The last part you said seems like the thing i must really do right now.
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Originally Posted by biocyberman
Lynne, I think what he is trying to do from beginning is:
Take members (usernames, password, names, etc) from ctvtec.com and put them on nyvtec.com so that those members don't need to register on nyvtec.com . One challenge is that ctvtec.com already has its own data, users, etc, so "site cloning" is not a choice.
@ctvtec: The way you did is very error prone. I hope you have your backup for nyvtec.com . My suggestion is that:
You do some experiment on a test forum, which can be put in a folder, for example, nyvtec.com/test and do all testing stuffs there before you do real things to nyvtec.com.
If you do not have a backup for nyvtec.com (please recognize this is a very bad practice), you can also clone current modified nyvtec.com into something say, nyvtec.com/backup and try 'clean up' nyvtec.com/backup by removing users that you added from ctvtec.com
Before doing any 'JOINING' of these two sites that you intend to do, a safe move would be make sure the two sites have the same setup (vbulletin versions, addons, custom fields).
Hope this help.
Biocyberman.
Update:
Well I took a look at your two sites. Looks like you actually want to clone ctvtec.com into nyvtec.com where existing data of nyvtec.com is not important. If that is true, I would like to suggest that:
Backup nyvtec.com files and database.
Remove nyvtec.com live files and database
Copy everything from ctvtec.com to nyvtec.com to make it work as a duplicate.
Remove articles, photos and posts of nyvtec.com from its admincp
Update/Upgrade nyvtec.com to newer version if you want.
11-26-2010, 06:50 PM
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