TCH-Bruce

Thanks for the info. I'm sure some of our MT users will find it helpful.

I would do this. Set up the new domain. Install a new copy of SMF, the mods and customizations. Then backup the database from the existing site and import it into the new installation.

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Thanks again Thomas

Welcome to the forums reNKai Yes, you have to act fast around here if you want to catch these awesome deals.

Dan, both links I provided are to the SMF manual. You should be able to find all the information you need in the rest of the manual.

True but if your site is in PHP it shouldn't be that difficult.

I'd have a look at Wordpress and then use this Google search to accomplish integration with an existing site.

Nice job!

Exactly. That's all the information that was provided. To be sure upgrade.

To answer whether or not SMF can do it I just checked the docs and yes it is possible. More info here.

IPB can be installed on a shared server but it is no longer free. We have plenty of SMF forum users here. I'm sure they can answer if it is possible to set permissions like I described. I am pretty sure it does since I know for a fact that phpBB can do it.

I am only familiar with IPB (Invision) but I am sure most other forum software packages work the same way. You just adjust the forum permissions accordingly. Take this board for example. There is a staff section to this forum but regular members cannot see those forums. Only moderators and staff can see them. You create member groups and adjust the forum permissions to show or not show based on their member status. You can also control whether or not they can only read and/or post new threads. As well as read and/or post replies in threads. You can see how that works with the server forums. Members are not able to start new threads in that area but are allowed to post replies in open topics. In addition to that most forum software packages allow you assign passwords to forums. Just like the Family Only and Reseller forums.

Glad you sorted it out.

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Well, I've upgraded. Guess I'm safe for now. Thanks Thomas.

Thinking

Welcome to the forums Jinny

Thanks to TCH-Dick for helping me figure out what was causing it. It was the Edit 'n Place plugin. Thanks Dick!

Or you can just update the .htaccess file in the public_html folder to include the contents of the .htaccess file in your wordpress folder.

I am really sorry I am not being clear. Databases are stored in a central location on the server. You cannot retrieve the database. You do not have to retrieve the database to change what you want to change. All you need to do is move the contents of the "wordpress" folder to your root folder and everything will work. Your config file (wp-config.php) contains all the information it needs to access the database.

Your posts into Wordpress are stored in a database. That database is not in any folder within your web space. It is stored in a system folder elsewhere. That is why you have to preface your database with your cpanel-ID so that it is a unique file name. You can hide the the paths if you can figure out the .htaccess rewrite statements to do so. Someone else will have to help with this because I suck at it.

I've been using Wordpress for over three years. Apparently this happened during a prior update not the 2.2 update. I just became aware of it.