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how do i move my phpbb board to antoher site?
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2004 5:12 pm
by katgrrl
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 board, then go to the new board and click "restore database" it doesnt work-it tells me "no file was uploaded". what am i doing wrong? i really want to move it to this new domain i have.
any help would be greatly appreciated!
thanks
-katgrrl
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2004 5:22 pm
by battye
Make sure the phpbb prefix for your database is exactly same
By the way welcome to the forum
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2004 5:46 pm
by katgrrl
battye wrote: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 a preinstalled script when i bought a hosting package..so ive never installed it myself from scratch, you know?
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2004 5:49 pm
by battye
The default prefix is phpbb_
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2004 5:57 pm
by battye
What sort of database are you using? MySQL?
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2004 5:57 pm
by katgrrl
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?
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2004 6:00 pm
by battye
No, you don't have to recreate the forums
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2004 8:55 pm
by katgrrl
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
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2004 9:08 pm
by battye
Is the file compressed?
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2004 9:23 pm
by katgrrl
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 "no file was uploaded".
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2004 9:24 pm
by katgrrl
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 host is my mssgboard is there.
Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 1:41 am
by Boozybaz
sorry 2 hear about your problems
but welcome 2 the forum
Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 3:12 pm
by battye
There may be more solutions, make sure the themes that you were using on the old board are on the new one too. The same goes for any Modifications