How to restore a style without the style files?
 

Hey,

I have a site db and a domain from a site I was running for years, unfortunately it was hacked and the only way I can restore the design is through archive.org - It has all images available.

Normally I would get a new design but it cost me a lot ( Really can't remember but it was $750 - $1000 ) - I don't want to lose the design.

Is there an easy way to get the same design back on the site?
It is vb 3.7 or 3.8.

I have business cards, stationary etc with the same design so I would like the site to be the same.

Thanks :)

The only way to do it is to download all the image files from archive.org and also the .css from there and then add it back via the Style Manager area.

Hey Lynne,

Thanks for the reply :)

I have got the images but I don't see a CSS file through using WinHTTrack - I also downloaded Cygwin to try using wget but that isn't working for some reason, going to see if I can get it working.

Is there any other option?

Thanks again

If you have the database you can import your database into your server. If you know what vB version you were using then you can go to members.vbulletin.com and download that version for a test/dev forum, install it using that database you uploaded and have your images in place and it should pretty much show everything you need. Then you can export the xml file for the style if you need to.

Use webpagetest dot org on the archive link, to get all the images and files.

Yeah it is not going to be a simple task unless you have a backup somewhere.

Just tried the database and it is corrupt, only copy I have. :( 9 Year old database :(

Where is that please?
I tried the address but it doesnt work.

Even if I got the design it is something to work with.. Losing such an old site is so bad :(

This link works for me try it: http://www.webpagetest.org/

And when you get there put the URL in of the archive dot org page you're using, then under the resulting chart click on "view all images."

Then after you download all the images, on the chart will be all the links to the CSS files and such, you can click on those and save the scripts too.

I actually did this for my site, so I know it can be done. But, I was able to download the .css file and then be able to tell what to enter into the Style Manager > Main CSS page. Or, it could be that the CSS wasn't stored in the file system and I was able to read it directly from the page source. You may want to check that.