transfer to new host

[intellecthost]

do one thing talk with ur webmaster as you already have cpanel at current host he can direct copy everything by curl or just using whm

 

[kizmark]

yeah, thanks for the two of you.. your'e a great help. I have extracted the file, and I can see my web files..

now, I should upload it then for the new host.. right?

 

[pioneer_fawad]

yes upload on new host

 

[desibreaker]

YEAH IT WILL CONTAIN ONLY THE FILES NOT DATABASE
FOR DATABASE: GO TO MYPHPADMIN OR SO
I 'DONT REALLY REMEMBER BUT THERE YOU SHOULD GET THE DB
CLICK ON IT AND THEN SELECT EXPORT...TO YOUR COMPUTER

AS YOU DON'T HAVE BACKUP SETTING....

 

[kizmark]

in restoring the database, it should be import right?.. i got errors here..

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[pioneer_fawad]

yes import... make sure u export correctly

 

[pioneer_fawad]

first create dumb database then import in it,

 

[kizmark]

got it fawad thanks..

I have the last step , that is to

• Change Domain nameservers as Fernan suggest.. how should I do it?

 

[pioneer_fawad]

goto ur domain name provider and change dns to ur new hosting

 

[kizmark]

done it for the domain.. is that all?

 

[kizmark]

how do I test If I successfully transferred my site?

 

[pioneer_fawad]

go there and chk ur dns is pointing correctl w8 24hr to propagate dns change

 

[pioneer_fawad]

http://www.kloth.net/services/nslookup.php

 

[kizmark]

thank you very much fawad.. I'll post tomorrow for results =)

 

[pioneer_fawad]

That specific error means that MyBB can't load the required MySQL extension. This may be because your web-host has removed it from your server.

However, you could try the following:

1) If you login to your ftp account and navigate to the folder "inc" and then find the file called "config.php"
2) Download that file to your computer and then open it in a text editor such as Notepad++.
3) With the file opened up, find the following line:

Code:

$config['database']['type']


If it matches the following:
Code:

$config['database']['type'] = 'mysqli';


replace it with:
Code:

$config['database']['type'] = 'mysql';


OR

if it matches the following:
Code:

$config['database']['type'] = 'mysql';


replace it with:
Code:

$config['database']['type'] = 'mysqli';


4) Save the file and then re-upload it, replacing the existing config.php file that is on your server.

If the above doesn't work, you will need to contact your web-host, quoting the error MyBB returned in order to resolve it.