I am trying to upgrade my UBBThreads 6.5.4 to 7.0 (and to 7.0.2)
But I have problem using importers .

I first rename my old ubbthreads/ to ubbthreads.654/ , and place 7.0 to ubbthreads/ directory. And then copy threads_import.zip's content to importers/ directory.

After bring up ubbthreads/importers/threads_import.php in browser , It shows cannot connect to MySQL error , and I know I have to edit parameters in includes/config.inc.php .

I open config.inc.php , and found it is almost empty , just two lines :



I then copy my OLD threads.654/includes/config.php's content to it , except the $VERSION parameter.

After bring up threads_import.php in browser , it still shows cannot to mysql server , I feel strange , and check the parameters ...



These settings are just OK , and I can connect manually. I don't know what's wrong ... I just don't know what parameters it needed.

After I inspect into new ubbthreads's mysql.inc.php , I found

I finally realized that the parameters's name are changed !!!
Why isn't there a script to transform UBB6.5's parameters name to UBB7 !?

Where can I find all UBB7's correct parameters in config.inc.php ? Why nobody else has this problem ?

config.inc.php is created during the install automatically. It's the file that your control panel settings are saved to. The software comes with that 2-line version, but when I check mine on the server it's 231 lines long. I don't recall exactly, but the db info is probably asked of you during the install - you shouldn't have to edit that file.

PS - You probably should've left your old install directory as-is and created a new one for 7.x. Otherwise, all your search engine links will be broken or at the very least cause quite a bit of confusion. I would undo that, install 7.x to a new directory, and then install the redirect scripts when you're up and ready to go.

So , I have to first create a new DB , install UBB7 , and finally import old DB to new DB ?

Is there any way to skip 'create new DB , install UBB7 ' step ?

I installed from .Classic, not .Threads, but I'm still gonna say yes, you need to create a new database for 7.x. Did you follow the instructions in the 7.x Install Guide? After installation, you'd run the appropriate importer (From UBB.threads 6.5.x) available in the Members Area...

I am half way through doing this now... (almost 24 hours so far )

What I did was...

1) Create a copy of my 6.5.x database
2) Create a new folder for threads 7.x under my domain
3) Install threads 7.x into new folder
4) Run impoter on copy of 6.5.x database.

The original forums stay up and you should be able to log into the new ones as soon as groups and members have been imported (ie once it starts on the topics)

There may be another method, but this way if the import fails, the original forums remain untouched.

The only major item remains to be done is to change lots of links

Standard Upgrade Procedure:
1. Backup your current (working) install.
2. Install UBB7 to the "Create New User" screen.
3. Run the importer.

Note that your original forums need to be functioning at least for the import, after the import you can replace the url's or old scripts with redirectors to your new forum install.