{"id":6534,"date":"2021-01-26T18:21:28","date_gmt":"2021-01-26T18:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websiteroof.com\/?post_type=epkb_post_type_1&#038;p=6534"},"modified":"2021-01-26T18:21:28","modified_gmt":"2021-01-26T18:21:28","slug":"how-to-install-punbb-forum-via-softaculous-in-cpanel","status":"publish","type":"epkb_post_type_1","link":"https:\/\/websiteroof.com\/knowledgebase\/servers\/softaculous\/how-to-install-punbb-forum-via-softaculous-in-cpanel\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install PunBB Forum via Softaculous in cPanel?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>1.\u00a0<\/b>Log into your cPanel account.<\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">In the &#8220;<strong>Software<\/strong>&#8221; section, click on the &#8220;<strong>Softaculous <a href=\"https:\/\/websiteroof.com\/apps-hosting\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"22\" title=\"APPS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a> Installer<\/strong>&#8221; Icon.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Install PunBB Forum via Softaculous-websiteroof\" src=\"https:\/\/websiteroof.com\/img\/softaculous-icon.gif\" alt=\"Install PunBB Forum via Softaculous-websiteroof\" width=\"231\" height=\"53\" align=\"middle\" \/><br \/>\n<b><br \/>\n3.\u00a0<\/b>cPanel will redirect you to the Softaculous Panel.<\/p>\n<p><b>4.\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0On the left side of your screen you should locate the &#8220;<b>Forums<\/b>&#8221; category. Click on it and then click on the &#8220;<b>PunBB<\/b>&#8221; link that will appear.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Install PunBB Forum via Softaculous-websiteroof\" src=\"https:\/\/websiteroof.com\/img\/PunBB-softaculous.gif\" alt=\"Install PunBB Forum via Softaculous-websiteroof\" width=\"227\" height=\"173\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>5.\u00a0<\/b>Click on the &#8220;<b>Install<\/b>&#8221; button.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Install PunBB Forum via Softaculous-websiteroof\" src=\"https:\/\/websiteroof.com\/img\/PunBB-install-button.gif\" alt=\"Install PunBB Forum via Softaculous-websiteroof\" width=\"225\" height=\"148\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b><br \/>\n6.\u00a0<\/b>Fill the necessary field under the &#8220;<b>Software Setup<\/b>&#8221; field:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Choose Protocol:<\/strong>\u00a0You can leave this as it is.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>Choose <a href=\"https:\/\/websiteroof.com\/best-domain-hosting\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"6\" title=\"Domain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Domain<\/a>:<\/b>\u00a0If you don&#8217;t have multiple domains, leave this as it is.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>In Directory:<\/b> If you want to install this in a directory, for example, example.com\/forum, enter the directory name. Otherwise, leave this blank to install in your main domain example.com<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><\/p>\n<p><b>7.<\/b>\u00a0Enter the following details under the &#8220;<b>Site Settings<\/b>&#8221; field:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>Site Name:<\/b>\u00a0Name of your Forum like &#8220;Your <a href=\"https:\/\/websiteroof.com\/best-domain-hosting\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"21\" title=\"Domain name\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Domain Name<\/a> &#8211; Gaming Forum&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>Site Description:<\/b>\u00a0Site Description.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Install PunBB Forum via Softaculous-websiteroof\" src=\"https:\/\/websiteroof.com\/img\/PunBB-install-screen.gif\" alt=\"Install PunBB Forum via Softaculous-websiteroof\" width=\"550\" height=\"461\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>8.\u00a0<\/b>Under the &#8220;<b>Admin Account<\/b>&#8221; field enter the following information:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>Admin Username:\u00a0<\/b>Your new PunBB username (for security reasons do not use the &#8220;Administrator&#8221; or the &#8220;Admin&#8221; username.)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>Admin Password:<\/b>\u00a0Use a strong password.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>Admin Email:<\/b>\u00a0Your e-mail address. (Useful for administrator account password reset, notification, etc)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Install PunBB Forum via Softaculous-websiteroof\" src=\"https:\/\/websiteroof.com\/img\/PunBB-install-screen2.gif\" alt=\"Install PunBB Forum via Softaculous-websiteroof\" width=\"507\" height=\"245\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Note:<\/b>\u00a0Copy the admin username and password on a notepad because you will need these login details to access the admin area of your PunBB Forum.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>9.<\/strong>\u00a0<b>Advanced Options:\u00a0<\/b>Leave this as it is unless you want to change the database name or take an automated backup. Please note that taking frequent backups may take a lot of disk space.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, scroll down to the end of the page and click on the Install Button.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Install PunBB Forum via Softaculous-websiteroof\" src=\"https:\/\/websiteroof.com\/img\/softaculous-install-button.gif\" alt=\"Install PunBB Forum via Softaculous-websiteroof\" width=\"382\" height=\"134\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1.\u00a0Log into your cPanel account. 2.\u00a0In the &#8220;Software&#8221; section, click on the &#8220;Softaculous App Installer&#8221; Icon. 3.\u00a0cPanel will redirect you to the Softaculous Panel. 4.\u00a0\u00a0On the left side of your screen you should locate the &#8220;Forums&#8221; category. Click on it and then click on the &#8220;PunBB&#8221; link that will appear. 5.\u00a0Click on the &#8220;Install&#8221; button. 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