[mofeu]

I am doing the following steps

I rename this file:

htaccess.txt

To:

.htaccess
(Note the 'dot' at the start)

Then

rename this file:

/config.php.bkp

To:

/config.php

Then, I rename this file:

/core/includes/config.php.new

To:

/core/includes/config.php

Then , in that file, I need to complete the following fields:

$config['Database']['dbname'] = 'forum';
Change forum to whatever your database name is.

$config['Database']['technicalemail'] = 'dbmaster@example.com';
Change the email address to your own.

$config['MasterServer']['username'] = 'root';
Change root to the database username

$config['MasterServer']['password'] = '';
Enter the database password inside the '' marks.

All other fields should be left as default, unless your database is on a separate server, in which case this will need changing:

$config['MasterServer']['servername'] = 'localhost';

Which is the correct path?
http://www.mysite.com/forum/install/upgrade.php
or
http://www.mysite.com/forum/core/install/upgrade.php

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Shall i change also to the .htaccess ? I did forums to forum

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On

# In some cases where you have other mod_rewrite rules, you may need to remove the
# comment on the following RewriteBase line and change it to match your folder name.
# This resets the other mod_rewrite rules for just this directory
# If your site was www.example.com/forum, the setting would be /forum/
#RewriteBase /

#If you used friendly urls in vB4, then uncommenting the following rules will redirect the #
#old vB4 urls to a similar location in vB5. This is unnecesary for a new vB5 install.
#RewriteRule ^threads/.* showthread.php [QSA]
#RewriteRule ^forum/.* forumdisplay.php [QSA]
#RewriteRule ^members/.* member.php [QSA]
#RewriteRule ^blogs/.* blog.php [QSA]
#RewriteRule ^entries/.* entry.php [QSA]

#To redirect users to the secure version of your site, uncomment the lines below
#RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
#RewriteRule .* https://%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]

#Block directories that don't need direct access
RewriteRule ^(core/libraries/|includes|core/includes|core/vb|core/vb5|core/admincp|core/modcp) index.php?routestring=relay/404 [END]

#Block files and directories
RewriteRule (^|/)\.(?!well-known) index.php?routestring=relay/404 [END]

#Block directories that don't need direct access to PHP
RewriteRule ^(css|fonts|images|js|core/cache|core/cpstyles|core/clientscript|core/customavatars|core/images|core/store_sitemap)/.*\.php index.php?routestring=relay/404 [END]

# Send css calls directly to the correct file VBV-7807
RewriteRule ^css.php$ core/css.php [NC,L]

# Redirect old install path to core.
RewriteRule ^install/ core/install/ [NC,L]

# Main Redirect
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !\.(gif|jpg|jpeg|png|css)$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?routestring=$1 [L,QSA]
</IfModule>

<IfModule mod_deflate.c>
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/atom+xml \
text/javascript \
application/x-javascript \
application/javascript \
application/json \
application/rss+xml \
application/vnd.ms-fontobject \
application/x-font-ttf \
application/xhtml+xml \
application/xml \
font/opentype \
image/svg+xml \
image/x-icon \
text/css \
text/html \
text/plain \
text/x-component \
text/xml
</IfModule>

<IfModule mod_expires.c>
ExpiresActive On
ExpiresByType application/x-javascript A1209600
ExpiresByType text/javascript A1209600
ExpiresByType application/javascript A1209600
ExpiresByType text/css A31536000
ExpiresByType image/x-icon A2592000
ExpiresByType image/icon A2592000
ExpiresByType application/x-ico A2592000
ExpiresByType application/ico A2592000
ExpiresByType image/gif A2592000
ExpiresByType image/jpeg A1209600
ExpiresByType image/jpg A1209600
ExpiresByType image/png A1209600
ExpiresByType application/x-shockwave-flash A1209600
ExpiresByType font/ttf A2592000
ExpiresByType font/otf A2592000
ExpiresByType font/x-woff A2592000
ExpiresByType image/svg+xml A2592000
ExpiresByType font/truetype A2592000
ExpiresByType font/opentype A2592000
ExpiresByType application/x-font-woff A2592000
ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-fontobject A2592000
</IfModule>

<IfModule mod_headers.c>

Header set Connection keep-alive

<filesmatch "\.(ico|flv|gif|swf|eot|woff|otf|ttf|svg)$">
Header set Cache-Control "max-age=2592000, public"
</filesmatch>
<filesmatch "\.(jpg|jpeg|png)$">
Header set Cache-Control "max-age=1209600, public"
</filesmatch>
<filesmatch "\.(eot|woff|otf|ttf|svg)$">
Header set Cache-Control "max-age=2592000, public"
</filesmatch>
<filesmatch "\.(css)$">
Header set Cache-Control "max-age=31536000, public"
</filesmatch>
<filesmatch "\.(js)$">
Header set Cache-Control "max-age=1209600, public"
</filesmatch>

# Don't allow other sites to frame in your content. If you do need to frame the
# forum in on another host you will need to remove or change this line.
Header always append X-Frame-Options sameorigin
</IfModule>

#don't allow some files that shouldn't really be present to be directly accessed.
#note that attachements should never be directly accessed by the webserver because
#we have permissions on the that are checked in the PHP code.
<FilesMatch "(^#.*#|\.(bak|config|dist|inc|ini|log|gz|tar|zip| sh|sql|sw[op]|md)|~)$">
Require all denied
</FilesMatch>