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Here is a screen shot of the registration panel with questions. <br> <br> [[Image:ScreenShot Forum Register.png]]
Here is a screen shot of the registration panel with questions. <br> <br> [[Image:ScreenShot Forum Register.png]]
==Installing forum software on CentOs 5.4==
* Download webinstall.php from '''http://download.simplemachines.org/'''. Store it in ~.
* Execute:
<pre>cd /usr/local/src
sudo mkdir forum
sudo chmod 777 forum
cd forum
sudo cp ~/webinstall.php .
sudo chmod 777 webinstall.php</pre>
* Add following to /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf:
<pre>Alias /forum/ "/usr/local/src/forum/"
<Directory "/usr/local/src/forum/">
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
</Directory>
Alias /smf "/usr/local/src/forum"</pre>
* Restart apache2 and access:
<pre>http://localhost/forum/webinstall.php</pre>

Revision as of 11:45, 5 April 2010

Registration Anti-spam modification

Here is a screen shot of the registration panel with questions.

ScreenShot Forum Register.png

Installing forum software on CentOs 5.4

  • Execute:
cd /usr/local/src
sudo mkdir forum
sudo chmod 777 forum
cd forum
sudo cp ~/webinstall.php .
sudo chmod 777 webinstall.php
  • Add following to /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf:
Alias /forum/ "/usr/local/src/forum/"
<Directory "/usr/local/src/forum/">
	Options FollowSymLinks
	AllowOverride None
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
</Directory>

Alias /smf "/usr/local/src/forum"
  • Restart apache2 and access:
http://localhost/forum/webinstall.php
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