I have a question about Phpbb Help needed!

[thekingz]

Ok, I can install phpbb hacks and mods but i have a question!

I have a forum that has a a large amount of posts in it. I want to put hacks and mods on it. so I did a safe way by installing a new phpbb forum and added all the hacks and mods to it! Now Is there any way for me to put the old posts, usernames, and infos all in the new forum! or combine them????

Any help will be good! :undecided

[stevey]

do a database backup from old forum and then restore to the new forum

[Kamajii]

That's not 100% correct Stevey. Dependant on the modifications he has installed he will also have to do some database alterations. As it is wise you already have a database backup. If you want you can simply overwrite your current forum files with the old ones however be sure to make sure that with the complete instalation of the modifications you perform any database alterations that are necessary. Otherwise it can and may very well render your entire forum inoperable until the database alterations take place.

[thekingz]

That's not 100% correct Stevey. Dependant on the modifications he has installed he will also have to do some database alterations. As it is wise you already have a database backup. If you want you can simply overwrite your current forum files with the old ones however be sure to make sure that with the complete instalation of the modifications you perform any database alterations that are necessary. Otherwise it can and may very well render your entire forum inoperable until the database alterations take place.

Thats what i was thinking as i have the cash mod, the petstore mod, and like a cp mod i have a few others the the point system has diifernt feilds in the db

I alsways backup everything and yes i have more then 1 backup of both forums bd and all!

My question is i use the database restore and backup in cpanel and myphpadmin i never tryed the restore one in the phpbb does that matter are there any differentances?

http://mywebforums.info was a test of one of those super moded forums but i made my own from scratch as I only want to use the cash mod, bank mod, lottery mod, pets mod, shop mod, and maybe arcade & tunes mods!

my froum i goign to be fixing up and puting into a new cutsom forum is http://www.bungeholes.com/bhf/ and as you see i ahve a super lots of post and stuff!

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so i not want to start a new forum empty I have new forum setup and it has all those mods what shoudl i do next is there som kind of a update scritp or if i coul make on with like a install.php sujestions would be nice thanks

Note: I not going to be using the easybb forum software for the new forum i have my own i made!

[Kamajii]

The restoration tools inside the phpbb admin panel will ONLY backup and restore the default phpbb tables. If you have made any alterations to your database you will need to make backups and restorations through other means eg: Shell, phpMyAdmin, or etc. What I suggest is taking the backup of your populated database and then re-insert it's data on your destination board and then apply the installation scritps or database alterations that way. It'd most likely be the easiest method for you.

[thekingz]

The restoration tools inside the phpbb admin panel will ONLY backup and restore the default phpbb tables. If you have made any alterations to your database you will need to make backups and restorations through other means eg: Shell, phpMyAdmin, or etc. What I suggest is taking the backup of your populated database and then re-insert it's data on your destination board and then apply the installation scritps or database alterations that way. It'd most likely be the easiest method for you.

ok you me take a copy of the backup open it with the notpade and add the extra tables need for the mod and restore it with that! that sound like a great idea