[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by kevinh

Hi Andrew (or anyone else who may be able to help),

I'm building a replacement for an existing vB 3.6/vBaCMPS site which uses LDM 2.2.7

The replacement site uses vB 3.7.1 and LDM 2.2.9-RC2

What is the best way to transfer all the LDM content from the old site to the new one?

Thanks,
Kevin

I assume that you are either installing on a new server, or creating a new instance of VB/LDM with new database tables. If you are simply upgrading an existing site, the sequence is straightforward: upgrade vbulletin and LDM (in either order), and everything's done.

There are two things you need to think about in moving server/database:

Database: The best approach is to copy the database (or at least the LDM SQL tables, which normally have names starting "local_links") to the new site, then install LDM 2.2.9. Alternatively, you can use the LDM/admin/export and import commands to upload the tables into an empty new installation.

Content: If you are moving to a new server, and your content consists of files on your own site (rather than urls pointing to another site), then you need to copy these files over to the new server. They need to be in the same place relative to the LDM settings local_file_root and local_file_root_prefix (if necessary, you can change those parameters).