[Resolved] Conversion disaster from 3.0.12 to 3.1.2

PCTalk · Post by **PCTalk** » Sat Jan 24, 2015 7:20 pm

I just got notification, which I have since verified, that the hosts techs have been able to restore one of my backups from the day before, so nothing important was lost.

I have now run the STK Database Cleaner, deleted all the old files and folders from my forum (except the ones I needed to keep!), reloaded clean files and folders from a newly extracted v3.0.12, and verified I now have a working forum again. I truly think it was the Mod database entries that caused the problem. I wish I knew what I had done wrong. I did uninstall all Mods before trying to update but, even though it showed they had been uninstalled, the effects were still seen. That should have clued me into the fact that the database wasn't clean.

I am now seriously thinking about just leaving the old forum in place with registration turned off and starting a new forum with the new software. Then I will be assured that the old data is safe and the new forum can start fresh.

The old forum has:
Total posts 7399
Total topics 1146
It was started in June of 2014

Any ideas or suggestions?

**My CDB Contributions** · Post by **HiFiKabin** » Sat Jan 24, 2015 8:23 pm

If you have removed all of the mods and cleaned the database with the STK (which you have done) then the forum should convert without error using the method already noted.

Make a local backup of the database first, so if it does all go wonky you have it to hand ready to restore your forum.

PCTalk · Post by **PCTalk** » Sat Jan 24, 2015 9:05 pm

OK, I spoke too soon. The forum structure is there but I can't read any of the posts.

When I try to read a post, I get the following:

Fatal error: Call to undefined method bbcode::spoil_pass() in /hermes/bosnaweb01b/b899/ipw.wildtangentfansiteco/public_html/Forum/includes/bbcode.php(112) : regexp code on line 1

I don't understand where this hermes garbage is coming from. I NEVER installed the hermes style!

At this point I would be willing to pay some not too exorbitant amount to have a php professional take the last database I created and recover it so we can move on from there. I would much prefer to work with or through one of the Admins on the forum here so I feel I have some basis for trust with whomever is willing to try the recovery.

Oyabun1 · Post by **Oyabun1** » Sun Jan 25, 2015 1:55 am

PCTalk wrote:I don't understand where this hermes garbage is coming from. I NEVER installed the hermes style!

The reference to hermes isn't a style, it is the name of a directory on the server, nothing to do with phpBB itself.

The error is probably related to a spoiler BBcode, Did you have a MOD that added that?

Lumpy Burgertushie · Post by **Lumpy Burgertushie** » Sun Jan 25, 2015 2:08 am

sorry, that was my mistake. I saw the hermes in the path and didnt check properly and assumed it was talking about the hermes style.

sorry,
robert

PCTalk · Post by **PCTalk** » Sun Jan 25, 2015 9:32 pm

Now when I try to read a topic I get the error:

Fatal error: Call to undefined method bbcode::spoil_pass() in /hermes/bosnaweb01b/b899/ipw.wildtangentfansiteco/public_html/Forum/includes/bbcode.php(112) : regexp code on line 1

The tech at my host seem to think it is a problem with the forum software.

Post by **Noxwizard** » Sun Jan 25, 2015 11:18 pm

Oyabun1 wrote:The error is probably related to a spoiler BBcode, Did you have a MOD that added that?

PCTalk · Post by **PCTalk** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 3:17 am

I had AutoMod installed and Advanced BBCode3 as well. When I reinstalled those two Mods, a lot of problems seemed to clear up. I know I uninstalled all Mods before trying to update. I thought AutoMod was supposed to take care of removing everything?

Post by **Noxwizard** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 3:30 am

According to the error there are still remnants of some kind of BBCode MOD installed.

PCTalk · Post by **PCTalk** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 9:33 pm

Noxwizard wrote:According to the error there are still remnants of some kind of BBCode MOD installed.

Thanks for that clue about a problem with BBCode. I reinstalled the AutoMod tool and a BBCode mod that had been installed and things are starting to look better now. I have the forum blocked off until the Admins can have a chance to verify that it is in fact working. Once we are sure, I think I will just turn off registration and keep it as an archive for reference from a new forum.

I just cannot seem to remove the Mods and have the forum work.

Since I've gotten such excellent help here, I will eventually take a chance on trying to uninstall the Mods once again. First I am going to take a little break from the absolute terror of thinking I had lost so much hard work.

Should I continue posting here or start a new topic? If I should start a new topic, I will mark this one resolved.

Oyabun1 · Post by **Oyabun1** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 10:27 pm

PCTalk wrote:I thought AutoMod was supposed to take care of removing everything?

No, to correctly uninstall a MOD you need to do it in the reverse order to installing it. If the MOD has a install file to be run at the end on the install, as the Advanced BBCode3 does, then that needs to be run again at the start of the uninstall. AutoMOD only adds and removes file changes, not the changes to the database.

PCTalk wrote:Should I continue posting here or start a new topic? If I should start a new topic

If you have a new issue then you should start a new topic.

PCTalk · Post by **PCTalk** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 2:51 am

Thanks. Topic marked resolved. When I have had a chance to gather my wits again, I will start a new topic about how to remove all the Mods.