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Moo11123
Starting Member
Australia
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 Posted - 29 March 2013 : 04:34:34
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Hello everybody,
Just recently a friend sent me a forum that he had hosted for years, he took it down because he didn't want to pay for the website.
I just wanted to know how can I easily process these files into a viewable forum?
I am sure there is a tutorial somewhere here but I am hopeless!
All help would be greatly appreciated! |
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Carefree
Advanced Member
Philippines
4217 Posts |
Posted - 29 March 2013 : 06:07:06
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| Was it a Snitz forum and did he provide the database? If so, what type of database is it (Access/MySQL/MS SQL)? |
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Moo11123
Starting Member
Australia
5 Posts |
Posted - 30 March 2013 : 04:25:58
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It is a snitz foum.
I am not sure what type of database it is, is there a way to check this? |
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Carefree
Advanced Member
Philippines
4217 Posts |
Posted - 30 March 2013 : 10:18:14
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| If the files include one ending in an ".mdb", then it's an Access database and it's easily done. If not, one of the guys here may be able to help you with recovering a SQL/MySQL database; but I wouldn't count on it. |
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Moo11123
Starting Member
Australia
5 Posts |
Posted - 01 April 2013 : 00:45:35
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| They are mainly ASP files. :( |
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Carefree
Advanced Member
Philippines
4217 Posts |
Posted - 01 April 2013 : 03:17:23
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| The asp files themselves do not contain any messages, user information, etc. Those are just the software needed to run a forum, minus the database with all the necessary tables and fields. |
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Moo11123
Starting Member
Australia
5 Posts |
Posted - 01 April 2013 : 05:10:11
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I looked in config.asp and it is a mysql database.
'strDBType = "sqlserver"
'strDBType = "access"
strDBType = "mysql"
Is it possible to just put it together offline for now? |
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Carefree
Advanced Member
Philippines
4217 Posts |
Posted - 01 April 2013 : 05:34:00
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| Not without the database. You will have to reinstall the forum from "setup.asp" and then reinstall each and every mod's "dbs" file from the admin console. After you finish all of those, then copy all the files you have into the forum folder to replace the default ones. |
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Moo11123
Starting Member
Australia
5 Posts |
Posted - 04 April 2013 : 00:40:39
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| So you are saying that I should create a new forum and then put the old files into it? |
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Carefree
Advanced Member
Philippines
4217 Posts |
Posted - 04 April 2013 : 04:12:33
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- Download the Snitz 3.4.07 file.
- Unarchive it into a folder on your drive under the inetpub\wwwroot folder of IIS.
- Edit the "config.asp" file to point to the location of your database file.
- In your web browser, open http://localhost/ forumfolder /setup.asp
When setup is complete:
- Make a list of all the mods currently used in the asp files you have.
- Download all the files for each from http://www.snitzbitz.com.
- Extract the "*.dbs" file from each into your forum folder.
- In your web browser, sign into the forum, go to the admin link at the top right (you'll have to sign in there, as well).
- Go to the Mod Setup link, you'll see a drop-down list of each ".dbs" file title.
- Select them one at a time to install changes to the database. When done, you can delete them from the forum folder.
Now, if you got them all; you can copy the old forum files into the forum folder and they should all work. However, if there are any custom modifications which aren't part of a known mod, you may encounter random errors. |
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