Topic: HELLP MOVING A FORUM
i was using a punbb forum hoster and i found another one that has much more options and was wondering if there is a way to move all my data from website to another so i dont have to start all over again
Re: HELLP MOVING A FORUM
Sure. The scripts are easy. Just download them from the old host and upload them to the new host.
Then you need to download a backup of your database and upload it to the new host. Do you have access to phpMyAdmin or even better, do you have a shell account?
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Re: HELLP MOVING A FORUM
It depends on where you're moving from/to. As Rickard said, you'll need to download a backup from your current host. Then I would ask the new host if there's any way for them to import the data. 
Edit: Which you did
Re: HELLP MOVING A FORUM
Hi Rickard,
I have following error message:
An error was encountered
File: C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\buero-pc\Desktop\entwicklung\xampp\phpMyAdmin\punbb\include\dblayer\mysql.php
Line: 58PunBB reported: Unable to connect to MySQL server. MySQL reported: Unknown MySQL server host 'db506.1und1.de' (11001)
Why does the local installations asks for the hosting Server, where and what should a change?
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Re: HELLP MOVING A FORUM
wow im totally lost lol
Re: HELLP MOVING A FORUM
you cant get lost , when you are here its the place where any open question could be answered.
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Re: HELLP MOVING A FORUM
jlangrock: Please don't hijack topics. Instead, start your own.
To answer your question (I think) the database server setting is in config.php. If you move servers you need to update all the database info.
If that doesn't answer your question, please start a new topic
werny: Don't worry, it's unrelated to your request
Re: HELLP MOVING A FORUM
Hi Smartys,
I don't want to hijack the topic, My problem is a part of the answer werny asked, because I was moving too and had the problem with the database. You are right taht the problem was stored in the config.php file, I changed there the Host name and it works. So changing the config.php is part of the solution, therefore I cant see that I'm hijacking this topic.
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Re: HELLP MOVING A FORUM
werny's question was related to moving a forum between free PunBB hosts, which isn't the same as generally moving a forum (since the setups for free PunBB hosts are usually such that the user can't modify the database as they see fit)