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#256285 01/21/2015 8:07 PM
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i am trying to move my hosting from UBB's hosting to a godaddy site i am not real good at this but they say i need database name and config files and that can't locate them any ideas here?

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I'm not totally familiar with how UBB HOSTING runs their DATABASES, but to help get you pointed in the right direction, much of that information can be found within -
includes/config.inc.php

The relevant information is -
'DATABASE_SERVER' => 'localhost',
'DATABASE_USER' => 'username',
'DATABASE_PASSWORD' => 'password',
'DATABASE_NAME' => 'yourforums',

Also, further down, around line 82 -
'FULL_URL' => 'http://domain.com/forums',
'BASE_URL' => '/forums',
'FULL_PATH' => '/server/path/to/your/public_html/domain/forums',

Post back if you get stuck. Cheers


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The tech support had me download the file
Then I uploaded it to go daddy's server
I talked to advanced support they said they could not find the config file or the name of the database??

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You need to download your database as a zip file or a *.sql file.

You wont find your database in your folders directory as its normally on a local address.

Normally you go to phpadmin and zip it up and save it.
Once you have it local on your computer you can upload it and inject (restore it into sql again).

Its a bit fiddly but you need to know thus to move forward.

1. Access your database at your old site.
2. Download the ubbt database.
3. Access your new database.
4. upload your ubbt database to your new site.

Or
Visit the control panel and go to tools database tools Back up database.
Ive not used that part of the control panel so if it works as expected i dont know.

Large databases normally time out and can not be backed up this way.

You should be be able to find the config file as that can be located in your directory.

You may be in for a rough ride if you have not done anything like this before. As hosts can disable some features that you may or not need. Impose limits your not aware of until you get online again.

Hope that helps.


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I would highly advise against Godaddy's hosting; a lot of users have experienced several issues with their hosting platform.

As for how to move, theres a migration guide in the FAQ Forum as well as on the Wiki


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