05.05.2013, 17:46
Hey guys, I've seen way too many people saying that they are going to provide a service where they are hosting SMF or giving you a domain, This is a newbie tutorial. Please don't go with the other people saying they are going to give you a service for free, it's stupid and you can get backdoors inside your script.
1. ****** SMF download, I've put the link here for you.
http://download.simplemachines.org/i...-4_install.zip
(Click that and it will start downloading.)
![](/imageshack/img842/2905/94bf4d8084294f31b0851c5.png)
2. Create a 000webhost account, http://www.000webhost.com/
![](/imageshack/img341/5392/7b160e5a8149414a9ee55e7.png)
3. Just log in and you will come to this page
![](/imageshack/img42/701/2e72544138924fc0b0647fe.png)
Click "Create New".
4. That will bring you to this page right here,![](/imageshack/img4/8867/6be3ef640a9349f08bc62bf.png)
For this tutorial we aren't going to buy a domain and use it with 000webhost, but you can do that by buying a domain on a website such as http://www.namecheap.com/ and then typing that in at the section that says "I want to host my own domain.". If you aren't going to be paying for a domain, just type it in the subdomain area.
![](/imageshack/img543/5589/dfd411f199834799a92d350.png)
5. Click on the setup new account button and you will end up here.
![](/imageshack/img826/5868/7474c2a2269248ee902de16.png)
6. After it is setup it should look like this,![](/imageshack/img822/3029/2782c92a78794babbdfff45.png)
Go to the C-Panel
Under Software and services go to MySQL.
![](/imageshack/img5/8107/1ce4459b09b445569a1b328.png)
![](/imageshack/img13/1815/28e404a96c0549a98e40d1d.png)
Here is where you can enter the details for the database and users, but for this tutorial we are just going to use the following:
For the database name we are going to be using forum.
The username is going to be tut.
I've just typed hello123 as the password.
You'll come to a screen like this.
![](/imageshack/img541/2360/944da615bd744dc3821460b.png)
Once that's done just click back to control panel.
Click on "View FTP Details". You'll need this to put SMF on. Download an FTP client such as FileZilla
https://filezilla-project.org/
and then type the details you've got into the client.
7. You'll want to open your public_html folder
![](/imageshack/img819/9839/1e197bea18d2451d9511f01.png)
Open up your SMF files,
![](/imageshack/img17/3639/9f086ae325034ba19bfa67a.png)
and just drag them into the FileZilla area.
![](/imageshack/img834/5536/fb7f799f7f6344148e78b1a.png)
Wait until all those finish.
Once they are all done just go to the domain you setup when you made the account in 000webhost, for this one I'm using
http://www.haydnsamp.site11.com
8. You'll arrive at the SMF setup screen, this is where you'll need to enter your details for MySQL.
![](http://i.imgur.com/AN4dEUa.png)
Click continue and you'll end up here.
![](http://i.imgur.com/klZH2eU.png)
Just enter the details you got earlier (If you closed them just click back on MySQL on the cpanel on 000webhost.)
![](/imageshack/img835/1710/2d5453497747440d86456b3.png)
Click continue, then you'll end up here.
![](/imageshack/img208/9954/38859dd4b17b4f26b5fb0d4.png)
Feel free to change the settings around as it's your own forum, but I'm just going to leave it as this is just a tutorial.
After that click continue
You'll end up here after that
![](/imageshack/img17/4917/6962c16c58cd4432b3fe05d.png)
Just click continue.
After that you'll end up here. Just setup whatever you want here, this is going to be the admin account. I'm making it
Login: Haydn
Password: samptutorial
This is just so you guys can test it out to see if you'd like it for your own community.
After that, just click continue.
![](/imageshack/img441/7408/e68fd4361ae04486a941ea3.png)
Click yes to delete the install.php.
![](http://i.imgur.com/1POta3y.png)
You are now done!
You're welcome.
Login details:
URL: http://haydnsamp.site11.com/index.php
Username: Haydn
Password: samptutorial
1. ****** SMF download, I've put the link here for you.
http://download.simplemachines.org/i...-4_install.zip
(Click that and it will start downloading.)
![](/imageshack/img842/2905/94bf4d8084294f31b0851c5.png)
2. Create a 000webhost account, http://www.000webhost.com/
![](/imageshack/img341/5392/7b160e5a8149414a9ee55e7.png)
3. Just log in and you will come to this page
![](/imageshack/img42/701/2e72544138924fc0b0647fe.png)
Click "Create New".
4. That will bring you to this page right here,
![](/imageshack/img4/8867/6be3ef640a9349f08bc62bf.png)
For this tutorial we aren't going to buy a domain and use it with 000webhost, but you can do that by buying a domain on a website such as http://www.namecheap.com/ and then typing that in at the section that says "I want to host my own domain.". If you aren't going to be paying for a domain, just type it in the subdomain area.
![](/imageshack/img543/5589/dfd411f199834799a92d350.png)
5. Click on the setup new account button and you will end up here.
![](/imageshack/img826/5868/7474c2a2269248ee902de16.png)
6. After it is setup it should look like this,
![](/imageshack/img822/3029/2782c92a78794babbdfff45.png)
Go to the C-Panel
Under Software and services go to MySQL.
![](/imageshack/img5/8107/1ce4459b09b445569a1b328.png)
![](/imageshack/img13/1815/28e404a96c0549a98e40d1d.png)
Here is where you can enter the details for the database and users, but for this tutorial we are just going to use the following:
For the database name we are going to be using forum.
The username is going to be tut.
I've just typed hello123 as the password.
You'll come to a screen like this.
![](/imageshack/img541/2360/944da615bd744dc3821460b.png)
Once that's done just click back to control panel.
Click on "View FTP Details". You'll need this to put SMF on. Download an FTP client such as FileZilla
https://filezilla-project.org/
and then type the details you've got into the client.
7. You'll want to open your public_html folder
![](/imageshack/img819/9839/1e197bea18d2451d9511f01.png)
Open up your SMF files,
![](/imageshack/img17/3639/9f086ae325034ba19bfa67a.png)
and just drag them into the FileZilla area.
![](/imageshack/img834/5536/fb7f799f7f6344148e78b1a.png)
Wait until all those finish.
Once they are all done just go to the domain you setup when you made the account in 000webhost, for this one I'm using
http://www.haydnsamp.site11.com
8. You'll arrive at the SMF setup screen, this is where you'll need to enter your details for MySQL.
![](http://i.imgur.com/AN4dEUa.png)
Click continue and you'll end up here.
![](http://i.imgur.com/klZH2eU.png)
Just enter the details you got earlier (If you closed them just click back on MySQL on the cpanel on 000webhost.)
![](/imageshack/img835/1710/2d5453497747440d86456b3.png)
Click continue, then you'll end up here.
![](/imageshack/img208/9954/38859dd4b17b4f26b5fb0d4.png)
Feel free to change the settings around as it's your own forum, but I'm just going to leave it as this is just a tutorial.
After that click continue
You'll end up here after that
![](/imageshack/img17/4917/6962c16c58cd4432b3fe05d.png)
Just click continue.
After that you'll end up here. Just setup whatever you want here, this is going to be the admin account. I'm making it
Login: Haydn
Password: samptutorial
This is just so you guys can test it out to see if you'd like it for your own community.
After that, just click continue.
![](/imageshack/img441/7408/e68fd4361ae04486a941ea3.png)
Click yes to delete the install.php.
![](http://i.imgur.com/1POta3y.png)
You are now done!
You're welcome.
Login details:
URL: http://haydnsamp.site11.com/index.php
Username: Haydn
Password: samptutorial