• Registered: 2005-04-30
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Topic: How easy is it to migrate a PunBB board to another server?

I am just setting up a board, and I am wondering now if I should host it on its own server. Currently it resides on my general purpose server.

How easy is it to migrate a forum to another server? What are the steps?

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  • From: East Lansing, MI
  • Registered: 2004-12-15
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Re: How easy is it to migrate a PunBB board to another server?

snoogly wrote:

I am just setting up a board, and I am wondering now if I should host it on its own server. Currently it resides on my general purpose server.

How easy is it to migrate a forum to another server? What are the steps?

Pretty easy - copy the directory, fix the permissions, dump and restore the database...  with a little phpmyadmin, expect no more than an hour or two.

~j

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  • Registered: 2005-04-30
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Re: How easy is it to migrate a PunBB board to another server?

You couldn't spell it out a bit more could you? Things like dump and restore the database, and a little phpmyadmin don't mean much to me right now...

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  • Loa
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  • Registered: 2005-05-20
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Re: How easy is it to migrate a PunBB board to another server?

1. Copy all the files from the old to the new server.
2. Fix the File Permission on the new server
3. Save the database to file with a tool like phpmyadmin.
4. Restore the database on the new server with phpmyadmin
5. Go to options and set the new "Base URL"

if you want more instruction then please tell if its somekind of webhotel or something you are using...