1. 快速安裝
If you have basic knowledge of using FTP and are sure your hosting service or server will run phpBB 2 you can use these steps to quickly get started. For a more detailed explanation you should skip this and go to section 2 below.
如果您有檔案傳輸軟體的基本知識，而且確定您的主機或虛擬主機支援phpBB2的話，您可以使用下列的步驟快速安裝啟用。 如果您需要更仔細的解釋，請跳過本節，參閱往下的第二節。
Decompress the phpBB 2 archive to a local directory on your system.
將phpBB2壓縮檔在您的電腦解壓縮至一個本地目錄。
Upload all the files contained in this archive (retaining the directory structure) to a web accessible directory on your server or hosting account.
將解壓縮後的phpBB2整個目錄保持完整的目錄結構，上傳至您主機或虛擬主機的帳號上的一個目錄，這個目錄必須從網頁上可以開啟的。
Change the permissions on config.php to be writeable by all (666 or -rw-rw-rw- within your FTP Client)
將phpBB目錄下config.php這個檔案的權限，以檔案傳輸軟體更改為666，即所有人都可以寫入。
Using your web browser visit the location you placed phpBB 2 with the addition of install/install.php, e.g. http://www.mydomain.com/phpBB2/install/install.php, http://www.mydomain.com/forum/install/install.php etc.
使用網頁瀏覽器造訪您放置phpBB2的地方，但是必須加上install/install.php。例如http://www.mydomain.com/phpBB2/install/install.php，或http://www.mydomain.com/forum/install/install. ... 取代mydomain。
Fill out all the requested information and hit Submit
填好所有必須的資訊後，請按”Submit”鈕送出。
Change the permissions on config.php to be writeable only by yourself (644 or -rw-r--r-- within your FTP Client)
將phpBB目錄下config.php這個檔案的權限，以檔案傳輸軟體更改為644，即只有您自己可以寫入。
Click the Complete Installation button or revisit the location you entered above.
按”Complete Installation”鈕或再度造訪您剛剛安裝phpBB的地方。
(補充說明：請確定將contrib及install這兩個目錄刪除。這是安裝完成後網頁上的說明也是重要的步驟)
phpBB 2 should now be available, please MAKE SURE you read at least Section 8 below for important, security related post-installation instructions.
現在應該有phpBB2了，請確定至少閱讀下面第八節，以瞭解與安全性有關重要的安裝後說明。
If you experienced problems or do not know how to proceed with any of the steps above please read the rest of this document.
如果您遭遇到困難或對以上的步驟不曉得如何進行的話，請閱讀本文件的其餘部分。
如果有翻譯誤謬或不妥的地方，請不吝指教。
