i signed up for their free webhosting which gives like 500mb of storage and whatnot and.....i tried to ftp to the website and i dont know how to do it

i guess theres a problem with username/password and i cant do anything but use their "website creator". i know you can ftp to it because a lot of people use 1and1.com for hosting phpBB and forums etc...

:thinking:

 

yer username is an alphanumeric one through ftp... after you logon from their site, the name where it says 'select contract' is yer ftp login, it should start with a letter and end with numbers.. i've had 0 probs with them.. www.tirod.com

 

ahah....i thought it was the login name :doh:

so its the one like xxx_1234567 and you use your login password from the first login?

 

im still lost

 

more like X######_X or sumfin... go through the site, it'll tell u how

 

:thinking:

 

the s#####.name.us i believe... try it

 

ok, i can ftp now.

i uploaded the phpbb folder through the ftp but now i dont know where the directory is.

ex. www.mywegpage.com/whatisthedirectory?

am i supposed to make a folder?

this phpBB2 stuff is confusing

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1. Quick Install
If you have basic knowledge of using FTP and are sure your hosting service or server will run phpBB 2 you can use these steps to quickly get started. For a more detailed explanation you should skip this and go to section 2 below.

1. Decompress the phpBB 2 archive to a local directory on your system.
2. Upload all the files contained in this archive (retaining the directory structure) to a web accessible directory on your server or hosting account.
3. Change the permissions on config.php to be writeable by all (666 or -rw-rw-rw- within your FTP Client)
4. Using your web browser visit the location you placed phpBB 2 with the addition of install/install.php, e.g. http://www.mydomain.com/phpBB2/install/install.php, http://www.mydomain.com/forum/install/install.php etc.
5. Fill out all the requested information and hit Submit
6. Change the permissions on config.php to be writeable only by yourself (644 or -rw-r--r-- within your FTP Client)
7. Click the Complete Installation button or revisit the location you entered above.
8. phpBB 2 should now be available, please MAKE SURE you read at least Section 8 below for important, security related post-installation instructions.
If you experienced problems or do not know how to proceed with any of the steps above please read the rest of this document.
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im stuck on step 4 :wtc: