Quick upgrade question

[okc]

I have a vb 3.03 board with alot of hacks.

I'm doing an entirely fresh install of vb3.07 on a new server, but want to keep all the hacks of course.

Is this the right process?

1. Upload 3.07 folders on new server (do not install yet)
2. Export 3.03 db to my desktop, then import db into 3.07 db area through phpmyadmin
3. Run 3.07 ugrade php script
4. Do php file comparisons & changes with beyond compare or araxis

thx -

[Reeve of shinra]

If I were you, I would:

a) Back up the db just because you never know
b) Try to compare your hacked vb to an unhacked vb303 to see what files YOU have modded.
c) Of those files, see which ones were updated between 3.0.3 and 3.0.7 (listed below are the files that were updated between the two since I also waited).
d) Back up the files you will need to change
e) Re-hack the new vb307 files to add in your edits
f) Upload the new files
g) Run upgrade

Here is a list of the files that were updated between 3.0.3 and 3.0.7

/
announcement.php
attachment.php
calendar.php
cron.php
editpost.php
external.php
faq.php
forumdisplay.php
global.php
image.php
index.php
joinrequests.php
login.php
member.php
memberlist.php
misc.php
moderator.php
newattachment.php
newreply.php
newthread.php
poll.php
postings.php
printthread.php
private.php
profile.php
register.php
search.php
showgroups.php
showpost.php
showthread.php
subscription.php
usercp.php
usernote.php

/admincp/
adminreputation.php
attachment.php
bbcode.php
cronadmin.php
css.php
forum.php
forumpermission.php
image.php
index.php
misc.php
moderator.php
phrase.php
stats.php
subscriptions.php
template.php
thread.php
user.php
usergroup.php
usertools.php

/archive/
global.php
index.php

/clientscript/
vbulletin_editor.js
vbulletin_stdedit.js
vbulletin_templatemgr.js

/includes/
adminfunctions.php
adminfunctions_backup.php
adminfunctions_help.php
adminfunctions_language.php
adminfunctions_options.php
adminfunctions_template.php
adminfunctions_user.php
db_mysql.php
functions.php
functions_bbcodeparse.php
functions_calendar.php
functions_cron.php
functions_databuild.php
functions_editor.php
functions_forumdisplay.php
functions_login.php
functions_newpost.php
functions_online.php
functions_subscriptions.php
functions_wysiwyg.php
functions_xml.php
init.php
modfunctions.php
sessions.php
vbulletin_credits.php

/modcp/
deletedposts.php
index.php
moderate.php
user.php

/subscriptions/
authorize.php

[okc]

thx alot - but wouldn't you want to re-hack after you run the upgrade script - I think that knocks out the hacks

[Reeve of shinra]

running the upgrade script generally wont disrupt the databse changes you've made when installing your hacks. Just that uploading the files will over write your unhacked files so you need to readd them.

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Depending on the hacks installed, you might have to redo some phrases also.

[okc]

ok thx guys - 1 question on this - how do I get the users/posts/threads into the fresh install of vb3.07 - do I export parts of the vb3.03 database or the whole thing & then import on top of my vb3.07 db?

[Marco van Herwaarden]

You should backup/restore the entire vB3.0.3 database into the empty new 3.0.7 database and then run the 3.0.7 upgrade script.

[okc]

it seems to have worked - thx!

lets say I make the new hacks, but it takes 3 days to bring the bd back up - (dns changes to new server, etc) - can I just export & re-import a few elements of the database to get the current threads/users that happened in the last 3 days?