November 15, 200718 yr Hi all, i currently run a forum on a free basis, with a homepage seperately hosted, also free. I really want to buy my own webhosting and have a phpbb2 forum on there...however apart from some basic html knowledge and a bit of css, i am a beginner really. I know NOTHING of php scripting. I ghave free hostia a go and all was going fine, until i decided i wanted to add some modifications to my phpbb2 forum, the cash/points mod. I just made a mess. Can anyone tell me where i should be starting, point me in the direction of tutorials anything that might help me manage to build this new site with forum by myself?
November 15, 200718 yr Welcome to WDF! You might want to look at hosts that offer Cpanel, they usually have auto installers for phpBB (2 or 3 clicks and you're done!), otherwise any decent Unix/Linux host would suit if you wan to install the whole thing yourself. Mods can be tricky to do with phpBB because you have to edit php scripts and templates - whne doing mods it's always a good idea to "comment out" the old bits of code so you can revert easily. Also comment the new code snippets so you know what's what for future changes. The phpBB user forums are a great source of information and www.phpbbhacks.com has a few nice tuts at http://www.phpbbhacks.com/features/tutorials.php When you're new to working with scripts you will make mistakes but hang on in there, every mistake you make and rectify is a learning opportunity!
November 26, 200718 yr We got a general how to get started thread with some links here: http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=2538 Though, only PHP related link is the PHP manual at the moment. But the manual is a very good tool actually. It got beginner tutorials which introduces you to the language. Download an offline copy and have a look. You might want to set up a few smaller test projects for your self and learn in smaller steps instead of diving straight into an existing large codebase for a forum. So very easy to get lost like that as you probably already experienced by the sound of it.
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