License holder no longer around, update needed

[TheLastSuperman]

Originally Posted by Max Taxable

Of course, my host hasn't upgraded php ever, either. Not in the 11 years I've had the service.

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaa? :erm:

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPkOPnmMpH0

OP: vBulletin 5 is fine IF you don't have any custom mods you rely on, it works fine as a normal forum, members may say vB5 seems slower too compared to vB4 but I haven't checked or compared speed in quite a while tbph.

[CZ Eddie]

Originally Posted by CZ Eddie

I guess my other responses are pending admin approval.

Still waiting for my other responses to show up?!?

Anyhow, our board got hacked not long ago and we were told the 4.2.5 update would have prevented the hack from happening.

The board runs smooth though.
The AdminCP is a little odd.
A few of the links don't take you to the tool but instead give a message like the one below when clicking the "Import" option in AdminCP:

/forum/impex/index.php

The forums have moved to:
http://www.forum_name.org/forum
Please update your bookmarks.

Thank you to everyone who has responded with suggestions/opinions so far. :up:

[TheLastSuperman]

Originally Posted by CZ Eddie

Still waiting for my other responses to show up?!?

There was only one and no need to approve it as you already re-stated the same in a reply there after .

Originally Posted by CZ Eddie

Anyhow, our board got hacked not long ago and we were told the 4.2.5 update would have prevented the hack from happening.

That depends on how it was actually hacked. Granted running vB 4.2.5 and running PHP7.1 is preferred.

Originally Posted by CZ Eddie

The board runs smooth though.
The AdminCP is a little odd.
A few of the links don't take you to the tool but instead give a message like the one below when clicking the "Import" option in AdminCP:

Don't click on the import link, that is from Impex and that means someone long ago imported your forums from another software into vBulletin. Impex should be fully removed (seems they removed most of the files but not the cpnav ones). If you don't know what some of this is, don't go clicking around at all before you run a full database backup or simply ask your host to copy the site and create a test site (then you can blow it up if you wish and the live site is left intact ).

[CZ Eddie]

Thank you.
Yes, I'm treading very carefully right now since I'm a newbie and our contact ability with the hosting services is very iffy.
I doubt I could get a test site created.
So other than the update, all I want to do is add Tapatalk once the db guy adds support in the config for modules.

[Dave]

Originally Posted by TheLastSuperman

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaa? :erm:

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPkOPnmMpH0

OP: vBulletin 5 is fine IF you don't have any custom mods you rely on, it works fine as a normal forum, members may say vB5 seems slower too compared to vB4 but I haven't checked or compared speed in quite a while tbph.

vBulletin 5 is pretty fast as long as you use PHP 7+ with OPCache.

[TheLastSuperman]

Originally Posted by CZ Eddie

Thank you.
Yes, I'm treading very carefully right now since I'm a newbie and our contact ability with the hosting services is very iffy.
I doubt I could get a test site created.
So other than the update, all I want to do is add Tapatalk once the db guy adds support in the config for modules.

So I take it the hosting is under the former owners name as well, since he's passed I would check for FTP access - you can then run a backup of the sites files and database via something like MySQLDumper or similar. If you don't find a way to backup, once the hosting contract expires and/or the domain expires you'll be sitting with no forum to visit so please be sure to find a way to copy the site so at least another forum with years worth of posts isn't canned per say.

[CZ Eddie]

How do you click "like" here? I don't seem to have that option?
Heck, I can't even view the picture I just uploaded.
It says I don't have permission. lol

[CZ Eddie]

Ahh, I bet it has something to do with this:

To be able to download modifications, view code, post in certain forums, or receive support here at vBulletin.org you must prove that you have a valid vBulletin license.

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Originally Posted by TheLastSuperman

So I take it the hosting is under the former owners name as well, since he's passed I would check for FTP access - you can then run a backup of the sites files and database via something like MySQLDumper or similar. If you don't find a way to backup, once the hosting contract expires and/or the domain expires you'll be sitting with no forum to visit so please be sure to find a way to copy the site so at least another forum with years worth of posts isn't canned per say.

I just got FTP access today!

The folder structure looks to be a serious mess.
This site has changed software & versions a few times it looks like.
It took me some time just to find the config.php.

Thanks for the suggestion, I'll start researching how to do a full backup.
I'm worried about doing something that will either slow down the site during the backup or piss off the hosting site if I download so much at once.