board missing after upgrade

[Rosey]

Your phpBB Version: 2.0.22
phpBB Type: phpBB / IMPortal
MODs: Yes
Your knowledge: Basic Knowledge
Board URL: http://immigrate2us.net

PHP Version:
MySQL Version:


What was done before the problem appeared?
Upgraded to 141


What was done to try to solve the problem?
searching, resynching..



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Ok so I upgraded to 141 and then all my categories disappeared. They are still all there in the database on phpmyadmin but the board isn't reflecting it.

What do i do?

[Rosey]

Well I replaced the new def tree with my old one from my back up and everything came back.

I notice the new def_tree is a lot bigger...is this something i need to worry about?

[Teelk]

Nope, should be fine. You need to ensure that all CHMODs are set after the update, use the install instructions from the full package. If the def_tree.php's CHMOD permissions were set correctly, you could just click resync in the ACP and it would have brought your forums back.

But, you should make sure all the CHMODs are ok.

[Rosey]

I updated from 140 to 141 and followed the direction to the letter.
I tried to resynch the forum but it didn't bring it back. The only category was the test category and when I tried to edit it, the changes wouldn't take effect.

When the forum actually came back, the category i tried to edit was actually one of mine.

[Teelk]

The update should include all CHMODs(but hasn't been updated yet) as some servers don't preserve the CHMOD permissions when the files are overwritten. Make sure that all CHMODs from the full package install instructions are done and your board should run fine.

[Rosey]

Well there were some files that were chmod properly like you said but I went through and checked every single one and I replaced the old def_tree with the new one and made sure it was chmod properly but that still screwed it up.

[Teelk]

Did you resync the forums after replacing it with the new one? The def_tree.php file is written to by the board with all the database information regarding your categories and forums so that it doesn't have to check the database each time the page is loaded, and therefore, is a lot more efficient.

The new def_tree.php will be blank, after it's CHMOD'd to 666(to allow the board to write to it), hitting resync will fill the file with the forum information and everything will work again.

If you're using your old def_tree.php file, it'll work fine. It writes to the file evertime someone posts anyway, so it's pretty much the same as resyncing it.