Please note that your server Must has Minimum System Requirements
Recommend tools :
- Notepad++ editor (I love it, its free click here to download it) (We will use it to edit configuration files )
- FTP client (to upload vBulletin 5 files to your server)
- if you're using Firefox you can use FireFTP plugin an awesome and also free Click here to download latest FireFTP plugin version
- if you prefer a separate program and free use filezilla FTP client Click Here to download
Before we start you have to create a database and database user if you're using cPanel this video will help you how to create a new database
after creating database and database user with full privileges you need to save them to text file because we'll need them to make correct configuration files.
Installation Steps :
- Download vBulletin 5 connect ZIP file from members area (https://members.vbulletin.com/) If you have problems logging to your account, please contact support team.
- Extract the zip file
- Open upload directory rename config.php.bkp to config.php and open it (If you install notepad++ open open the file with it, Don't open it with WordPad) and Edit the following variable
- PHP Code:
$config['baseurl'] = 'http://www.yourdomain.com/folder';
- Change http://www.yourdomain.com/folder with your domain and forum directory I.E here at vBulletin.com the domain is www.vbulletin.com and directory is forum so we'll set it to PHP Code:
$config['baseurl'] = 'http://www.vbulletin.com/forum';
- Change http://www.yourdomain.com/folder with your domain and forum directory I.E here at vBulletin.com the domain is www.vbulletin.com and directory is forum so we'll set it to
- Save config and close it
- Open upload/core/includes and rename config.php.new to config.php then open it (If you install notepad++ open open the file with it, Don't open it with WordPad) and Edit the following variables
- PHP Code:
$config['Database']['dbname'] = 'forum';
- PHP Code:
$config['Database']['technicalemail'] = '[email protected]';
- PHP Code:
$config['MasterServer']['username'] = 'root';
$config['MasterServer']['password'] = '';
- On a few systems it may be necessary to input the full path to your forums directory for vBulletin to function normally. You can ignore this setting unless vBulletin tells you to fill this in. Do not include a trailing slash! PHP Code:
$config['Misc']['forumpath'] = '';
- Save config.php file
- Now we've finished file edit and configurations. Now open your FTP client and create a new folder with your vBulletin5 root directory name I.E forum and upload all files and folder into it. How to Upload Files To Your Website Via FTP
- After uploading files navigate to the install script if your domain name is vbulletin.com and vbulletin directory is forum it will beCode:
http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/core/install/install.php
- follow the installation wizard, When you done don't forget to delete install.php and makeconfig.php files from core/install directory.
- Done
If you have a problem with installation or upgrade please start your thread and we'll be happy to help you
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I followed these directions very carefully after creating the database.
Awesome instructions man.