Create a folder forum in the root of your application and copy all YAF.NET files and folders into it, except:

• App_Browsers
• bin
• all .config files

Copy the App_Browsers and bin folders into the root of your application.

Merge the YAF.NET .config files into the ones in your application root:

• web.config: merge the recommended.web.config into your existing web.config.

• appSettings: set YAF.FileRoot and YAF.AppRoot to the forum folder. The rest is done by the installation wizard when you open the forum for the first time.

  <add key="YAF.FileRoot" value="~/forum" />
  <add key="YAF.AppRoot" value="~/forum" />

To show the forum inside your own page (e.g. with your master page), create a page in the forum folder. Register the YAF.NET controls at the top:

<%@ Register TagPrefix="YAF" Namespace="YAF.Web.Controls" Assembly="YAF.Web" %>

and add the forum control where the forum should appear:

<YAF:Forum runat="server" ID="forum" BoardID="1" />

Otherwise you can use the existing default.aspx in the forum folder.

Open the page you created, e.g. https://www.yourwebsite.com/forum/forumtest.aspx, or https://www.yourwebsite.com/forum/. Follow the steps of the installation wizard, which connects to your database and sets up the forum.