Hi. Right now I have a phpBB forum at one of my domain names. I am restructuring my names and would like the forum from one domain tranferred to a different domain. The current domain will then be redirected to the new domain. Confused yet. LOL Is there a way for me to completely move the forum, posts, members and all without losing anything?
I believe phpBB uses the database to store all that so you just need to make a database backup using something like phpMyAdmin and restore it on your other domain. After that copy all your php files over and it should work.
Well, Dolbz is right. Just make backup of database in phpmyadmin and install again phpBB where you want and then do backup on new phpBB. Confusing too If you need help just pm me and I will help you
yes, i am agree with Dolbz.. you will just need to take the backup of your database, and then execute your database dump for new one hosting.. upload your phpBB files there.. should work.. however, from phpBB admin panel, you will need to update the settings.
Make sure you change the domain name and script path in the phpBB config table to match your correct domain, else you'll have login problems etc.
Thanks for all your replies. I got the forum transferred but didn't do a phpadmin backup. In my hosting back room I copied the files from my one domain to the one I wanted it moved to, logged into the admin control panel, changed all that I had to, cleared the cache and it works great. I logged in made a few posts, sent a mass email to the users, and even started a new user name just to make sure everything is working. Thanks again.
From what you have done it sounds like you're still using the same database. Bear that in mind as the forum on both domains will be the same and unexpected things could happen.
I'm assuming you can't just alter DNS records & repoint the domain names, instead of moving everything ?
Is this new domain hosted on the same box, but just a separate folder under /www? If so, then what you did is fine if the first domain is just a redirect to the second.
The domain I first made the forum on was limited in its use due to the name. The second domain I purchased was more free in what can be talked about, which is pretty much anything and everything. So I copied the forum from the original domain to the second domain and deleted the forum from the original domain and now have original domain set up to redirect to where the forum is now located. (That all sounds really confusing) So I don't have 2 forums that are the same, I only have 1 forum. In order for it to work properly should I make a new Mysql database and change the config folder or will that cause me to lose all my posts. While the forum is still brand new I still have a little over 200 members and don't want to lose any of their posts. I am new to this and don't really understand php or any other computer language so I hope what I did do wont cause a crash later on.
If they are both hosted on the same account / same machine - you are okay using the old database. Who is your host?