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I want to learn how to start my own forum
what should i do ?
have you seen this documentation => http://docs.mybb.com/1.8/install/
(2014-09-22, 08:45 AM).m. Wrote: [ -> ]have you seen this documentation => http://docs.mybb.com/1.8/install/

ok,thanks
Or simply find a hosting provider that will automatically install MyBB for you during the order process or within the control panel.
There is many ways you can do it.
Search Icyboards, they have a free version with hosting.
Firstly, I would recommend having some experience in administrating or moderating a forum. Possibilities include giving someone a hand on their forum.

Secondly, you could pick one of the countless paid shared hosts out there (free hosts tend to really mess with you or might vanish overnight) and get used to the Control Panel a little.
You will usually have to upload MyBB to the web root directory (usually called www or some other name) which you may have to do with FTP (shouldn't take long to learn) or the Control Panel might have it's own file manager.

Thirdly, you might or might not have to make sure that the file permissions are set properly on the files, although this is usually the case most of the time for me. The host's file uploader might have a tool for doing this in the file uploader, otherwise you will have to set this via FTP.
There's a certain section in MyBB's ACP which will tell you if there are any permission issues, so you might want to look at that to see if there's anything which isn't set properly.