What all needs edited to change my domain the forum is in?

[viragotech]

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What all needs edited to change my domain the forum is in?

I know any links inside the forum will need changed. But what all needs changed if i go from

example.com

to

exampleforum.com

Still trying to find a new decent host and want to do a test move and test run and don't wanna move the domain too.

Just edit the general config setting in CP?

[Michalis]

Hi Virogotech

Try the link below to another post. I hope this is
something that ur after.

http://www.integramod.com/forum/viewtop ... index+html

[Coder]

For a full domain name change such as the one suggested, you would need to change the name of the forum folder in the ACP (if it changed) as well as the site name. You would probably need to do this from phpmyadmin since the forum itself is not going to let you log in on a different site!

I hit this problem when I downloaded a copy of my site to run on my local box for testing. Don't forget that you may need to update config.php also!

Hope that helps!

[viragotech]

sounds pretty simple then, where do I look for them settings in phpmyadmin?

Any clue would help, Im new to all that n just recentaly started playin it.

integramod is so forgiving though. Done made several bad mistakes and some how it just works still. One forum DB was all upgraded to 141 but I cuoldn't get pages to load, so I had to copy back all my 132 stuff and the forum still works fine.
It wouldn't acept my backup DB so a 132 is running on a 141 upgraded DB just fine.

[cutegothpirate]

I have done this about 3 times in the past 2 weeks.
I had made a site to show people how nice it would look.
Then I moved everything to a new site with the old database.
Then after people started joining, I added new things to the new site. Then decided to use a test site with all the users that joined so I could mess with colors and such without messing up the new site. So, I have switched things back and forth a few times.

(I keep editing this stuff to make it easier for people to understand and do)

YOU NEED TO USE PHPMYADMIN to access your databases.
Make a backup of your old database. sql format is easiest for your new database to use (so I have found out from my end)
Open phpmyadmin. Select your database from the drop down menu.
Click on the 'export' tab. Under 'export' select all. Radio button 'sql'.
Ignore SQL options. (don't know what all that does so I ignore it.)
Check the box 'save as file'.
Save as a zip. (was easiest for me)
Then click go. It will start a download for you.

Then you need to make a new database on your new site.
Through your control panel, create a new database the way you made one on your old site.

Import the data to your new site.
Open phpmyadmin on your new site.
Select your database you created.
Go to the 'sql' tab and browse for your zip file from your old site.
select 'autodetect' and click 'go'. It will tell you if importing the data was successful.

Stay in phpmyadmin to change some things.
Open the database and select phpbb_config from the left menu.
Click the tab 'browse'.
Search through there and replace your old site's name any time you see it in config_value with your new site's name by editing it. (click on the little pencil icon beside it.
Save all changes!

Open your config file in your main public_html directory on your new site.
Add in your new database name, username, and password in there.

When you go to your new site, your admin username and password will still work.
You need to synch user posts to see all the forums and stuff you had before.

I think that is everything!

[viragotech]

Thanks, Im gonna give hostgator.com a test run on performance, they are in proces of switching to PHPSuEXEC

[viragotech]

how do you sync user post? I dont see that setting
?

[viragotech]

I ask cause my other forum that was updated to 141 ended up blank with no post or forums sections.

Had to dump the 140 folder back to see things though the DB never changed. was still updated for 141