What is Phorum #
Phorum is the PHP-based software used for Discussions. It is a software developed o full fill different needs. This is messaging software for different needs.in this article, we are looking at how we can install the software.
Uses of Phorum #
- Student discussion forum
- Community forums
- Company forums
- Discussion forums.
System requirements of Phorum #
- PHP
- Version 5 or above
- Database
- MySQL version 5 or above
- Webserver
- Apache
Features of Phorum #
- Performance
- The developers want different needs for their forums, the Software can serve different needs.
- Freedom
- The software gives you the ability to do what you want on your message board.
- Forum customization
- Different developers want to have their forum unique and look different to customize your forum in software.
- Forum design
- the software gives the ability to designers to shape or design the forum how they want.
Installation of Phorum #
For installation of the software, there are 2 methods to install it you can use anyone from it for installation purposes. The methods are as follows.
- Installation using softaculous app installer
- Manual installation
Installation using a softaculous app installer #
To install software on your hosting automatically using softaculous you must follow the steps.
Step1: login to your hostrik hosting Cpanel, go to the software section and click on softaclulous app installer, a new window will open of softaculous.
Step2: in the search box of the softaculous app installer type Phorum and press enter, Phorum installation window will open.
Step3: click the install button from the window, then a new installation window will open in which you have to fill in the information.
Step4: in the 4th step of software setup, select your website’s protocol (HTTP:// or HTTPS://), the domain, and the directory where you are installing Phorum.
Step5: the next step is site settings you have to decide your site name and give the site description.
Step6: In the next step, the account setting selects the username of your admin account and password for it ( make sure the password should be strong).
Step7: In the next step, choose the Phorum board’s database and also backup for it then click install to install the software.
Manual installation #
To install Phorum manually you have to perform the following steps. The steps are as follows steps are divided into 3 parts
- File configuration
- Database creation
- Phorum Configuration
File configuration
Step1: go to the official website of Phorum and go to the download section of Phorum, click to download the file in zip format.
Step2: open file manager and in public_html upload the file and extract it.
Database creation
To create a database for your software you have to create the database. To create the database you have to perform the following steps
Step1: first you have to create the database, to create a database click on MySQL datatabse.
Step2: in create a database write the name of the database and click create, the database will be created.
Step3: In the next step, you have to create a user to the database, for that in add user, Add username and password and click add user
Step3: in step 3 give all privileges to the user.
Phorum Configuration
Step1: go to the URL you are going to install the software, you will see the welcome window where it checks all the requirements of the software, I all ok then click continue.
Step2: In the next step, you have to set your admin account gives the username password and email of the admin.
Step3: in the next step turn on the modules you want otherwise keep them off then click continue.
Step4: Here you will see installation is completed. Now you can log in to your admin account from here.