Need to migrate back to VB from InvisionPowerBoard

[jtech77]

Is there a way ? Impex or anything anymore?

[jtech77]

Ok so I made a mistake I regret, I moved from VB to InvisionPowerBoard about 2 years ago and it's been so much spam that I pretty much let my active community die I couldn't keep up with it. Can anyone...

[jtech77]

I don't know what to do but this is terrible. Been no css since the upgrade......

Hey.. I feel bad about your forums, I've also experienced it but I finally fixed it. Add me on Skype, so that I can help you out further

scamdb.support

With regards,
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[jtech77]

Update I did as you suggested then changed the file permissions to 755 on both config files (as thats what they were in forumold) however still does not render correctly and has the error on the bottom...

[jtech77]

Ok I did as you suggested and it says
Couldn't read config file config.php...

[jtech77]

It appears that is what they did because I do not even see a core file.......... Need to find out how to configure the config files in the new directory Im creating?...

[jtech77]

I have disabled products, deleted products, deleted all other templates but default 5, still nothing....

[jtech77]

I didnt do the upgrade Liquidweb did. But I am trying to use the 5 style and as you can see it looks like its' broken? What do I do?

[jtech77]

This shows on the bottom of the forums page

Fatal error: Uncaught Database error in vBulletin 5.0.3: [Showing truncated query, original length: 1295308] [First 500 chars] Invalid SQL:...

[jtech77]

My web hosting provider did the upgrade for me, but the template looks absolutely horrible. pennyauctionwatch.com/forum as if it's broken completely and links are bad. How do I fix this? "Warnin...

[jtech77]

I am not sure because it was a testvb test db instance, would that matter? From 4.2.0

[jtech77]

I noticed I have this error when I went to prune all awaiting mod
threads... what do I do to fix it? Thanks,

Database error in vBulletin 4.2.0:

Invalid SQL:

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[jtech77]

I have completed the mysql updates and also was able to get the forum updated
> all the way to version 5.0.0 beta 23 (non working as upgrade has not
> completed.)
>
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[jtech77]

I want to upgrade to vb5 but I don't even get how to or what you mean by updating URLs in the admincp? Is this before anything is done do this and what do update it to? http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/...

[jtech77]

Hi I would like to upgrade to the current patch leve. My forum has seen a huge inundation of spam registrations and new forum threads over 500 new spam threads in the past few days it's driving me crazy....

[jtech77]

I am on the last build release of vb4 and I keep getting tons of spammers with Louis Vuitton etc links now and aicauhdisa names> I have a registration question in place but it's not working. I have...

[jtech77]

Thanks guys I haven't seen the video. So guessing it's not safe to put on a live forum yet?

[jtech77]

So since it's beta it's not advised to install this over my current 4 forum? That's what my plan was but if it's not ready I don't want to do that..So how do I set up a test instance can someone link...

[jtech77]

It's not clear to me how to edit the new config file. Is there a better tutorial?