4.2.1 to 4.2.3 - do I upgrade PHP before or after?

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I'm planning to upgrade from 4.2.1 to 4.2.3 however I'm currently using PHP 4. My host offers PHP 5.5 or 5.6. I'm not sure of the sequence of events here. Do I upgrade VB first and then PHP...or is it...

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Thanks Steve. Our members are moderated so I just deleted the account.

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Just had somebody register for membership under user name 'proxy-checker'. The email address is a Russian one. Is this anything to worry about ?

Thanks,

Ric.

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Thanks Idove - that looks like just the thing. One other question - I've read somewhere that to go from (say) 3.07 to 3.54 I have to upgrade to each intermediate release in order. Does the installer do...

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Yes Steve. It needs to be totally separate from the production forum so I can practice the upgrade.

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I need to upgrade from 3.0.7 to latest so I want to practise this on a copy of my production forum. Can somebody please point me to somewhere that describes how to create the clone ? I'm slightly worried...

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Thanks all. Looks like I got my dropdowns back so I've found what I'm looking for. Not sure what happened there. Must be something that my Work's machine is blocking. Maybe popups ?

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I used to be able to see all my posts via Quick Links, My Profile. How do I do it now ?

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Aha - I think this is it...

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showt...ht=thread+view

Is this what you were referring to ? Does it have any effect other...

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Thanks, but I'm sure it's just an option in the admin cp...if only I could find it!

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I'm sure I've seen this mentioned before but I just can't find it. How do I change the 'Threads in Forum' view so that the originator appears to the left of the thread name (instead of underneath) ?

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Thanks Steve. I'm happy with that.

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I've just added 2 users to the Super Moderators group but when I click Show All Moderators I'm not seeing anybody. Should I be seeing them there ?

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Ah, I see. So what action is required to register as being online ?

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My board is yet to launch so hardly anybody is accessing it other than myself. The most users I've had online is 3...until a few days ago when this shot to 16. This is more than the number of registered...

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Steve - postindex is definitely the last. I'm not sure it's alphabetical. They seem to be in the order of appearance in the admin cp. That list of radio buttons ends in usertitle, word, postindex (oddly...

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Ok, the 'word' table seems to be second-to-last. 'Postindex' is the last entry. All seems ok. Is there anything in this file that I could search for that would indicate an error had occurred. Sorry for...

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So the 'dump completed' message could appear even on a backup that had timed out ?

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Just to verify...if I were to experience a php timeout during a backup, would I get some kind of error message ? If so, where would I find it ?

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My board requires new users to be approved by an administrator. I'd like to hand this role over to (or rather share it with) another user but without giving them administrator rights. Is there a way to...