Quick tutorial video about SMF and how to install it on your server. First go to www.simplemachines.org in order to download the latest version of SMF. Click over the “Download” icon and save the zipped file on your hard disk. Locate the zipped file on your Pc and unzip it. Now upload all the content from the unzipped folder “simple_rss_xxx” ( where xxx is the number version of the installation) to your server using any FTP client (we use as sample FileZilla but you can use any client ). Upload all the content as is, don’t change edit any folder nor file. All data must be uploaded on the directory or folder where you plan to run the board, if you plan to install forums on your domain name just upload to “root” – - – “Public_html” ( on a Cpanel based host ). If you plan to install forums on a subdomain or directory as could be “www.mydomain.com/forums” the upload all files and folders to the “forums” directory on your server. Using your browser go to : www.mydomain.com/install.php (if you are going to install forums directly on the domain name ) or www.mydomain.com/forums/install.php ( if you wish install SMF of the “forums” folder instead the root directory ) and follow on screen instructions as follow: Enter the name of your community. On the filed for “Forum URL” check if the default URL automatically generated by the installer is right, if not then correct it ( usually you don’t need to edit this field ). “MySQL Server Settings” : “MySQL Server Name” : Usually …