Help in IPB forum

[anuragblr]

Hi
i have backup of DB my old ipb forum but i dont know which version is it.. So any one can tell how to make it work..Can i be able to use it with ipb3..if then how

thanks in advance

 

[SandStorM]

you must know the username and password of database on the host server

upload a copy of ipb 2.3.x and install to a new database naming the new one the same as your back-up db

then open the config_global.php and put username and password of db backup you have in the correct area

<?php
<?php
$INFO['sql_driver']            =    'mysql';
$INFO['sql_host']            =    'localhost';
$INFO['sql_database']                =       'db name';
$INFO['sql_user']            =    'username';
$INFO['sql_pass']            =    'password';
$INFO['sql_tbl_prefix']            =    'ibf_';

then make a folder on the server and upload your back up the a copy of bigdump.php open bigdump and look for the same as above and change that to match. run bigdump in browser and import the backup overwriting the the database
To update to 3.X follow instructions I gave in link below

http://www.wjunction.com/showthread.php?t=13646