- Check with your web host that your web space is running on Windows NT4, 2000, 2003 operating system, with IIS 4+ and is ASP enabled. You will also need an MS SQL Server database to run this version.
Web Wiz Forums will NOT run on a Unix/Linux web server! Please read 'Forum Requirements'
for a full list of server requirements for this software.
- Make sure that you have access to an SQL Server Database.
- Unzip the Forum zip file onto your hard drive keeping the files and images in there original directories.
- Upload the files and images through FTP to your webspace, again keeping the files and images in there directories. With ASP you don't need to place the files in a CGI bin.
- Create a database on the SQL Server or use an excising one.
- Edit the file 'SQL_server_connection.asp' found in the admin directory entering your SQL Server name, your SQL Server Authentication details, and the name of the empty database you have
created for the Forum on the SQL Server.
- Run the file 'msSQL_server_setup.asp' found in the main folder of the Forum in your web browser. This file will create all the tables, relations, and default values in the empty database you have created on
the SQL Server. It is highly recommend for security purposes that you delete this file from the Web Server once the database is fully created.
- The Forum database should now be created and you can now use the Forum.
- Once all the files are uploaded and the database created on the SQL Server use your web broswer to navigate to the folder on your web site where you have uploaded the forum to.
- Now that your forum is uploaded and running see, Setting up and Administering the Discussion Forum, to find out how to set up forums and
administer your forum.
- If you find that you are getting errors and pages not displaying please see Troubleshooting and Common Errors.
- To login into the forum the default admin username and password is: -
- Username: - Administrator
- Password: - letmein
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