging in, nor have I found how to change the url.
To be more specific, my issue is twofold:
1. When I log into the forums via admin panel the url shows as
http://www.mysite.com/phpbb3/index.php However, if I type this url in another web browser it does not load. What address would I need to type in?
2. On the site here the url of the forums is
http://www.clandw.org/forums I would like to do this same thing -
http://www.mysite.com/forums Where is the setting for this? I tried the force URL setting but that did not work. Any ideas?
It would be good to add that I installed phpbb by uploading the entire phpbb folder to my site as a subdirectory of it, loaded the install page, and went through it successfully. I have since deleted the install folder as it instructs.
Thanks a ton!
Re: Calling all Webmasters - phpBB3 Question
Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 3:46 pm
by DW_Bomzin
The easiest way to do what you are trying to accomplish is to reload the forums to
http://www.mysite.com/forums
The URL takes from the root directory being
http://www.mysite.com to any sub folders /forums for
http://www.mysite.com/forums.
Your director on the host should be /root/forums
That is the easiest .
We are using a url rewrite utility that integrates with Joomla.
I would think you should be seeing your forums at
http://www.yoursite.com/phpbb3. Did you turn it on in the General settings? Doesn't really matter I would just reload it to were you wanted it and then deal with the problems.
Re: Calling all Webmasters - phpBB3 Question
Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 4:14 pm
by Damnidge
Thanks for the fast reply Bomzin.
I also figured "
http://www.mysite.com/phpbb3/" would have worked, but putting that in does not bring anything up.
I don't know what you mean by "turn it on" so maybe I missed that, but now I don't know how to log back into ACP when i can't bring up the url??
When you say "reload" do you mean to simply rename the "phpbb3" folder to "forums," or do i have to uninstall, reinstall, and go through it again with the folder name changed?
Thanks.
Re: Calling all Webmasters - phpBB3 Question
Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 4:45 pm
by Damnidge
I'm getting the impression I hosed something up.
I'm uninstalling, re-downloading phpbb3, and i will rename the folder to forums and then reinstall. I'll keep you posted. Something seems off.
Re: Calling all Webmasters - phpBB3 Question
Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 1:20 am
by Damnidge
Thanks for the help Bomzin. I figured it out. Fully uninstalled, and then switched from php v4 to v5 on my provider's settings. Reinstalled with the directory named "forums" instead of "phpbb3" and I'm in business!
-D
Re: Calling all Webmasters - phpBB3 Question
Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2009 12:27 pm
by DW_Bomzin
While were on the subject it is good to have 2 admin accounts for the board . Keep your founder safe and set you up another admin account .
Glad it worked out your better off anyhow if you weren't bringing it to current php v5 .
Re: Calling all Webmasters - phpBB3 Question
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 3:28 pm
by Damnidge
1.
it is good to have 2 admin accounts for the board . Keep your founder safe and set you up another admin account .
Right now I have the primary admin as my primary account. Are you saying I should rename that to "admin" and keep it in the dark for emergency work, and then create a different admin account to do all my board posting, etc. with?
2.
Ok, so I have a new question. I did a ton of research online at the phpbb forums, and really figured out a lot about this software. I have my boards set up, moderators chosen, permission set, etc. The last concern I have is security.
As these boards are for our art department at school, we are obviously concerned with keeping the board clean. I made guests read access only on all forums, set bots to "no access" on all forums, and generally set up solid security settings. Is there anything else I could do to protect the boards better? My worry is not really dealing with cuss words or anything, but more there being a random porn post or something.
UPDATE:
3.
Also, my local mail function is not working. Can I use gmail or something for smtp instead?
Re: Calling all Webmasters - phpBB3 Question
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 11:51 pm
by DW_Bomzin
Damnidge wrote:
Right now I have the primary admin as my primary account. Are you saying I should rename that to "admin" and keep it in the dark for emergency work, and then create a different admin account to do all my board posting, etc. with?
Yep that's exactly what I mean
2.
Ok, so I have a new question. I did a ton of research online at the phpbb forums, and really figured out a lot about this software. I have my boards set up, moderators chosen, permission set, etc. The last concern I have is security.
As these boards are for our art department at school, we are obviously concerned with keeping the board clean. I made guests read access only on all forums, set bots to "no access" on all forums, and generally set up solid security settings. Is there anything else I could do to protect the boards better? My worry is not really dealing with cuss words or anything, but more there being a random porn post or something.
The only way would be if you want to approve everything first. Other then that active admins and a ban stick.
UPDATE:
3.
Also, my local mail function is not working. Can I use gmail or something for smtp instead?
Not sure would take that up on the phpbb forum