permaculture

[Keith Johnson <keithdj@mindspring.com>]

A couple years ago there was a mailing list for permaculture geeky folk 
but I lost track of it. Anybody remember?

I put a poll on the website asking for recommendations.
Consistently people asked for a forum.

So, I downloaded phpBB ("the most widely-used bulletin board package in 
the world"), unzipped it, and uploaded it with Dreamweaver MX's FTP.

The directions in the online manual said:

   decompress the phpBB 2.0 archive to a local directory on your
   system. From there you must FTP all the files it contains (being
   sure to retain the directory structure) to your host. All .php,
   .inc, .sql, .cfg, .htm and .tpl files should be uploaded in ASCII
   mode, while all graphics should use binary mode.

I didn't know what binary and ASCI meant so I looked it up and was 
informed that:

   Dreamweaver 3 and higher transfer files in ASCII or binary mode
   automatically, depending on the file type.

So, no problem, I thought. I followed these instructions:

   Once all the files have been uploaded to your site you should point
   your browser to this location, eg. http://www.mysite.tld/phpBB2

OK, did that and got the following:

   Firefox can't find the server at www.permacultureactivist.net.tld.

A little further down the manual page was:

   Before proceeding with installation you should ensure you have a
   database available.

I said, Huh? WTF does that mean? I then learned that my web hosting 
service doesn't provide MySQL database support unless I pay an extra $10 
a month. (I'm basically working with NO budget here.)

So I tried the previous procedure with another webhost that includes 
MySQL support for a different site and got the same "Firefox can't find 
the server".

I may need to study some books. Any recommendations?

Thanks,
Keith

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Keith Johnson
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Permaculture Activist Magazine
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also Patterns for Abundance Design & Consulting
http://www.permacultureactivist.net/design/Designconsult.html
also Association for Regenerative Culture
also APPLE-Bloomington (Alliance for a Post-Petroleum Local Economy) It's a 
small world after oil.
http://www.relocalize.net/groups/applebloomington
also Bloomington Permaculture Guild