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Hi,

I host a website (www.motorsport-tech.com) on an xp box and am trying to add a mybb forum. I really tried, read the documentation, read the discussions, etc., but I am stumped.

Apache 2.2.14, php 5.2.14, and mysql server 5.1 are installed on the machine where the html for the website resides.

I uploaded the "Upload" folder's contents to a folder in my web html directory named "forum". So, the url path to the install folder is

http://www.motorsport-tech.com/forum/install/

The local path is

"C:\Documents and Settings\mainuser\Desktop\Motorsport Database\msWebFolder\forum\install"

Your instructions say "The installer is found in the 'install' directory within the mybb folder". I assume the mybb folder is now the newly named "forum" folder, since that's where I put the contents of the "Upload" folder.

Anyway, when I access that url path in a browser, it gives me nothing because "http://www.motorsport-tech.com/forum/install/" is a folder.

I could append the "index.php" file to the path and access that file, but what do I do then?

I also don't know how to go about creating a mysql database.

I've run into a brick wall and I'm just not sure at this point how to get this installed. Can someone please help?

I cant help you really but these two videos will help installing and making a database.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoxaiN_ro0M

Via Cpanel-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyuqxSUii...playnext=1

I'd seriously suggest finding a normal host rather than doing it the way you're doing it. It looks like PHP isn't even running here, going to http://www.motorsport-tech.com/forum/install/index.php just shows the PHP code, it's not even being executed. This isn't anything we can help with, this is to do with how you've setup your environment.