I’m installing phpBB2 on several websites. These are my installation notes.
First attempt – tried to use “Attempt to FTP config file into place” option, but I seemed to go round in circles – “Finish” just led to the install again.
Prior to the second installation, I removed all tables from the database, and reconfirmed that the default collation was “utf8_general_ci”.
Second time round I chose to “Just send the file to me and I’ll FTP it manually”. After clicking “Download Config”, you remain on that page (nothing changes).
I FTP uploaded the config.php file. Then I removed install/update_to_latest.php, install/install.php and install/upgrade.php as per phpBB user guide.
I ignored the line “Additionally you may delete the db/schemas and this docs/ directory if you wish.” I assume it means the “install/schemas” directory, and there is no need to delete “docs”.
Running the http://www.mydomain.com/forum/ I got the message:
Please ensure both the install/ and contrib/ directories are deleted
I deleted these with FTP.
Installation worked a treat