TheMovieman Posted October 26, 2006 Posted October 26, 2006 (edited) Don't know if this is in the right section, so I apologie if it is. I had upgraded to the latest patch (or w/e it's called) and when I tried going back into my forum I got an error. So, I followed the instructions to remove the forums directory, but then realized, I don't know how to do the rest easily. Here are the instructions: - Untar /home/*ACCOUNTNAME*/fantastico_backups/forums.backup.1161837998.tgz - Empty the database *ACCOUNTNAME*_smf1 - Import the file /home/*ACCOUNTNAME*/fantastico_backups/forums/backup.sql into the database *ACCOUNTNAME*_smf1 - Move /home/*ACCOUNTNAME*/fantastico_backups/forums to /home/*ACCOUNTNAME*/public_html/forums Do I download that tgz file or can that be done within ftp? I would appreciate any kind of help, especially a step by step intruction on how do easily get my forum back up. And since I've never done this before, how do I "empty" the smf1 database? Thanks, Brian Edited October 26, 2006 by TheMovieman Quote
TCH-Andy Posted October 26, 2006 Posted October 26, 2006 Hi Brian, You should be able to untar the backup using the file manager in cpanel. To empty the database, I would personally just delete it, and recreate it, adding the same user to it - again in cpanel (in the mySQL section). Alternatively, open a ticket at the help desk, give all the relevant data (login details etc) and the instructions, and ask us to do it for you Quote
TheMovieman Posted October 26, 2006 Author Posted October 26, 2006 Hi Brian, You should be able to untar the backup using the file manager in cpanel. To empty the database, I would personally just delete it, and recreate it, adding the same user to it - again in cpanel (in the mySQL section). Alternatively, open a ticket at the help desk, give all the relevant data (login details etc) and the instructions, and ask us to do it for you Hmm, which shall I choose Thanks for the advice Andy Quote
TheMovieman Posted October 26, 2006 Author Posted October 26, 2006 Just a quick reply... submitted the ticket and everything is back to normal! Thanks TCH Quote
TCH-Don Posted October 26, 2006 Posted October 26, 2006 If you delete a folder in cpanel it will keep a copy in trash until you empty it. If it shows up in trash you can restore it. Quote
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