UBB.threads PHP Forum Software Community Forums UBB.threads Installation and Upgrade Support Folder question

I have UBB Threads 6.5.1.1
The upgrade instructions say not to copy the "cache_builders" folder but do copy the .php file in it to your current install.

I don't have "cache_builders" folder in 6.5.1.1 I have a folder named "ci_builders" is this the same and should I copy the .php files from "cache_builders" into "ci_builders" or some other location?

Thanks

Upgrading from 6.5 isn't an upgrade; the upgrade docs are for upgrading within 7.

Install UBB.T7 as a fresh install, until you hit the "create a new user" section, from here you run the importer from UBB.T6.

Thanks.

So we have to modify all documents that we've created that refer to the ubbthreads folder and now point it to the forums folder?

That's fine I suppose but would be nice to be able to do an in-place upgrade without having to change folders.

well, you can change the directory to whatever folder you want after the import ... It's also good to keep in mind that there are redirectors in the import zip if you want to change the directories permanently.

Okay now I'm in a jam and need some assistance.

I'm a Windows Network Admin, but have not had to support IIS and other Website related material. I'm not 100% sure how the refererr page works, but don't really think this is the fix either.

We had UBBT 6.5.1 in a folder under the main site named "ubbthreads". I installed UBBT 7.02 in a folder under the main site named "forums" and then performed the "IMPORT".

We have hundreds if not thousands of links that now do not work when you click on them in the posts.

Here is an example.
Original link: http://mysite.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=155911
Now needs to link to:
http://mysite.com/forums/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=155911

At least that's how it would seem to me.

My system is running on Windows Server 2003 w/IIS6

What is the "best" method for me to correct this issue.

Thanks for your support and assistance.

There are redirectors included in the importer zip, they should work with IIS

Gizmo,

Thank you for the reply but I'm not really sure how I'm supposed to use them now. I've already performed the upgrade.

I'm sure this is quite easy for you as you've been using, coding UBB for many years. I have not and don't know how to fix it.
 
Please try to go back in time when you FIRST installed UBB and ask yourself if you knew what you were doing. I am in no way trying to bag on you, just that I see it on our board too where Admins and Mods often give noobies an answer that makes perfect since to them but doesn't really help someone new to the software.
 
Are you saying to run the importer AGAIN and point it back to the 6.5.1 folder?
 

 

 

Basically in the import zip there are a couple of files, postlist.php, showflat.php and showthreaded.php. Each are commented with instructions as to what needs to be changed, in most cases it just needs to be altered to set the URL to the new forums. At that point, you just need to upload those redirect scripts overwriting the old files. Then, whenever someone clicks on a link that would have taken them to one of the old scripts it will redirect them to the new one

Readme from Importer for 6.5x


Copied the redirect scripts to:

http://mysite.com/forums/languages/english

postlist.php,showflat.php,showthreaded.php

Modified to same value I had when I installed and did the import in the first place.

$URL = "http://mysite.com/forums";

 
Now all links are wrong.
http://mysite.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/ubb/cfrm

 

Okay, guessing that what you're really saying is to put those files in my OLD 6.5.1 folder and it should fix my problem.

Well I removed the ones I put in the ENGLISH folder of my 7.02 install. Then copied the redirect scripts to the UBBTHREADS folder of my old version.

Links still do not work correctly though.

The link looks good in the browser for the old directory...
http://mysite.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=159078&an=0&page=1#159078

But when you click on the link you get...
http://mysite.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/159078/site_id/1#import
 

You might need to set $search_friendly to 0 in each of the scripts to disable the search engine friendly style URLs if those are causing a problem.

Thanks much. The links are now working as expected.

That is a BIG relief off my shoulders...
 

Arg...

Rebooted the server just to double check and make sure everything would come up okay on it's own when or if a reboot was needed in the future and now the board does not come up.

the links brings up a completely blank page and no errors in Event Viewer.

http://mysite.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=cfrm
 
The last thing I was doing before the reboot was trying to delete some styles from Control Panel, but they would not delete.
 

Well PHP is working and MySQL appears to be working but no UBB Board.

Is it possible the Styles delete actually deleted some config file or something? It didn't seem to delete the styles and the board was working and now it's not.

Need some ideas on where to check, otherwise I'm going to have to start all over and put the old board back and then upgrade again. That SUCKS.
 

Well not sure what broke, but my automated backup script allowed me to restore the site to before it broke.

All is now working again.