2013-04-15, 09:08 PM
Hi.
I'm currently in the middle of a conversion project from a very old Snitz based forum to myBB which goes through a few steps before I get to myBB.
The process is pretty long each time I have to start it again so I'm hoping to make a working copy of what I have now in myBB and then use that copy until I break it... then I'll rinse and repeat until I'm happy with the results.
My first inclination was to make a sql dump file of the current myBB database and then to import that data into a second database. Then I copied the entire contents of my myBB folder (recursively) into a second folder on my server.
Now I'm kind of stuck. Obviously there are problems regarding the new folder's settings pointing to the other directory and database. I tried to edit settings.php as a starting point and give it the proper directory reference but that only leads to the login/cookie problem.
Is there an easy, clear cut way to accomplish this task?
Thanks,
Olds
I'm currently in the middle of a conversion project from a very old Snitz based forum to myBB which goes through a few steps before I get to myBB.
The process is pretty long each time I have to start it again so I'm hoping to make a working copy of what I have now in myBB and then use that copy until I break it... then I'll rinse and repeat until I'm happy with the results.
My first inclination was to make a sql dump file of the current myBB database and then to import that data into a second database. Then I copied the entire contents of my myBB folder (recursively) into a second folder on my server.
Now I'm kind of stuck. Obviously there are problems regarding the new folder's settings pointing to the other directory and database. I tried to edit settings.php as a starting point and give it the proper directory reference but that only leads to the login/cookie problem.
Is there an easy, clear cut way to accomplish this task?
Thanks,
Olds