how to install simple machines forum

How to Guide: how to install Simple machine forums (SMF) on your website

To get started, you need a webhost. You can use a paid webhost which gives you unlimited features, or a free webhost which limits your features. If you don't have cash, refer to this free webhost 3owl.comAND also you need to download SMF from Here From the page you see when you go to the link, download the .zip and/or any other file extension; it doesn't matter.
Once it's downloaded, extract the files into a folder so everything will be stored safely.
After that, Download Filezilla or any other ftp client that you prefer and go to your webhost cpanel information and copy the information down to enter the information onto your ftp client. On the ftp client, enter the domain, username, and the password to enter your webhost. Once connected, enter the folder, "Public_html."


Public html is the main folder where it's publicly viewed on the internet.
When you're on the public_html folder, make a new folder if you wish (aka directory) and drag and drop the files that you've extracted onto the new folder/directory that you've made, but if you didn't create a new folder/directory on the ftp client, just drag and drop the files onto the public_html folder. Once done, go to your domain now and you'll be on the setup page. (if you uploaded the forum files in a directory/folder, go to your website and go to that folder. Example www.yourdomainhere.com/foldernamethatyoucreatedhere
Next, go to your webhost>Mysql>create a new database. It can be anything.

Copy the Mysql information and head back to the setup page for smf, and continue through the setup - Enter the required information and once you've done that, your forum will be done installing.

There you go, that's how you install Simple machine forums on your website!