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Converted successfully, thanks LDM!

Good stuff Mr.Bitty, glad it helped!

thanks man.

Ok, well I've had some problems (I'm using the portal version of 1.0.5). Up to step five is fine... then once I get to step five, there are none of those folders in what I downloaded. There is also not add_bots.php file. Step 6, I have a file called modded.sql, but no file called upgrade.sql, so I imported the one that I had. Step 7 was fine, but then when I get to step 8 the real problem happens. When I try to purge the cache (or just log onto the forum board) it takes me to the login page. It seems that somewhere along the way, all of the user accounts, posts, settings etc have been deleted. I can restore my old forum, and that works fine, but I have tried this process several times and I get the same result - user accounts, posts, and settings deleted. I have no idea what I'm doing wrong, it could be something fairly obvious, but I would appreciate any help I can get, as I would prefer not to have to just clean install ModphpBB3 and thus have none of the accounts, posts and settings for me to have to set up again. If you need to have a look at the board, it is at though I may try some more things to get it to work, so it may not be in the clean state if you check.

Thanks, Sam.

Hello Sam

It sounds like you have just used the normal zip file in downloads. There was actually a converter zip on the first post here, but with help of a phpBB bug on attachments it has now disappeared from the topic.

I will try to get hold of the zip files again as not too sure if I still have them on the HD.

Thanks, that would help a lot

LDM wrote:Hello Sam

It sounds like you have just used the normal zip file in downloads. There was actually a converter zip on the first post here, but with help of a phpBB bug on attachments it has now disappeared from the topic.

I will try to get hold of the zip files again as not too sure if I still have them on the HD.

any luck in finding this file? would kind of need it or would it work the other way round importing old data onto the new sql database?

Hey guys

Assuming this file isn't available, any ideas what I can do because I can't just re-start the forum because we currently have over 4500 posts and 64 members
I would really like to use this and I don't have the technical skill to add the mods myself

Similar situation
3k users
10k posts
No way to do it all by hand

With huge thanks to teh1337Bitty, converting zip file re-uploaded to first post. Portal zip to follow soon.

LDM wrote:With huge thanks to teh1337Bitty, converting zip file re-uploaded to first post. Portal zip to follow soon.

Thank you

LDM wrote:With huge thanks to teh1337Bitty, converting zip file re-uploaded to first post. Portal zip to follow soon.

You're welcome

Just a hint when u back up your database create a whole new forum and import it into that and then upgrade that forum re direct people to the new directory and you done with no danger to you database

Em kind of hit some trouble here when I got round to the upload (well a couple)

Ok followed instructions uploaded install directories
arcade installed fine
but when I try to install the next 2 I don;t get anything just a blank page
flag mod installs fine
can anyone help?

I get the sam eif I try to go to the forum index

thankfully this is not my main forum as I decided that I wanted my admin team to have a play around with it before we opened it out to the general membership

This happened to me before, did you remove the arcade's install directory first?