Comparison of Free FTP Clients
By Ollie Armstrong Thursday, 29th April 2010
FTP clients are an essential program for any web developer. They provide a means to connect and transfer data to and from a server. There are many different FTP clients for all platforms, but this guide intends to compare the three most popular free, cross platform clients and determine our favourite.
FireFTP
FireFTP is a very popular Firefox addon with over 15 million total downloads. Because it is a Firefox addon, it is compatible with any operating system that Firefox runs on, including Windows and OS X. Its also the default browser for most Linux distributions. read more…
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PunBB
By Joe Gardiner Wednesday, 28th April 2010
What you will need:
All the information from you vCluster Details page and Database Settings page. This includes: access server, public IP, database server, username, database name (the same as your username), and your database password. For quick reference during the PunBB install, you may find it useful to copy these details into a text file.
The newest version of PunBB, available to download from http://punbb.informer.com/downloads.php
A file extractor that is compatible with the .zip format. OSX and Windows handle this format natively.
An FTP program. You can use a program like FileZilla, or if you use Firefox web browser, there is an FTP add on available called Fire FTP. If your not sure which client to use have a look at this article.
A text editor. Notepad or Text Edit will both be fine.
A web browser. We like Firefox.
The official PunBB install guide can be found at http://punbb.informer.com/wiki/punbb13/installation
Extracting PunBB
Unzip your downloaded PunBB install to a folder on your desktop.
Uploading
To upload PunBB files to the root directory of your vCluster follow the FTP upload guide.
To upload PunBB files to a sub-domain on your vCluster follow the vHosting guide.
Installing PunBB
Now we’re going to install PunBB using your web browser. Fire it up and navigate to the directory name we just created: punbb.username.group.vc.catn.com/ and add on /admin/install.php e.g. punbb.username.group.vc.catn.com/admin/install.php
This is the page that you enter in all of the configuration. First to configure is the database connection settings.
Scrolling down to part 2, is the administration settings. These are the username, password and email address for the admin account.
Scroll down to step 3. Here you enter in the board settings. The name and description are set up here.
Once all the information is entered in, click on start install. If it installed correctly you will see this page. You can click the link to go to your forum.
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myBB
By Joe Gardiner Wednesday, 28th April 2010
What you will need:
All the information from you vCluster Details page and Database Settings page. This includes: access server, public IP, database server, username, database name (the same as your username), and your database password. For quick reference during the myBB install, you may find it useful to copy these details into a text file.
The newest version of myBB, available to download from http://www.mybboard.net/downloads
A file extractor that is compatible with the .zip format. OSX and Windows handle this format natively.
An FTP program. You can use a program like FileZilla, or if you use Firefox web browser, there is an FTP add on available called Fire FTP. If your not sure which client to use have a look at this article.
A text editor. Notepad or Text Edit will both be fine.
A web browser. We like Firefox.
The official myBB install guide can be found at http://wiki.mybboard.net/index.php/Installing
Extracting myBB
Unzip your downloaded myBB install to a folder on your desktop.
Uploading
To upload myBB files to the root directory of your vCluster follow the FTP upload guide.
To upload myBB files to a sub-domain on your vCluster follow the vHosting guide.
Installing myBB
Now we’re going to install myBB using your web browser. Fire it up and navigate to the directory name we just created: mybb.username.group.vc.catn.com/
The first page you will get to is the welcome page, with the option to send anonymous stats. Either check or uncheck this box, and click next. Then there is a page with the license agreement, read through this then click accept. The following page checks the requirements, click next.
Then there is the database settings page, where you need to enter the database information you can find on you CatN settings page. Click next after you have filled it all in.
It will show you all of the tables that are made, click next. It will then confirm that the tables have been populated, click next again and it will confirm that themes have been installed. On the page after theme installation it asks for the site settings. The forum name, website name, and contact email are all configured here. Click next when you have entered everything.
After that you have to enter the information for the administrator user. Do this then click next.
You should now see that the setup has finished, and there are links to go to either the forum or control panel.
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bbPress
By Joe Gardiner Wednesday, 28th April 2010
What you will need:
All the information from you vCluster Details page and Database Settings page. This includes: access server, public IP, database server, username, database name (the same as your username), and your database password. For quick reference during the bbPress install, you may find it useful to copy these details into a text file.
The newest version of bbPress, available to download from http://bbpress.org/download/
A file extractor that is compatible with the .zip format. OSX and Windows handle this format natively.
An FTP program. You can use a program like FileZilla, or if you use Firefox web browser, there is an FTP add on available called Fire FTP. If your not sure which client to use have a look at this article.
A text editor. Notepad or Text Edit will both be fine.
A web browser. We like Firefox.
The official bbPress install guide can be found at http://bbpress.org/documentation/installation/
Extracting bbPress
Unzip your downloaded bbPress install to a folder on your desktop.
Uploading
To upload bbPress files to the root directory of your vCluster follow the FTP upload guide.
To upload bbPress files to a sub-domain on your vCluster follow the vHosting guide.
Installing bbPress
Now we’re going to install bbPress using your web browser. Fire it up and navigate to the directory name we just created: bbpress.username.group.vc.catn.com/
This takes you to the page where it checks you want to install bbPress. Click go to step 1 to start.
Now the second box expands and this is where you enter in the database information. You need to check the checkbox next to show advanced settings. Use the settings in your CatN settings page. Click on the save settings button, then click the go to step 2 button.
If you have a wordpress blog, you can intergrate it with bbPress in this step. I don’t so I will just leave the box unchecked.
Step 3 is the site settings stage. Here enter the site name, admin user and email and forum name.
Click save site settings and then click on complete the installation. It will tell you the password for the admin user, and you can click show installation messages if you want to see the details.
Now if you go to bbpress.username.group.vc.catn.com you can access bbPress. bbPress is now installed!
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Vanilla Forum
By Joe Gardiner Wednesday, 28th April 2010
What you will need:
All the information from you vCluster Details page and Database Settings page. This includes: access server, public IP, database server, username, database name (the same as your username), and your database password. For quick reference during the Vanilla install, you may find it useful to copy these details into a text file.
The newest version of Vanilla, available to download from http://vanillaforums.org/
A file extractor that is compatible with the .zip format. OSX and Windows handle this format natively.
An FTP program. You can use a program like FileZilla, or if you use Firefox web browser, there is an FTP add on available called Fire FTP. If your not sure which client to use have a look at this article.
A text editor. Notepad or Text Edit will both be fine.
A web browser. We like Firefox.
The official Vanilla install guide can be found at http://vanillaforums.org/page/InstallationInstructions
Extracting Vanilla
Unzip your downloaded Vanilla install to a folder on your desktop.
Uploading
To upload Vanilla Forum files to the root directory of your vCluster follow the FTP upload guide.
To upload Vanilla Forum files to a sub-domain on your vCluster follow the vHosting guide.
Installing Vanilla
Now we’re going to install Vanilla using your web browser. Fire it up and navigate to the directory name we just created: vanilla.username.group.vc.catn.com/
On this page you decide whether you want to install or upgrade. As we are starting from scratch, you want to choose the install option.
This next screen just tells you that its going to check it can install Vanilla on your server. Click the link to proceed.
On this next step you have to enter in the database settings, these can be found in your CatN settings.
This stage is for setting up the forum settings. The admin access, support contact and forum name are all configured here. Enter in the desired settings and click complete the setup.
You are then congratulated with a page telling you that everything has been set up and installed correctly. Then you can click on sign in you will be able to access the control panel.
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