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The following is a "quick installation" guide for the pyForum web2py application:

pyForum is Open Source, it has been released under the GPLv3 license.

Download the application pyforum_[version].tgz and decompress it into you "applications" folder within your web2py installation.

Read the INSTALL, HISTORY, ABOUT and LICENSE files located in the root of the application.

Create your SQL database and add the appropriate users and permissions to it. pyForum currently uses MySQL 5.0

Edit pyforum/models/db.py and change line 29: db=SQLDB("mysql://username:passwd@sqlserver:port/database") to suit your needs

access the app normally or through the admin interface "administer database" section.

IMPORTANT - At this point, it is REQUIRED to enter information into the database, information needed by pyForum to process correctly, I've decided to make this step "manual" for a number of reasons, this also includes creating the database indexes, please read the appropriate topic for this subject located within this forum.

After the above step is completed, you will have a working forum system, a username will be created named "Administrator" with password "Administrator" (without the quotes, capitalization is enforced). Log in in the system and quickly change your password to something else.

Visit the pyForum's administrative interface and click on the "Categories" link in the top menu, add your first category and you're set.

More information will be posted as needed.