Need help installing 1.8

[Hyperspace]

It's a database backup before I upgraded.

[SamedTarik]

I don't know a whole lot about configuring software. I'd be will to pay someone to help me with restoring the database.

Paying not needed. If you have access to phpMyAdmin, follow the steps below:

1. Open phpMyAdmin by clicking the phpMyAdmin icon
   
2. Select the database in the left menu that you will be working with
   
3. Click Import in the top menu
   
4. Under File to Import, click Browse and select the backup file you previously created (it will be either a .sql .zip or .tar.gz file).
   
5. Click Go at the bottom right
   
6. When the database has been imported successfully, you should see a message at the top of the page 
   

[Hyperspace]

Thanks for the reply. The forum has been restored and the upgrade is installed. Now I have one last error message I need help to correct. The error message says: Fatal error: Call to undefined method pluginSystem::run_hooks_by_ref() in /home/hyperspa/public_html/admin/modules/config/plugins.php on line 466

[dragonexpert]

One or more of the plugins you have uses that function which was deprecated in 1.8.

[Hyperspace]

Is there a way I can fix it? The error prevents me from accessing the plugin page.

[dragonexpert]

Look in each of the files in the /inc/plugins directory. If any of them use $plugins->run_hooks_by_reference you need to delete that file. You may wish to download a backup of that file first.

[Hyperspace]

I went through all the plugins and none of them had the $plugins->run_hooks_by_reference.