Forum like this for my own website?

hello,
im new here, very nice site. i want to have my own forum about cars on my site like this here. where can i download this? thank you for helping me. best regards, danny

http://phpbb.com

Check the requirements. Your domain host needs to support php and mySql database.

hello,
thanks for the fast answer and sorry for my bad english, i´m from austria. thanks

Actually, Danny, your English was fine. I understood you clearly. Good luck with your dreams!

how cool, i can write in english , i tryed to install the stuff, but i have to fill out followed forms:

Database Server Hostname / DSN: ????
Your Database Name: ????
Database Username: ????
Database Password:
Prefix for tables in database: ?????

where do i get all this information? from my provider?

thanks alot, greetings from austria,
danny

oh i also have another question, how do i make that rollover effect that you guys have got on the links? thats very cool. thanks

Before I or anyone answers, is this information your domain host provider is asking to create the database? Or is that a current configuration question with phpBB2 (current version) -- I'm uploading it now myself and gettting ready to mirror an older version with the new one.

Click the search button at the top for that one. There are several posts on it.

its for the current configuration question with phpBB2 (current version) with i´m trying to install.

Well then your Database Server hostname should be http://www.yourdomain.com (or whatever) -- However, more often than not the default is "localhost" and it usually works.
Database name is whatever you named your database when you created it.
Username and password are obvious.
The default prefix for tables used to be phpbb. Not sure about the newest version though. My files are almost uploaded, so I'll try to see what happens. My task is different than yours. I'm not starting a new forum, I'm trying to mirror an existing one so I can revise it. I'll let you know if I see anything helpful to the post, but that's the best I can do at the moment.

I see the screen now. Yep -- leave the database server hostname as localhost.