Hello.
What is the procedure to move the forum from one server to another without loosing user's accounts and posts? Going into details would be deeply appreciated
Thank you.
- Export your MyBB database from phpMyAdmin's Export page.
- Download your inc/config.php and inc/settings.php from your old forum.
- Import your MyBB database back on your new database server using phpMyAdmin's SQL page.
- Upload the version of MyBB you were using before.
- If your database info has changed, edit your inc/config.php and edit accordingly. It may also be a good idea to open inc/settings.php and see if there is anything you need to edit (ie. cookie domain, and URL settings).
- Replace the default inc/config.php and inc/settings.php with the ones you downloaded earlier.
- Access your Admin CP directly and update your cookie and URL settings. (If you cannot login to Admin CP, go into phpMyAdmin in the mybb_settings table and find the settings and edit as required).
It should be ready to go at that point.
Thanks a lot Dennis for clear reply.
DennisTT Wrote:
- Upload the version of MyBB you were using before.
Does it mean that I can simply copy forum folder from one server to another or do I have to go again through entire installation routine using install package?
Thanks.
You can either upload the forum folder from your old server, or if you don't have that, you can upload the forum folder from a zip downloaded from mybboard.com. Bottom line is that you need to upload a copy of a MyBB (your old one, or from the zip), but you DON'T need to run the install.