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  - Open forum index (e.g. ''http://example.com/forum/index.php'' in your browser) and follow the instructions.   - Open forum index (e.g. ''http://example.com/forum/index.php'' in your browser) and follow the instructions.
-See also: [[http://punbb.informer.com/forums/post/119289/#p119289|Steps to getting PunBB 1.3 to work on SourceForge.net]].+See also: [[https://punbb.informer.com/forums/post/119289/#p119289|Steps to getting PunBB 1.3 to work on SourceForge.net]].
-===== Migration from PunBB 1.2 =====+===== Migration from PunBB 1.2 to PunBB 1.3 =====
Follow these instructions to migrate from your current PunBB 1.2.* installation to 1.3. Follow these instructions to migrate from your current PunBB 1.2.* installation to 1.3.
| **NOTE**: Make a backup of your current forum directory before proceeding. Also, don't forget to make a backup of your forum database. Use the tool ''mysqldump'' for MySQL and ''pg_dump'' if you are using PostgreSQL. If you're using SQLite, just make a backup copy of the SQLite database file. You can also make database backups via most administration tools such as [[http://mysql.com/products/tools/administrator/|MySQL Administrator]], [[http://phpmyadmin.net/|phpMyAdmin]] and [[http://phppgadmin.sourceforge.net/|phpPgAdmin]]. It's strongly recommended to make a database backup if your forum is not 100% in English. You can experience data loss in the convertion to UTF-8 if you specify wrong encoding of data stored in the database.| | **NOTE**: Make a backup of your current forum directory before proceeding. Also, don't forget to make a backup of your forum database. Use the tool ''mysqldump'' for MySQL and ''pg_dump'' if you are using PostgreSQL. If you're using SQLite, just make a backup copy of the SQLite database file. You can also make database backups via most administration tools such as [[http://mysql.com/products/tools/administrator/|MySQL Administrator]], [[http://phpmyadmin.net/|phpMyAdmin]] and [[http://phppgadmin.sourceforge.net/|phpPgAdmin]]. It's strongly recommended to make a database backup if your forum is not 100% in English. You can experience data loss in the convertion to UTF-8 if you specify wrong encoding of data stored in the database.|
-  - [[downloads|Download PunBB 1.3]] and extract the archive on your hard disk. +  - [[https://punbb.informer.com/wiki/downloads#punbb_1.3|Download PunBB 1.3]] and extract the archive on your hard disk. 
-  - Replace your old 1.2 directory with the contents of the 1.3 archive. Keep old ''config.php'' and ''img/avatars'' dir. E.g. if you have 1.2 installed into ''www/punbb/'' and forum URL is ''http://example.com/punbb/''. You may use the next steps: +  - Replace your old 1.2 directory with the contents of the 1.3 archive. Keep old ''config.php'' and ''img/avatars'' dir. E.g. if you have 1.2 installed into ''www/punbb/'' and forum URL is ''http://example.com/punbb/''. You can use the next steps: 
-    - Rename old ''www/punbb/'' to ''www/punbb_old/'' +    * rename old ''www/punbb/'' to ''www/punbb_old/''; 
-    - Create new directory ''www/punbb/'' and put PunBB 1.3 there. +    * create new directory ''www/punbb/'' and put PunBB 1.3 there; 
-    - Copy ''/www/punbb_old/config.php'' to new ''www/punbb/'' and  ''/www/punbb_old/img/avatars'' to ''/www/punbb/img/avatars''.+    * copy ''/www/punbb_old/config.php'' to new ''www/punbb/'' and  ''/www/punbb_old/img/avatars'' to ''/www/punbb/img/avatars''.
  - Open forum index and follow instructions.   - Open forum index and follow instructions.
 +===== Updating PunBB from 1.3.x to 1.3.(x+1) =====
 +
 +How to update an 1.3 forum:
 +
 +  * make a backup of the database and files;
 +  * turn the Maintenance mode on (via admin panel);
 +  * overwrite old files with new ones;
 +  * after owerwriting, verify that cache, img/avatars and extensions (for pun_repository) directories have enough write permissions (usually 777);
 +  * clear cache directory;
 +  * go to the forum index and run db_update.php script (this may take a long time);
 +  * turn the Maintenance mode off.

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