php noob ...

[ashain.boy]

so ... as the title says, i am a n00b at this stuff ...

so i have installed the newest versions of php, Apache, and MySQL

    but i have no idea what they are used for ...

also i have installed FileZilla (an FTP Client)

i was looking at the instructions from phpBB, and it told me:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Decompress the phpBB3 archive to a local directory on your system.

  2. Upload all the files contained in this archive (retaining the directory structure) to a web accessible directory on your server or hosting account.

  3. Change the permissions on config.php to be writable by all (666 or -rw-rw-rw- within your FTP Client)

  4. Change the permissions on the following directories to be writable by all (777 or -rwxrwxrwx within your FTP Client):

      store/, cache/, files/ and images/avatars/upload/.

  5. Using your web browser visit the location you placed phpBB3 with the addition of install/index.php or pointing directly to install/, e.g. http://www.mydomain.com/phpBB3/install/, http://www.mydomain.com/forum/install/ etc.

  6. Click the INSTALL tab, follow the steps and fill out all the requested information.

  7. Change the permissions on config.php to be writable only by yourself (644 or -rw-r--r-- within your FTP Client)

  8. phpBB3 should now be available, please MAKE SURE you read at least Section 6 below for important, security related post-installation instructions.

 

 

first off, when and how do i use the programs, and do i need them at all?

 

if i can ONLY use my ftp client uploader (which i have been) i have a problem at step 5 ... i dotn see anything ...

i have been doing some research and i found that my host, GoDaddy.com is horrible at forum hosting ...

 

so can someone help ... it doesnt matter windows or linux i have both (vista and Ubuntu)