My Forum in Maintenance mode

[bukharifaran]

I have moved my mobile forum from one hosting account to another account. (Same hosting provider but different account).

I have deleted one ZIP file from the file manager and don't remember the file name. After that, I am getting this error:

Maintenance Mode
Okay faithful users...we're attempting to restore an older backup of the database...news will be posted once we're back!

This is my forum link: https://www.mobilefun.pk/forum/

Kindly let me know what to do from here?

[m4z]

Just to be clear, you didn't just move the files, but also migrated (exported, imported) the database (or are still using the same DB server)?

[bukharifaran]

Yes, I have exported the database file as well.
But I don't know if I need to edit any file like we edit wp-config.php file while moving WordPress site to provide new database name and username. If I need to edit any file, kindly let me know the file name.

[m4z]

I have no experience migrating a forum... Did you set it to maintenance mode before the migration?

Or is $maintenance in Settings.php set to anything but "0"?

[d3vcho]

I have no experience migrating a forum... Did you set it to maintenance mode before the migration?

Or is $maintenance in Settings.php set to anything but "0"?

Basically this. In the file Settings.php there's a variable called $maintenance that accepts 3 values: 0 is for no maintenace, 1 is for normal maintenace and 2 is for maintenance without forum access. Just set this value to either 0 or 1 and save the file (reupload if needed).

[bukharifaran]

I have no experience migrating a forum... Did you set it to maintenance mode before the migration?

Or is $maintenance in Settings.php set to anything but "0"?

Basically this. In the file Settings.php there's a variable called $maintenance that accepts 3 values: 0 is for no maintenace, 1 is for normal maintenace and 2 is for maintenance without forum access. Just set this value to either 0 or 1 and save the file (reupload if needed).

Thank you. It worked. But don'w know how the value set to 2?  I didn't do that.

Anyhow, now it is live again after setting the value to '0'.

[d3vcho]

It was set on his own and I believe it's the expected behaviour to avoid malicious attacks.

[m4z]

Thank you. It worked. But don'w know how the value set to 2?  I didn't do that.

Anyhow, now it is live again after setting the value to '0'.

Glad to hear it. (I've moved the topic, because your forum is running SMF 2.0.15, not 2.1 )

[Arantor]

The upgrade script sets it to 2 normally.

[d3vcho]

The upgrade script sets it to 2 normally.

Yes, but OP didn't mention anything related to upgrade process. He said he just deleted a file, that's why I wasn't sure why it was set to 2.

[bukharifaran]

I didn't try to upgrade. But I guess the file that I deleted was related to the SMF upgrade.