Upgrade from 3.8: do I need to remove all plugins?

[cirdok2]

Thanks Mark.B !

Is there anyway to remove plugins other than from the admin portal? There are a couple that time out.

[cirdok2]

It's not clear to me if it is "just" advised or if I do need to remove plugins before upgrading from 3.8 to the latest 5.6.3 version.
We have many plugins on our board, and when I try...

[cirdok2]

Hi,
I'd like to disable CODE, HTML and PHP. I did that from the options, but
1) buttons are still there
2) if I click on a button, it still shows the bbcode are still inserted but ignored...

[cirdok2]

I'd like to remove the subtabbar, how can I do that? (see screenshot)

Thanks!...

[cirdok2]

Hi, I managed to move the search box to the main navigation menu, thanks to a great tutorial. I have three questions now:

1) the search box has an extra pixel in the border (see screenshot)....

[cirdok2]

thanks, that worked. Having dealt for so many years with one, I am not used to the two config files.

[cirdok2]

I can confirm that debug mode is on, but cannot remove the module.

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[cirdok2]

thanks Wayne, our site is in debug mode but I still don't see the trash can.

[cirdok2]

I have added the conversation module, saved the template to test it, but is broken (edit doesn't work and I cannot remove it since is missing the trash icon).
Any idea on how to fix it?
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[cirdok2]

Thank you Wayne! After upgrade maximum was set indeed to 1.

Can you also help with this one:
"I also get a templateid error when saving ad modules through Site Builder. Was working...

[cirdok2]

also I have noticed that I can add a participants after a first message has been sent.
Chat between A, B: no message, I cannot add C. If A or B writes a message, C can then be added....

[cirdok2]

I am also getting a maxchar error when trying to send a direct message using vbmessenger (and the message is just "test").
Another error gives me a "maximum number of characters cannot...

[cirdok2]

yes, it does have permission (is also another admin).
I also get a templateid error when saving ad modules through Site Builder. Was working up to a certain point and then stopped (I tried to delete...

[cirdok2]

Hi,
I am getting a message
"Invalid node id specified"
when trying to add users to a chat.

Any help is much appreciated!...

[cirdok2]

I'd like the all forum having the right column, with same elements.
Is there a way to easily duplicate or add existing blocks?

For example, I have an Ad Module already setup with adsense...

[cirdok2]

Since yesterday, anytime I want to change ads (and click on Save), I receive an "Invalid templateid specified".
I am running 5.5.1 and error suddenly appeared, until then I was able to...

[cirdok2]

Solved

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Make sure character set is not defined in field definition i.e. "character set utf8 collate utf8_bin" or similar.

[cirdok2]

We have upgraded from 3.8 to latest 5 and logins are now case sensitive. This is a test upgrade to become more familiar with 5, but we cannot go live this way since will cause many problems to our current...

[cirdok2]

thanks Lynne, post were ok.

We wrote a couple of routines and imported the user table from a backup from yesterday. Worked on the autoincrement and also the new registrations are ok.
...

[cirdok2]

Hi,
after a crash we lost some accounts.
We have daily backups but I'd like only to recover the users (in order to not lose the thousands of messages left today).
I also know the user...