What is MyBB?
MyBB is the free and open source forum software powering thousands of engaging, vibrant, and unique communities across the internet. - https://mybb.com/
Installation
- Download XAMPP Download
- Download MyBB Download
- Install Microsoft Visual C++
- Right click the downloaded XAMPP .zip file > Extract All...
- Right click the downloaded MyBB .zip file > Extract All...
- Navigate into the extracted mybb folder structure
- Rename the Upload directory to mybb
- Cut the mybb folder inside the extracted XAMPP/htdocs directory
- Copy the extracted XAMPP directory to a safe location to run from, C:\Program Files for example
- Run XAMPP/setup_xampp.bat to update the configuration files with the new server location
- Run XAMPP/xampp-control.exe
- Click the Start button next to Apache and MySQL
- Navigate to XAMPP/mysql/bin
- Hold the SHIFT key and right click in the white space > Open PowerShell window here...
- Type the following in the PowerShell window to setup the MyBB database
.\mysql -u root
CREATE DATABASE mybb;
GRANT ALL ON mybb.* TO 'mybb_rw'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'My44_rw$';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
exit
MyBB Web Installer
- Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP/mybb
- Click Next at the Welcome screen
- Click Next at the License Agreement
- Click Next at the Requirements Check
- Complete the Database Configuration as shown below
Database Engine: MySQL Improved
Database Server Hostname: localhost
Database Username: mybb_rw
Database Password: My44_rw$
Database Name: mybb
Table Prefix: mybb_ - Click Next after the table creation completes
- Click Next to complete the Table Population
- Click Next at the Theme Insertion screen
- Modify the Board Configuration form as needed > Click Next
- Create an administrator account by entering a Username, Password and Email Address > Click Next
- Click the Admin Control Panel link
- Login with the administrator username and password created earlier
- Welcome to MyBB