Server set-up and Bulletin Boards

I have been thinking of setting up a PhpBB on my own corner of the Internet...

But i want to test a version of the PhpBB on my local computer first, Could anyone suggest a way to achive this.

I have downloaded several programs, FoxServer Apache etc.. also Php 4.0 and SQL database stuff

but upon trying to get PHPBB to work locally it blank out refuses. I have a Lan network which I am trying to set it up on too but I want it on my computer first.

Any pointers you could offer would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you for your time reading this posting

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if it is just for you, it should not matter your lan IP will work fine, if you use apache then just use http://localhost that will just open the index page on your server.

Is there an error or something? can you post it?

It's me that's a newbie and I am not sure on the set-up of the PhpBB, (my first attempt at php and sql etc...)

Plus how do you install the PhpBB? Like I said <<Newbie here.

but I do want to learn a bit more than what i know at the moment

I am now a proud Admin of my own local forums

I installed Foxserve, which comes with MySQL front, PHP etc. then I put the Forums Phpbb folder into the webroot folder and followed this tutorial on setting up the forums.

http://www.phpbb.com/kb/article.php?article_id=124

after which I had a fully working Forums

I wanted to know what the Admin panel was like really

I am too lazy & dum to set up my own. I tried it once but my current hosting sucks so much and it was on a Windows server.

Well now when I DO want one I know who to call on to set it up for me !

It is a most excellent board script, and easily modified, and to the best of my ability to tell, very secure.

It the first time I got it to actually work

I have tried about four or five times

Only one problem now...... My Chatter Forum is Dead as a doornail.

Only one person posting there

Patience is a virtue. In my opinion so is persistence.

no problem is that it stored locally on my personal Computer. I kinda added all the localhost stuff onto here and made it work as a server too.

Well if i could hope over to your LAN ip i would join

shame is it won't even let me sign in from another pc. lololol

How are you trying to access the page from another PC? If your site works properly on the local PC, then your other networked PC's should be able to access it, too. All you should have to do is type:


Where yourcomputername = the name of the PC on which it is installed, and phpBB2_directory= the name of directory into which you installed phpBB. If you installed it into the root, skip that directory.

What most people get used to doing with sites on their own PC is type in http://localhost -- you can't use localhost to access from another PC as it resolves to itself.

Hope that helps.

I tried this and I still have problems...

It may be my security systems over my LAN. I got it set so high that it probably is blocking the port 80 that the Forums use.

If you are using Win2K or XP also make sure other computers/users have the appropriate permissions to access the directory.