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I tried everywhere to get help on configuring and running the vb on my local pc for testing, but I failed to get a proper assistance...

Could anybody help me on configuring the config.php the right way to utilize it in the WAMP server on my pc and where to put the vb folder, please try to give me step by step (A>Z) to complete it successfully...

Your efforts are highly appreciated...

fortunately for you I am a vb pro. here is a short tutorial.

if you want to put your forum in a forum directory so you can access it like http://localhost/forum/ , make a folder called forum in your c:\wamp\www folder. now put all your vb files there.

if you don’t want to use a directory, so you just have to type [localhost] to access your forum, then put your vb files in your c:\wamp\www folder.

now open up phpmyadmin and create a new database for your new forum. you can call it anything, but to make things easy just name it forum. once you have created the database, you can close phpmyadmin because you are done using it. if you created your database and you did not call it forum, then you need to change this in your config.php file to what you named your database:
$config['Database']['dbname'] = 'forum';

make sure this setting is set to mysql:
$config['Database']['dbtype'] = 'mysql';

put your email address here:
$config['Database']['technicalemail'] = 'dbmaster@example.com';

you need to put your mysql user name and password here. if you have not edited your mysql user permissions then you are using the default mysql root user name with no password. so, you do not need to change these two settings,.
$config['MasterServer']['username'] = 'root';
$config['MasterServer']['password'] = '';

if you have changed your mysql user permissions, then put your mysql user id and password there. to learn more about securing your mysql server and adding users, check out this post here:
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If you are going to be running more than one forum for you site, then change this setting below to something unique. if you are only going to have one forum, you can leave it as it is:
$config['Misc']['cookieprefix'] = 'bb';

find this setting:
$config['Misc']['forumpath'] = '';

if you have put your vb install into a forum directory, change it to:
$config['Misc']['forumpath'] = 'C:\wamp\www\forum';

if you did not use a directory, change it to:
$config['Misc']['forumpath'] = 'C:\wamp\www';

make sure all the following are set to 1:
$config['SpecialUsers']['canviewadminlog'] = '1';
$config['SpecialUsers']['canpruneadminlog'] = '1';
$config['SpecialUsers']['canrunqueries'] = '1';
$config['SpecialUsers']['undeletableusers'] = '1';
$config['SpecialUsers']['superadministrators'] = '1';



Post Edited (09-10-06 02:47)

CyberSpatium
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Between vBulletin and phpBB, which one is better?

well, if you do not want to pay for a license, then get phpbb because it is open source. if you can pay for a license, get vb. vb has way more features, and in my opinion worth all the extra money it costs.

More Info:
[www.vbulletin.com]
[www.phpbb.com]


To see a working demo for each program:
[www.vbulletin.com]
[www.phpbb.com]

just found this link that should help you more with the differences between vb and phpbb

[www.talkvbulletin.com]

Thank you very much CyberSpatium...

your tutorial was really helpful...