Simple Machines Forum -- SMF-- is a free forum software, developed in PHP with a database MySQL, PostgreSQL or SQLite. Developed under SMF license --v1.x-- then BSD --v2.0 and beyond--.
Installation of Simple Machine Forum on wamp under Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10 platforme
Prerequisites
1- Download installation packages
2- Decompression of packets
3- Sending the files to the hosting account
Installation of Simple Machine Forum
Below is a guide for installing an SMF forum. It will work regardless of the version of SMF.
Prerequisites
Before you begin installing SMF, make sure you have these items:
A web browser --eg Mozilla FireFox, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Opera, etc.--
An archive decompressor -- ex: 7-Zip, WinZip, etc.--
An FTP client -- eg FileZilla, Smart FTP, etc.--
A web host with PHP and MySQL -- eg Celeonet, OVH, Lycos Hosting, etc.--