Moving vbulletin to a new host - the process?

[ATVTorture]

OK, now I'm gonna show my ignorance. If it's a plug-in that was installed through the admincp, and I can't get into the admincp, how do I find the files that it would be using. Are those just the xml files in the includes/xml folder or will the server path be referenced other places?

Thanks!

[noppid]

Originally Posted by ATVTorture

OK, now I'm gonna show my ignorance. If it's a plug-in that was installed through the admincp, and I can't get into the admincp, how do I find the files that it would be using. Are those just the xml files in the includes/xml folder or will the server path be referenced other places?

Thanks!

It could be a setting that gets put in the ACP by an XML, yes. It could be a file edit too.

Use the config.php to turn off the hooks system and try, if it works, it's an installed product. If it dont, it's config.php or a file edit.

[ATVTorture]

Well, that made the board load. Now I have to download my entire root and do a full text search in PHP and XML files for a piece of the text referencing the old host. YUCK!

--------------- Added [DATE]1223481707[/DATE] at [TIME]1223481707[/TIME] ---------------

However, when I try to login to admincp, it says thanks for logging in and takes me right back to the login screen. I'm guessing b/c cookies are set for the old host through admincp as well as other things. Any ideas?

[SEOvB]

It sounds as if you've completely bastardized the switching hosts process.

Things to do on current host:
1. Backup database (make multiple backups for peace of mind)
2. Backup files

Things to do on new host:
1. Restore files
2. Create database and database user(remember the new database name, user, and password)
3. Restore old database.
4. Update includes/config.php with new user/pass/db name if applicable

If you're having problems logging in from cookies. Upload tools.php into the adminCP and fix any issues.

If you are receiving 404 errors, or phpinclude errors, check files to make sure they are all there. If you still receive php include errors. One of your files probably has a path hard coded into the configuration file

Thats all there is to it.

[ATVTorture]

FDS, not sure what you mean by I've bastardized the process as I have done exactly what you say needed to be done.

I have no 404 errors. I have no phpinclude errors. I simply can't login to the admincp. So, I will use that portion of your post and upload tools.php and see what happens.

Buster

--------------- Added [DATE]1223484107[/DATE] at [TIME]1223484107[/TIME] ---------------

When I go to tools.php in my browser, I get a blank page. Any ideas as to why? Hooks are still turned off in config.

[SEOvB]

Originally Posted by ATVTorture

FDS, not sure what you mean by I've bastardized the process as I have done exactly what you say needed to be done.

I have no 404 errors. I have no phpinclude errors. I simply can't login to the admincp. So, I will use that portion of your post and upload tools.php and see what happens.

Buster

--------------- Added [DATE]1223484107[/DATE] at [TIME]1223484107[/TIME] ---------------

When I go to tools.php in my browser, I get a blank page. Any ideas as to why? Hooks are still turned off in config.

Attempt to reupload tools.php check .htaccess file (rare problem).

Backup the includes/xml folder. Remove all exisiting .xml files. Reupload only the vBulletin standard .xml files


Oh and i just wanted to use bastardized in a post today

[ATVTorture]

OK, I did all that and tools.php still loads a blank page. Includes/xml now only has the xml files from 3.7.3SP1. HOWEVER, I can't find the download for vbulletin 3.7.3 that is NOT service pack 1. I don't know if that makes a difference or not but the XML and tools.php file are coming from a download of vb 3.7.3 patch 1.

What would cause that page to load up blank?

[SEOvB]

Not sure, I'm not real sure of the changes from vB 3.7.3 or earlier to the latest version honestly. However if you're database is version 3.7.3 (or earlier) and you've got 3.7.3PL1 files you should update it just to be up to date.

Also, whenever you login to vBulletin.com/members click download vBulletin you should get a drop down menu (may have to hit something like more options) to where you can select other versions of vBulletin to download (honestly not sure what all versions are there but i assume 3.7.3 is)

[ATVTorture]

Well I went to vb.com and downloaded the full zip of 3.7.3p1 and ran the upgrade in hop[es it would solve the issue. Still can't get into admin though. says thank for logging in and takes me back to the login prompt. Tools.php still gives just a white screen.

I'm kinda at a loss as to what to do now.

Are the templates that are edited in admincp/styles & templates saved on the server or in a DB? Is the info that was set in admincp regarding cookies stored in a file or in the DB somewhere. If I knew where these items were other than in admincp, I could possibly edit the info there and see if it fixes it.

[noppid]

Ah ha!

In the ACP, bburl is wrong. I think I changed mine using phpmyadmin last time I screwed up moving a forum.

At least that's how I fixed the login problem in the past. YMMV