ok...first off Im a PHP noob...so I found this tutorial on how to set up a forum on my webserver without coding it myself. simply uploading files to a sepcific directory, but then when I get to the install part of it, its asking me to specify where my database is. I set up a mySQL data base through the control panel on my webserver, execpt I dont know what to do from here. do I need to configure it in some way and then how do I tell the install where it is?

Typicaly you use localhost as your servername, but then you may also need a username and password which are assigned to your database. If you are useing cpanel its easy to do.

regards,
David