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Occult · 03-30-2008, 03:46 PM

Is it possible to shift a mybb forum with all its posts and stuff to a different domain?

FirefoxWiz · 03-30-2008, 03:53 PM

If you have the mySQL database, yes.

killswitch · 03-30-2008, 03:56 PM

Yeah that's very simple. If you will be adding the domain to the same hosting account, here's what to do.

1. Add the domain as an addon domain.
2. Move all the files from the original folder, to the new domain folder.
3. Go into the new mybb address, into the admin panel (ie. http://www.yourdomain.com/new/admin)
4. Go into general configuration, and change the URL to the new one.

That's all, hope it helps.

Occult · 04-02-2008, 04:58 AM

What about mySQL stuff?

blh654 · 04-02-2008, 07:24 PM

killswitch Wrote:Yeah that's very simple. If you will be adding the domain to the same hosting account, here's what to do.

1. Add the domain as an addon domain.
2. Move all the files from the original folder, to the new domain folder.
3. Go into the new mybb address, into the admin panel (ie. http://www.yourdomain.com/new/admin)
4. Go into general configuration, and change the URL to the new one.

That's all, hope it helps.

That won't work at all. All you're doing is moving the forum files over to a new domain, and they won't work anyways because you need to install the script.

Occult Wrote:What about mySQL stuff?

What you would need to do is first transfer the files to the new domain, but then copy the MySQL database information. (You should save it in a .txt format to your computer.) Then upload that database information to phpMyAdmin (which can be found in the cPanel for your domain.)

ahero4heor · 04-02-2008, 08:09 PM

Not all people have cPanel. Some have vDeck, some have Plesk... That sort of thing. Just upload it into your MySQL Database software (Which is usually, but not always PHPMyAdmin).

killswitch · (This post was last modified: 04-02-2008 08:47 PM by killswitch.)

blh654 Wrote:
killswitch Wrote:Yeah that's very simple. If you will be adding the domain to the same hosting account, here's what to do.

1. Add the domain as an addon domain.
2. Move all the files from the original folder, to the new domain folder.
3. Go into the new mybb address, into the admin panel (ie. http://www.yourdomain.com/new/admin)
4. Go into general configuration, and change the URL to the new one.

That's all, hope it helps.

That won't work at all. All you're doing is moving the forum files over to a new domain, and they won't work anyways because you need to install the script.

Occult Wrote:What about mySQL stuff?

What you would need to do is first transfer the files to the new domain, but then copy the MySQL database information. (You should save it in a .txt format to your computer.) Then upload that database information to phpMyAdmin (which can be found in the cPanel for your domain.)

What are you talking about? If he installed mybb on another folder, all he will have to do is transfer it over to the new folder. If it is on the same hosts, he won't have to change any mysql information because they are already set up. He'll just need to change the url in the general configuration of the Mybb Admin panel.

I'll give you an example:

If you have a forum installed on the url http://www.coolkid.com/forums and want to switch it to http://www.coolkid2.com/forums, and have the new domain as an addon domain, then all you'd need to do is put all the files in the old domain /forums directory (something like public_html/forum), into the new one (something like /coolkid2/forums.) You wouldn't need to mess with any MYSQL data because it's already set up to the hosting account.

judel · 04-03-2008, 04:52 PM

Well, I'll be finding out how difficult this can be, since I'm finally leaving godaddy and trying a different host. LOL...I'll be doing it tomorrow, but at least I have a dedicated IP, so can make sure it works before I totally switch it over.

But I did want to comment on something in this thread that seems a bit off:

Quote:All you're doing is moving the forum files over to a new domain, and they won't work anyways because you need to install the script.

Install what script? The database is already updated to match the files, so even moving to a new host, all you have to do is move the files and upload the database, and it should work fine. At least in theory. LOL...guess I'll find out tomorrow.

blh654 · 04-03-2008, 05:47 PM

killswitch Wrote:
blh654 Wrote:
killswitch Wrote:Yeah that's very simple. If you will be adding the domain to the same hosting account, here's what to do.

1. Add the domain as an addon domain.
2. Move all the files from the original folder, to the new domain folder.
3. Go into the new mybb address, into the admin panel (ie. http://www.yourdomain.com/new/admin)
4. Go into general configuration, and change the URL to the new one.

That's all, hope it helps.

That won't work at all. All you're doing is moving the forum files over to a new domain, and they won't work anyways because you need to install the script.

Occult Wrote:What about mySQL stuff?

What you would need to do is first transfer the files to the new domain, but then copy the MySQL database information. (You should save it in a .txt format to your computer.) Then upload that database information to phpMyAdmin (which can be found in the cPanel for your domain.)

What are you talking about? If he installed mybb on another folder, all he will have to do is transfer it over to the new folder. If it is on the same hosts, he won't have to change any mysql information because they are already set up. He'll just need to change the url in the general configuration of the Mybb Admin panel.

I'll give you an example:

If you have a forum installed on the url http://www.coolkid.com/forums and want to switch it to http://www.coolkid2.com/forums, and have the new domain as an addon domain, then all you'd need to do is put all the files in the old domain /forums directory (something like public_html/forum), into the new one (something like /coolkid2/forums.) You wouldn't need to mess with any MYSQL data because it's already set up to the hosting account.

I was thinking about a whole new domain, not a sub-domain...

judel · 04-06-2008, 04:12 PM

A new domain on a new host or the same one?

And I managed to move my forum to a new host. Just took a few hours and a bit of frustration, but I did it! LOL...the main problem I ran into was that the backup thought it was utf8 but it was still the older charset. Once I changed that in the backup, I was able to upload no problem, and then was able to use the utf8 conversion in the ACP.