Moving from one forum to another.

[Stephanie]

Is there a way to move posts from one forum to another. I have one forum. And i am building a totally updated (security and phpbb wise) forum complete with new template. I really just want to move the posts and forum names. Is there a way to move just the data??? The new forum will have the same mods as the other forum.

[Helter]

if the mods are the same you should be able to backup only the tables you want to save from your old db, then after youve built your new forum, drop these same tables and import them from your backup

[Stephanie]

Thanks Helter, I will try that <img>

[computerz]

if the mods are the same you should be able to backup only the tables you want to save from your old db, then after youve built your new forum, drop these same tables and import them from your backup

Thats not going to copy the forum names like she asked. The forum names, forum descriptions, and forum permissions are stored in the includes/def_tree.php file. This is what she'll need to copy.

[found it]

if the mods are the same you should be able to backup only the tables you want to save from your old db, then after youve built your new forum, drop these same tables and import them from your backup

Thats not going to copy the forum names like she asked. The forum names, forum descriptions, and forum permissions are stored in the includes/def_tree.php file. This is what she'll need to copy.

Actually all the infomation is stored in your database and as Helter has said it is just a matter of dropping the right tables in the right place...

def_tree.php logs the changes from the database and keeps a record of them so cats hier works correctly...copying over the file will not do what Stephanie requires..

[computerz]

I stand corrected.

Thank you found it.

[found it]

I stand corrected.

Thank you found it.

no problem...

[Helter]

after the db transfer she will need to go to acp/forum admin/managment+ and resync the forums. as long as includes/def_tree.php is set to chmod 666, this will update it with the new info. def_tree is a cache file and if caching is turned on, your forum will look there first for this info, but if it doesnt match your db youll get white pages or forum not found errors

[found it]

after the db transfer she will need to go to acp/forum admin/managment+ and resync the forums. as long as includes/def_tree.php is set to chmod 666, this will update it with the new info. def_tree is a cache file and if caching is turned on, your forum will look there first for this info, but if it doesnt match your db youll get white pages or forum not found errors

your da man..

[Helter]

<img> lol thx found it !

[found it]

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