Export settings in vB

[Captain DDL]

I was setting up the developmental vB board allowed by my license, when I started thinking: 'why can't I just import the settings from my main board?' Apparently, saving the settings while in debug mode just provides the defaults, not the current settings. Is there any way I can just copy my settings over, instead of trying to replicate everything? Thanks.

[MaestroX]

Go to vBulletin Options -> Backup / Restore Settings

This works without adverse effects :)

[Captain DDL]

As I was saying, it saves the default settings. =/

[Zachery]

No it should save you settings for the majority of options.

[Captain DDL]

Really? It didn't for me. The guy who replied to my support ticket said...well, here's the whole thing:

I've set up a development board to test MODs, but I don't really want to reconfigure everything again. I tried to export the settings from the main board [in debug mode], but all I got were default settings (in the downloaded XML file). Do I have any other options, as this isn't working?

Hello,

Thank you for contacting vBulletin Support. That feature is more for development purposes than anything else. All it does is export the default settings. At this time there is no way to export the changed settings.


All the best,
Wayne Luke
vBulletin Sales and Support

http://www.vbulletin.com/
support@vbulletin.com



So which is true?

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Wayne seems to be wrong here, or he misunderstood the question.

Exporting should export the current values for most settings. There are some settings "blacklisted" that are never exported (mostly values that are dangerous to export, like local paths to the board).

[MaestroX]

As I was saying, it saves the default settings. =/

This has always worked for me in countless situations. I'm not sure whats going wrong for you...

[Captain DDL]

It worked this time...I guess it was a one-time thing. Thanks. =)