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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 to PunBB 1.3 ===== | ===== Migration from PunBB 1.2 to PunBB 1.3 ===== | ||
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| | **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.| | ||
| - | - [[http://punbb.informer.com/wiki/downloads#punbb_1.3|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 can 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. | ||
