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[Breeze HQ]

HI Guys
As title seas currently I have IPB 3.0.4 and recently I bought 3.1.4 can any one tell me best way to export DB from 3.0.4 so it will import to 3.1.4 Thanks in advance.

[Michael]

I'd just use the upgrade, re-upload all the IPB files and run the upgrade. Not sure what way your trying to do.

[Breeze HQ]

HI Thanks for reply

The way I was doing is this

I set up new installation in my sub domain and I was going to import Members, posts, forums and other tables need it manually in to this new sub directory. I did not want to use upgrade incase it all went wrong thats why I wanted to see it working in my subdirectory and then move files need it to main directory.

Thanks for your time.

[Michael]

At some point you'll need to run the upgrade so it can update your database with the latest IPB 3.1.x changes. If you wanted to do just a test copy, what I do is make a complete copy of my forum files and database in another directory and run the upgrade on that copy. As long as you backup before I don't see any problems between an IPB 3.0.x and 3.1.x upgrade, they've both been out for a while so the upgrade path has been tested quite a bit.

[Breeze HQ]

HI and thank you for your help I have 1 small issue after upgrade

1. when any one signs in after visiting any section on the website and they click main logo or click home page on any part of the forums it signs them out. can you please help with this ? Thank you

[Michael]

Might be your cookie settings. In Admin cP > System Tab > System Settings > System tab > Server Environment. What do you have set for the cookie domain and prefix settings?

[Breeze HQ]

HI Cookie domain is set as follows

.poultrychat.com
-forum-

[Breeze HQ]

its very wierd as it does thing it shouldent

1. if site is normal url with out index.php part it don't works but if I add index.php it's fine but when I click banner or go to home page button from reading any topic it signs me out asking me to sign in again because its going to main site with out using index.php it also goes back to old skin that was there before instead of been on new skin.

[Michael]

You just have one forum installed on this site and on your hosting account? Maybe try setting your cookie prefix to something more unique like the name of your forum.

[Breeze HQ]

forum is hiden from front page till I figure this out. As for your sugestion that did not work any other ones?

Thanks for your time by the way

[Michael]

No sorry I'm out of ideas, might want to take this up with IPS to troubleshoot this.

[Breeze HQ]

Has no one had this kinda problem before after update?

Main issue is this it jumps back to version 3.0.4 with old theme that I no longer have in admin ACP soon as I click banner it goes back to new theme with 3.1.4 there has to be a reason for this?

Last time I spoke with IPS support I had big argument with them as I was going back and forwad with them. So I prefer get advice here if it's ok ?

All I want to know is why is it

when site goes to normal front page with out index.php it goes back to old script with old theme then if there is index.php after the site it goes bacl to normal new updated theme and new 3.1.4 script.

Or where can I change logo url ? so when logo is clicked it will add index.php on the end

Thanks

[Michael]

Most times I encounter this, it's usually a cookie problem. But if it's loading different versions of the software, may not. Not sure what else to suggest.

[Breeze HQ]

here is another problem if this helps

I changed the header logo url to index.php sum reason if Im lookoing at the forums and click on logo it leaves me in same place instead of moving me over to index,php

If I can get 3 locations to go to index.php I dont need a fix.

I need header logo link to go to index.php
I need top navigation link where it seas forums that to go to index.php
and
Above all forums where it seas board name I want that to go to index.php any sugestions how to do that?


Thanks for your time by the way.

[Breeze HQ]

HI Again I narrowed down the problem to this tables


skin_cache skin_collections
skin_css    skin_css_previous    skin_merge_changes
skin_merge_session
skin_replacements skin_templates    skin_templates_cache   skin_templates_previous
skin_url_mapping

My question is can I replace above tables from current forums with new one and if I did would this effect my current forums ?


Or even better which one of them is more likely to cause this problem from above list.



Basically this is what I did

1. I created new subdomain with new cpanel and installed fresh copy of i.p.b 3.1.4
2. I exported DB from current site to new subdomain
3. I checked all the DB there except for above tables basically I removed fresh DB and only left tables mentioned above.

Now when I went to my subdomain my site is working like it should when banner is  pressed or home page is pressed it does what it should instead of problem I described above.

So question I have can I replace above tables with new ones or can you tell me a way I can check which exact table is causing this issue ?

Thanks for any help.

Edited by Breeze HQ, 17 November 2011 - 12:55 PM.