I recently upgraded to 7.0 but have not yet gone live with my new 7.0. As a test, I did the import from my Threads 6.5.X and it seemed to work flawlessly. My question is, if I spend time setting up portals and styles, etc., what do I need to do to "re-import my 6.5.X data? Do I first need to clean out the current 7.0 databases or can I just run the install again to bring in all the newest posts, etc., when I'm ready to go live?

Basil

A lot of the settings are stored in flat files, however some settings are stored in the database; in order to have a clean import you'll need to drop the table and run the createtables.php script in the install directory, then run the importer again.

From here you'll have to go back and update settings...

Keep in mind that things like forum settings and styles are stored in the database (however you can export your styles and import them back once you've upgraded).

Thanks, I'm not too worried about having to re-do the settings, but I didn't want to loose my styles, for example.
Basil

Thats simple enough, just export your styles before you want to upgrade, then import them after your forum data import.

Is this "Things like" list complete? Styles and the forum settings? I can live with resetting those.

'eh a lot of people make huge customizations to settings and styles; but if you can live without it, haveatyou

I meant is it only the forum settings and the style settings that are dropped when you re-import

Lol anything "data" is dropped, this would be any data in the database (as step one to re importing is to drop the tables); primarily this is forums ettings, styles, any posts/users in the database, etc.

You can add the ubbt_greamlins table as something to backup and restore when re-importing if you set those up to your own preferences.