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How to Install Advanced Electron Forum(AEF) via Softaculous in SiteWorx

Updated on August 1, 2024

Softaculous helps you install web applications very easy. Please, follow the steps below to install Advanced Electron Forum(AEF).

1. Log in to your SiteWorx account.

2. In the Additional Features section, click on Sofataculous.
sw softaculous icon

3. SiteWorx will redirect you to the Softaculous interface.

4. On the left side, locate the Forums category. Click on it and then on the AEF link that appears.

AEF softaculous

5. Click on Install.

AEF install button

6. Fill the necessary field, under the Software Setup field:

  • Choose Installation URL: Choose the appropriate protocol/domain. Inside the “In Directory” field, should you want to install this in a directory, i.e., host4geeks.com/blog/directory, enter the directory name. Otherwise, please, leave it blank to install in your main domain, i.e., host4geeks.com/blog.

softaculous general install screen

7. Under the Board Settings field, enter the following information:

  • Board Name: Name of the forum.
  • Board E-mail: The email address of the forum.
  • Use UTF-8 Character Set: Chose this If you are going to work with multiple languages.

8. Under the Admin Account field, enter the following information:

  • Admin Username: Your new AEF username (for security reasons, do not use the administrator or the admin username).
  • Admin Password: Use a strong password.
  • Admin Email: Your email address. It is helpful for admin account password reset, notification, etc.

AEF install screen
Note: Copy the admin username and password to Notepad. You will need those to access the admin area of your AEF forum later.

9. Advanced Options: Leave this unless you want to change the database name or take an automated backup. Please, note that creating frequent backups may take a lot of disk space.

Finally, scroll down to the end of the page and click on Install.
softaculous install button