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It should take you 5 - 10 minutes to install and configure your forum.

If you need help, please visit our support forum at:

http://www.phpforumscript.com/forum

INSTALLATION:

1.  Create database from your cPanel with phpMyAdmin or your web hosting control panel.

2.  Change master_config.inc.php file to reflect your forum/database settings.

3.  If installing on a sub directory off your domain (ie. http://www.yourdomain.com/forum):
    Open .htaccess file and insert the sub directory in the RewriteRule lines:
    
    example:
    RewriteRule ^cat/([0-9]+)/(.+)$ forum/index.php?show=cat&id=$1&title=$2 [L]
    RewriteRule ^([0-9]+)/(.+)$ forum/index.php?show=post&id=$1&title=$2 [L]
    RewriteRule ^(index([0-9]+).htm)$ forum/index.php?show=sitemap&id=$2 [L]

4.  FTP all files to your web server.

5.  Use phpMyAdmin and run database.sql file to set up database tables.

6.  Use phpMyAdmin to set up admin user login and forum categories:

table discussion_user
-> modify admin's username and password record

table discussion_category
-> set up forum categories