your first problem is that you have phpbb :lol: installing phpbb mods is easy. follow the intructions. open ure cpanel (ure files n ----) and edit what u need to. lets say the intructions say u need to edit index.php for example. open index.php and copy the coding, open notepad, use ctrl + f to find what u need then do the edits then re upload. if u need more help ...
www.phpbbhacks.com I used their forum to learn to the basics and then practiced. It took me three installs until I finally got one installed right. ^_^
I could probably install most but I'm too lazy on some like the birthdat hack you have to edit loads and loads of files...
you just need to know your ftp address, have something like dreamweaver, and a couple of folders for backup etc.
U never use dreamweaver to write PHP....NEVER!!!!!!. And u Never Edit php on the fly ur just asking for trouble. ok Starters. get this installed. it is a full local enviorment for php that u can run off ur machine. that way u can have ur website on ur machine and on the web and test stuff on ur home machine so u dont F up ur site http://www.easyphp.org/. it will install apache and php and mysql on ur machine. now for code editing... there are several out there. i use a prog called Editplus 2 u can find it one downloads.com/cnet.com. the hard part is editing the php its just like they say u just follow the tut and do what it tells u. double check to make sure u didnt miss anything.