Thank you for downloading LWBB, as your forum solution,
we hope it fulfills your needs,

the LWBB team would like to thank ALL phpbb2 mod authors who's mods have been used in this release and all phpBB2 mod authors
that have released mods, and of course the authors of phpBB2 for creating such an excellent forum code base.


You will need three things to install lwbb2 0.5

1. A database (MySQL Preferred)
2. Webspace 
3. An internet connection

1. First, make (or otherwise) get a database.  Make sure to record the database name, user and
password.

2. Upload the entire MetaBB folder to your webspace

3. (For linux and Unix servers) You must CHMOD the following files and directories to 777:
root/config.php
root/files 
root/mwpdata
root/stats_mod
root/cache
root/cache/index
root/modules
root/images/avatars

AFTER THE INSTALLATION, BE SURE TO CHMOD YOUR CONFIG.PHP BACK TO 644!

4. Go to http://yoursite.com/lwbb/install/install.php and fill out the required fields

5. Follow the instructions through the install process.

6. you MUST! run http://yoursite.com/lwbb/install/install_statistics.php
 for the statistics mod to work, before deleting the install/ directory


7. If you wish to use Casino, arcade mods you must go to the admin panel > cash admin > create a currency with the db field user_points
   you can call it w/ever the hell you want but as long as the db field is user_points other wise these may not work correctly


If you need any support, go to www.lwnetwork.org.uk/forum For assistance