ps-i am just about ready to pay someone to do this for me becuz i cant seem to do it and i really need to move my board as im not happy with the host im on with the old board-the new host i have is much better annd..i just want to move. the only thing stopping me from closing down my acct at my old ...

nope... im so frustrated with this thing. i clicked full restore, downloaded the file, it was saved as phpbb_db_backup. then i go to the new board, choose "restore database", pull up that file, hit the button..it takes a while and looks like its uploading something..and then it tells me &q...

ok ive tried three times now and i can back up the db fine, but when i go to restore-just like it says to do-it looks like the file is uploading and then it tells me "no file was uploaded".

i have no idea what im doing wrong

do i have to make all the forums first? for example onthe old board there are like 15 forums..on the new one theres only four and theyre named differently. do i have to name the new ones exactly what the old ones are named?

Make sure the phpbb prefix for your database is exactly same :) By the way welcome to the forum :) thanks for the welcome :) btw-whats the phpbb prefix for my database? sorry but im kind of new to this stuff. a friend installed the first phpbb board for me, and the one im trying to transfer to was ...

ok i have a phpbb mssgboard..we've got about 14,000 posts. but i have a new domain and host id like to move it to. they had a pre installed phpbb board so i used that. id like to transfer all the posts ect from my old board to the new one. however, when i click "backoup database" on my old...