Help with restoring an old database?

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Thank you, Wayne. I will take a good look through that entry.

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Thank you, Trevor. I asked my host if they could restore an old vBulletin database for us, and they said no. But they (Pair) are usually extremely helpful, so perhaps I phrased the request wrong? Do...

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Hello,

We need to restore an old database to our vBulletin forum. Could someone at vBulletin possibly handle this for us? If so, what would be the cost?

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How do I move the "register" button to a different location on the page? Thanks.

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I just finished deleting over 400 users.
One at a time.

Yup, it would be very nice to query the users based on multiple criteria, and then have check boxes to delete many at a time....

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Can this be done all at once? Or only one-by-one?

PS: I have now banned by email. Thanks....

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How can I prune all users whose email address has the same domain (such as @mail.ru)? Thanks.

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I have a problem-child user that keeps registering - and I keep banning him. By using a "reverse DNS lookup" utility, I see that every IP address he's used is from a particular DNS, "D...

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I see that the vBulletin forum archive lists 250 threads per page.
For example: http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/archi...php/f-101.html

On my forum, how can I change the number...

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(1) Do your archive pages have Google page rank?
How high do your pages go? PR3? PR4? PR5?

(2) My understanding is that the forum archive pages are more easily indexed by Google...

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Okay. Thanks for the quick response, Wayne.
Maybe this could be a suggestion for the next version.

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How do I prevent an administrator from being able to delete other users' threads/posts? Is there a toggle switch in permissions, somewhere?

Background info: I want my co-admin to be able...

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Done. Thank you, Feldon....

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Done. Thanks, Rich....

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I've made changes to a particular style.
Before making more changes, I'd like to create a "backup" copy of the style.

What options do I have, for making style backups?...

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Done. Thanks, Steve.


Done. Thanks, Steve.


Done. Thanks, Wayne.



The includes folder contains the config.php file.
Do these...

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Okay, thanks.
Should I delete any of these files too?

authenticate.php
finalupgrade.php
index.html
init.php
mysql-schema.php
tableprefix.php
vbulletin-adminhelp.xml...

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I have a fresh install. Here's my directory list:

admincp
archive
clientscript
cpstyles
customavatars
customprofilepics
images
includes
install...

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Thanks, Floris. Please explain what is meant by "template purchased+ overselling"? Thanks. ...