Moving Server

[MrFlicks]

i am going to ask my webhost, that is 1and1.com maybe someone has an opinion about 1and1.com, i  heard some but not related to this subject.
will let you know about my findings.

thank you man!
-richard
www.melpowerforum.com

regarding www.1and1.com their hosting seems to be very expensive!

[Jerry]

For good prices and quality services I recommend www.achohosting.com .

[Lokk]

Good topic, however I am just switching DOMAINS, not servers.....both of my 2 domains are hosted under the same exact account, with the same phpMyAdmin database.  All I am doing is moving the forums from the blahblah.com folder in my account to the blahblah2.com folder.   What steps would I need to take to do this, since the database for the new domain is linked to the same database as the old domain.  Thanks for any help!!

[[Unknown]]

If you're only switching domains, you only have to use repair_settings.php.  What is repair_settings.php?

-[Unknown]

[Lokk]

Thanks, gotta say I appreciate the fast replies I've gotten to my 2 posts so far...you guys by far have the best community support + developer support I have ever seen   *thumbs up*

[christiansees]

Hello All, I have taken over admin of a site that has Yabb 1 gold SP 1.3.1, so I am new to all this. My new clients want to move to a new server and update the BB. So I am thinking that I should intall the latest version of SMF to the new server, back up the database on the old server, upload it to the new server, run restore_backup.php to import it because the host did not back import db available in phpmyadmin. Next repair_settings.php and or repair_paths.php.  Now if that all worked and I didn't turn into a pretzel meanwhile. I should be a happy camper. Feed back is appreciated

[[Unknown]]

Sounds like a good idea.  If you haven't converted from YaBB yet, it may be simpler.

You could copy all of YaBB's data files from the old server to the new, and then edit the paths in Settings.pl/Settings.cgi.  From there, you'd be able to install and convert on the new server, without having to use phpMyAdmin or the database at all.

-[Unknown]

[christiansees]

Ok thanks for the reply [unknown]. But, please excuse my ignorance, which ones are the data files? Also for the install. Having read the tutorial, it is still unclear to me, Am I supposed to create the database first?
Thanks

[[Unknown]]

Ok thanks for the reply [unknown]. But, please excuse my ignorance, which ones are the data files? Also for the install. Having read the tutorial, it is still unclear to me, Am I supposed to create the database first?

Well, YaBB's data files... may be a few places.  They're probably under cgi-bin.  It's been a long time since I worked with the Perl YaBB.

Unless you're installing as a user that has the privilege of creating databases (unlikely) you'll need to create the database first.

-[Unknown]

[christiansees]

I seem to be having a similar problem as Bigforo. Mine is on the install page

Internal Server Error
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.
Please contact the server administrator, [email protected] and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

More information about this error may be available in the server error log.


Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Apache/1.3.33 Server at hxxp:www.mydomain.com [nonactive] Port 80

this is while attempting hxxp:www.mydomain.com/forum/install.php [nonactive] Also the error log says

[2005-03-22 17:00:41]: error: file is writable by others: (/home/user/public_html/forum/install.php)
[2005-03-22 16:16:32]: error: file is writable by others: (/home/user/public_html/forum/install.php)
[Tue Mar 22 17:00:41 2005] [error] [client XX.XX.XX.XX] File does not exist: /home/user/public_html/500.shtml
[Tue Mar 22 17:00:41 2005] [error] [client XX.XX.XX.XX] Premature end of script headers: /home/user/public_html/forum/install.php

I don't really feel that I have the savvy at this yet to hack all the php files. Suggestions?

[[Unknown]]

Have you tried making the file 755 instead of 777?

-[Unknown]

[christiansees]

whoa that was too easy. now it works.
thanks

[xt600]

...after changing server and updating Settings.php , chmodded new dirs etc. the new installation works fine but...the older attachments (and personal avatars) not. All the attachments are in right place, the path is correct, the sql file is the same older one...what could i do now? Thanks!

[[Unknown]]

Make sure to try a hard refresh.... it may cache the bad stuff in your browser.

-[Unknown]

[xt600]

...done...but nothing new. Another not working thing: the number of posts of any user is sticked (no more increases in the number of posts even posting more and more...)

[[Unknown]]

http://www.xt600.cc/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;id=4623;type=avatar

Works for me.

Probably your mail settings are wrong.

-[Unknown]

[xt600]

http://www.xt600.cc/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;id=4623;type=avatar

Works for me.

Probably your mail settings are wrong.

-[Unknown]

...the biggest problem is with (old) attachments, see:
http://www.xt600.cc/forum/index.php?topic=11172.0 (actual one on .CC server)
and
http://www.xt600.it/forum/index.php?topic=11172.0 (on previous .IT server)
as you can see attachments on .CC server are no more displayed (but present in they own folder...)
....

[[Unknown]]

And you're 100% certain you copied over the contents of the attachments directory?  Are you sure the files were stored there?

I can't see the other, no, because it's in maitenance mode...

-[Unknown]

[xt600]

...i send you a PVT...

[xt600]

...i send you a PVT...

..OK...sent!