Oh My Goodness... update for all.
In planing the upcoming upgrade to 3.3.11 for tomorrow March 18th I thought it best to backup the database. Good idea but didn't work when I tried to import it. The administrator at hifikabin.me.uk, the folks who made the Header Banner module suggested I read the, How to move your forum to a new host. I learned about Big Dump and how to use it and the need to create a new database name to import to. Success, the backup database works very well (had to modify the config.php file to point to the new database).
AND... while I was in the middle of all that I looked around in ACP for a place to set the new database name for phpBB3 to find it. There isn't a place, one edits the config.php file. But, and here it is.. while looking around in ACP I clicked on Board Settings in the General tap and low and behold the screen that comes up is labeled Header Banner and there are the settings to change the http:// to https://. I was clicking on the menu choice Header Banner in the General tab thinking that is where to go to configure the URL to the banner image files. But it didn't launch just an error screen. I was in the wrong place the whole time. Though, I'm not sure just what the Header Banner in the General tab does.
Bottom line the banner works well and I can safely fall back to a backup database should something go terribly wrong with the upgrade.
I thank both SSl and warmweer for such good advice and giving lots of help. These two are the ones that make phpBB3 successful.
I'll post an update after the 3.3.11 upgrade.
Thanks.
In planing the upcoming upgrade to 3.3.11 for tomorrow March 18th I thought it best to backup the database. Good idea but didn't work when I tried to import it. The administrator at hifikabin.me.uk, the folks who made the Header Banner module suggested I read the, How to move your forum to a new host. I learned about Big Dump and how to use it and the need to create a new database name to import to. Success, the backup database works very well (had to modify the config.php file to point to the new database).
AND... while I was in the middle of all that I looked around in ACP for a place to set the new database name for phpBB3 to find it. There isn't a place, one edits the config.php file. But, and here it is.. while looking around in ACP I clicked on Board Settings in the General tap and low and behold the screen that comes up is labeled Header Banner and there are the settings to change the http:// to https://. I was clicking on the menu choice Header Banner in the General tab thinking that is where to go to configure the URL to the banner image files. But it didn't launch just an error screen. I was in the wrong place the whole time. Though, I'm not sure just what the Header Banner in the General tab does.
Bottom line the banner works well and I can safely fall back to a backup database should something go terribly wrong with the upgrade.
I thank both SSl and warmweer for such good advice and giving lots of help. These two are the ones that make phpBB3 successful.
I'll post an update after the 3.3.11 upgrade.
Thanks.
Statistics: Posted by John Robi — Sun Mar 17, 2024 7:03 am