I deleted the files off the server by accident when I was trying too upgrade. Do I need the database files from the server to restore my boards? Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.

The database holds all of your posts and most settings except for a few which is in includes/config.inc.php. So yes you need to keep it where it is.
Do you have a backup of your files?
If you do just upload them to where they used to be. and it should be fine without doing anything else.

Ok, here is a little more info. I did not back up the boards. Stupid, I know. During the upgrade process, it says to upload all files except certain ones. So stupidly I thought I would just delete those files then upload everything. Except stupidly, I deleted the ones off of the server, instead of the computer. Any chance to get my boards back to where they were? It is coming up a new install instead of an upgrade.

Thanks in advance.

Okay so it sounds like you deleted the php/script files but not the database.
The reason you don't upload over the existing ones is because they hold settings/features from your existing board. You should not delete them unless instructed to do so.

Then uploaded the newer version. Then ran upgrade.php
And the upgrade did not finish to update the database due to things like config.inc.php were missing.

First thing is you may consider opening a support ticket. Rick just may fix it for you.( probably the best option)

After that not knowing what version your were on and trying to upgrade to. It is hard to tell.

You could install the original version (if you have it)then select another database.
then go back and edit the config.inc.php file to look at the real database. then start over with the upgrade.

I know this sounds greek but people that have been using this software it is not that big a deal.
It is really kinda simple. Once you have lived through this once.

There are a few other options but if you don't have that warm comfy feeling then I suggest going with Rick.

If you want to attempt this on your own. the first item would be the config.inc.php file. After re-uploading the original version
Which Gizmo did post a generic file to use but you would need to go through the complete control panel to confirm all the changes.

So again. I would ask with a support ticket to mindraven.
Or ask some of us to fix it.

Either way that person will need access to the site with ftp access and access to the site control panel for the mysql database.

Well, there is simply no undelete; once you purge files you're pretty much screwed. I have a generic config.inc.php file somewhere to get you started, you'd put this in your includes directory and then access your cp (after editing the file).

See this thread.

I tried downloading the zip file but it won't open. WinZip says it is not a valid archive.

Weird, it does show up as wonky... Anyone who's downloaded it happen to have a copy handy? If not I guess I ccan make another...

Looks like uploading .zip files here gets corrupted; I uploaded it to here for the time being.

Does anyone know if I run the boards through a new install, will it wipe out my boards and posts? I uploaded the config file in seversl different places and this is what I get when I go to the install.php page:

SQL Error: Unable to connect to database server, please try again in a few minutes.SQL Error: Unable to connect to database server, please try again in a few minutes.
Fatal error: Call to undefined function upgrade_header() in /home/mystuff/forums/install/upgrade.php on line 67


I uploaded the file in several different places, under forums, admin and install. Any suggestions? Thanks.