clare Is there somewhere that I can get hold of a template similar to the appearance of the dokuwiki user forum? I like the way that it's set out, the layout and the content and would like something similar for the dokuwiki that I'm setting up.
martin1 The Forum software is standalone, you can download it here: http://newsboard.unclassified.de/home;lang=en The template, which is used here is the default template.
clare The installation steps at http://newsboard.unclassified.de/docs/install say that I need to hold a MySQL database account. I don't know what that is or how to get one, can you help me please? Clare
martin1 You need a MySQL Database, which is bundled by the most web hosting packages. In this database the forum stores it's data. If you need more help, I must know your hosting provider. Or you ask your hoster, maybe he installs you the forum.
clare Could you recommend a website to download this MySQL Database from? Also, how easy is it to use once you have downloaded it? Thank you very much for your help! :-)
martin1 You can download the mysql databse here: http://mysql.com/ BUT, you need root access to install it on your server! You can't install it on shared hosting.
clare I have root access so that's ok. :-) Which version do I download, I want to download the free MySQL Community Server one and am working on Linux CentOS.
martin1 Ok, thats good :-) Maybe you can install it from the repository (yum). I have only debain and archlinux servers, so I can't give you a step by step guide.
andi clare wrote The installation steps at http://newsboard.unclassified.de/docs/install say that I need to hold a MySQL database account. This is getting offtopic. Please refer to the UNB forums instead. thread closed.
chi Also: as @splitbrain pointed out this is not a place to explain how to install needed components to run a webserver with support for mysql. More important, @-Martin-, don't recommend sth. if you have no idea what system the user runs. This leads just to more questsion. If you want to help, make sure you know the facts first, ask the user if he/she is on Linux/Windows/Mac or if he/she is on a selfhosted server or on a shared host, then base your recommendations on that information (if he/she doesn't answer your question, ask again ;-)). Pointing someone to the mysql website and tell him/her that he/she needs to have root access is not even half of the story and helps nobody. You have good intentions, I see that, but if you want to help, do it right or leave it.