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| Re: phpBB3 stable version released | |
| Posted: 12/14/2007 9:01 AM |
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| Ohhh! Is there many mods for it yet? Are you moving over? |
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| Re: phpBB3 stable version released | |
| Posted: 12/14/2007 11:22 AM |
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| dont think theres many mods about for it atm. the core itself it top though! i dont need phpbb atm, but might use it for one of my sites in the future. im happy with vbulletin. phpBB have give Vbulletin a good kick up the ass now though lol |
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| Re: phpBB3 stable version released | |
| Posted: 12/14/2007 2:00 PM |
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I have phpBB 2.0.21 installed on my domain. Is it possible to convert phpBB 2.0.21 to phpBB 3 with all the members/postings/files/folders/modules  |
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| Re: phpBB3 stable version released | |
| Posted: 12/14/2007 7:59 PM |
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not sure about your modules.
have a read
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5. Conversion from phpBB 2.0.x to phpBB 3.0.x
This paragraph explains the steps necessary to convert your existing phpBB2 installation to phpBB3.
5.i. Requirements before converting
Before converting we heavily recommend you do a full backup of your database and files! If you are unsure how to achieve this please ask your hosting provider for advice. You basically need to follow the basic instructions given for New installations. Please do not overwrite any old files - install phpBB3 at a different location.
Once you made a backup of everything and also have a brand new phpBB3 installation, you can now begin the conversion.
Note that the conversion requires CREATE and DROP privileges for the phpBB3's database user account.
5.ii. Converting
To begin the conversion visit the install folder of your phpBB3 installation (the same as you have done for installing). Now you will see a new tab Convert. Click this tab.
As with install the conversion is automated. Your previous 2.0.x database tables will not be changed as well as the original 2.0.x files remaining unaltered. The conversion is actually only filling your phpBB3 database tables and copying additional data over to your phpBB3 installation. This has the benefit that if something goes wrong you are able to either re-run the conversion or continue a conversion, while your old board is still accessible. We really recommend you disable your old installation while converting, else you may have inconsistent data after the conversion.
Please note that this conversion process may take quite some time and depending on your hosting provider this may result in it failing (due to web server or other timeout issues). If this is the case you should ask your provider if they are willing to allow the convert script to temporarily exceed their limits (be nice and they will probably be quite helpful).
Once completed your board should be immediately available. If you encountered errors you should report the problems to our bug tracker or seek help via our forums (see README for details).
5.iii. Things to do after conversion
After successful conversion there may be a few items you need to do - apart from checking if the installation is accessible and everything displayed correctly.
The first thing you may want to do is going to the administration control panel and checking every configuration item within the general tab. Thereafter you may want to adjust the forum descriptions/names if you entered HTML there. You also may want to access the other administrative sections, e.g. adjusting permissions, smilies, icons, ranks, etc.
Within the conversion the search index has not been created or transferred. This means after conversion you are not able to find any matches if you want to search for something. We recommend you rebuild your search index within Admin -> Maintenance -> Database -> Search Index.
After verifying the settings in the ACP, you can delete the install directory to enable the board. The board will stay disabled until you do so.
Once you are pleased with your new installation you may want to give it the name of your old installation, changing the directory name. With phpBB3 this is possible without any problems - but you may still want to check your cookie settings within the administration panel, if the cookie path need to be adjusted prior to renaming.
5.iv. Common conversion problems
Broken non-latin characters The conversion script assumes that the database encoding in the source phpBB2 matches the encoding defined in the lang_main.php file of the default language pack of the source installation. Edit that file to match the database's encoding and re-start the conversion procedure.
http 500 / white pages The conversion is a load-heavy procedure. Restrictions imposed by some server hosting providers can cause problems. The most common causes are: too low values for the php settings memory_limit and max_execution_time. Limits on the allowed CPU time are also a frequent cause for such errors, as are caps on the number of database queries allowed. If you cannot change such settings, then contact your hosting provider or run the conversion procedure on a different computer. The phpBB.com forums are also an excellent location to ask for support.
Password conversion Due to the utf-8 based handling of passwords in phpBB3, it is not always possible to transfer all passwords. For passwords "lost in translation" the easiest workaround is to use the "forgotten password" function.
Path to your former board The converter expects the relative path to your old board's files. So, -for instance - if the new board is located at http://www.yourdomain.com/forum and the phpBB3 is located at http://www.yourdomain.com/phpBB3, then the correct value would be ../forum. Note that the webserver user must be able to access the source installation's files.
Missing images If your default board language's language pack does not include all images, then some images might be missing in your installation. Always use a complete language pack as default language.
Smilies During the conversion you might see warnings about image files where the copying failed. That can happen if the old board's smilies have the same file names as those on the new board. Copy those files manually after the conversion, if you want to continue using the old smilies.
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| Re: phpBB3 stable version released | |
| Posted: 12/15/2007 3:32 AM |
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That's great. Thanks for this but I think to take risk is very dangerous as I will lose everything if anything goes wrong in between so I would prefer to change from 2 to 3 when Nightrider comes back.
Thanks for the information you provided  |
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