[randommaker]

So is there a tutorial for how to get a forum up in running with simplistic steps?

[Bad Karma[CORE]]

I did a few of those, just check http://blog.outlaw-forum.info/category/how-to%C2%B4s/

There are tutorials for phpbb, smf and i think mybb as well

[randommaker]

What do you think is better SMF or Phpbb?

[randommaker]

What do you mean in your tutorial by uploading via ftp?

[Bad Karma[CORE]]

If i had to choose i would choose phpBB.
"Uploading via FTP" is one way of getting the files on the server. See, when you download a forum script and extract the archive you end up with a considerable amount of files and folders. These need to be transferred to the server that hosts your website. Most common options for doing so is either a FTP client or the cPanel File Manager. For setting up a FTP client like Filezilla i did this here -> http://blog.outlaw-forum.info/2008/0...-your-account/

Though it´s for a different host most of the tutorial can be used for configuring Filezilla for 000webhost

[randommaker]

Ok I uploaded all my smf files
I can see the files in my file manager
What do I do now?

[randommaker]

How do I install it?

[Bad Karma[CORE]]

Just follow these steps:
http://blog.outlaw-forum.info/2008/0...stcom-account/

Should get your forum up and running in no time

[randommaker]

What do you mean by this?:

All files uploaded ? Good, then all that is left to do is to point your browser to the installscript of the forum, which usually can be found at

http://www.yourdomain.com/forum/install.php

And yes, you have to replace www.yourdomain.com/forum with the path to where you uploaded it, but that´s not too hard or is it ? So i won´t bother going into more details here, and proceed to the actual installation that is triggered when opening the /install.php file. You will then see the first screen of the installation which looks like this:

[randommaker]

How do I open the php file too?