Tired updates didn't work so I broke my forum...help me

[IchBin]

Ok, everyone feel better? Anymore complainging and I'll split the thread thank you. Not one more word so we can help this poor fella that didn't do proper backups. I hope you learned a good lesson on that.

Anyhow... what you'll need to do is restore your backup to an SMF version that the database was installed on. So if you're backup was from a SMF 1.1 RC3 forum, then you need to reinstall a fresh 1.1 RC3 setup in another folder on your forum. You can find the SMF 1.1 RC3 here: If that is not the version look for archived releases link on the left side on the downloads page.
http://www.simplemachines.org/download/index.php?thanks;filename=smf_1-1-rc3_install.zip

Then, you can import the database backup to that new forum with a tool like phpMyAdmin or the restore scripts that unknown made.
Located here:
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=18350.msg168327#msg168327

After you are restored, you can update your RC3 forum to the new SMF 1.1.1 and all should be good in la la land.

[madron]

yes he did do backups.  I am trying to figure out where they are, and how to get them live again.

[IchBin]

Backups from a month ago. That was the point I was making. I explained how to get them live. Do you need help further than what I've stated?

[madron]

yes I think this situation is above my ability yet.  I have only one semester under my belt, and although I know somethings, this is definately for a full Dev to handle.

hes a nice man and thank you so much IchBin for helping him out.  I hope you can fix this for him.

[MGT_STC007]

Ok well thanks everyone for helping out after all.

Ichbin may I pm you my info for my server host and forum so you can see what I did. 

What I have done is simple really but I don't grasp exactly how to un do it.  I backed up the forum about 20 days ago when 1.1.1 was released.  I had 1.0.9 and TP.97 with a lot of mods on it.  So now with all of this mess I caused last night I ended up deleting the enitre forum off the host completly knowing...thinking I have a db backup.  The forum always seemed to have some glitches in it so I thought doing a new setup all together in the URL I wanted would solve my trouble.  So I have a db back up so I think...and now the new forum uses a db with the same name as the old forum.

Hope that helped some to give you an idea of what may or may not be able to be done with it.

[G6Cad]

download the repair_settings.php from the download/tools section on Simplemachines, upload it to your own forum root and point your browser to the file
Set the urls and the db settings there, and the forum will fetch the correct one.
Then you have to go in to your forum and check the themes, avatars, and smiley sets so they have the corrects urls to.

[IchBin]

If you still need help after G6's instructions feel free to PM me.

[MGT_STC007]

Well a major thanks to Ichbin...saved my butt on this one.  Thanks sooooo much!!!



I was about to loose it all!!!

You rock man...

[madron]

I am so happy you got this fixed!!!  * tips her hat to IchBin* 

[IchBin]

You're welcome!  :up: