[Zachery]

Originally Posted by mkdevo

hello all,

i'm currently running vB 2.3.5 with vBPortal 2.3.0cr2. i want to make the upgrade to vB3 (and vBP3), but i have a few questions first, and i'm hoping someone can help out.

i'd rather not 'jump right in' to the upgrade. what i'm envisioning is a gradual process, but i don't know if it is possible:

i'd like to keep my current setup going, while i install and tweak vB3 and vBP3. so i guess what i'd like is for vB3 and vBP3 to be installed in a different directory, and just read from the same database as my vB2/vBP2.. is this possible? and if not, what can i do to set up vB3 for testing/tweaking before i go live with it? are there detailed instructions anywhere on how to do this?

hopefully i was able to get my point across ok. thanks in advance to anyone who can help.

Eh, not really, personaly I am not sure why any one runs vBP, its still phpnuke and it still has all the security holes as phpnuke.

However, the best way to test said idea, would be to create a backup of your current forum and restore it to a new database and then do the upgrade process and see how everythin goes, get to know vB3, make a style maybe, then make another backup of you current site, download your vB3 style if you made one and preform the upgrade on your live site. then import the vb3 style.