phpBB has a variety of extensions available. You can check them out here. For this guide, I'm going to use the Linked Accounts extension as an example.
- Download the linked accounts extension.
- Extract the zipped folder you downloaded. The folder extracted will be called flerex and within that will be another folder called linkedaccounts.
- Now use your FTP manager to access your site. Not sure what that means? Read this guide.
- On the local site side of your FTP (the local site is your computer) navigate to where you extracted the flerex folder to.
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On the remote site side of your FTP (this is your site!) do the following:
- Double click on public_html
- Double click on ext. Ext is where all of your extensions will go.
- Right click on the flerex folder on and select upload.
- All of the files will upload to your forum.
- Now log into your site.
- Log into your ACP.
- Click on Customise.
- Click on Enable next to the Linked Accounts entry.
And that's it!
An important note on the file structure:
All extensions should be uploaded to a folder that is named after the extension author. In the case of the Linked Accounts extension, the author is flerex. Therefore, the actual plugin belongs in a folder called flerex. All extensions made by flerex should be in that folder.
If you are struggling, be sure to reach out in the Software & Hosting forum.
