Site recovery
Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2015 11:56 pm
The site has been recovered, again. We should not have lost any posts or anything this time, since I still had access to the old database; I didn't recover from week-old backups or anything like that.
However, for now I've only restored the forum software and forum database. There were a few other directories of files hanging around on the old server, but I haven't gone through and seen which things do what, or what we actually need, etc. But regardless, the forum works. I also upgraded phpbb to the newest 3.0.x, but not to 3.1.x, since I believe that would break themes or something.
Further "other stuff" can get restored soon; I just didn't want to mess around with too much stuff right before going to sleep.
Oh also, I own the domain and the hosting we're on now :) I can grant access to other people soon, too, but for now, just direct issues or whatever to me (or Gravity Defier, who will tell me). If we want to host the site elsewhere, or change the forum software, or even have a real non-forum part of the site again, that is all very possible now, if we want.
However, for now I've only restored the forum software and forum database. There were a few other directories of files hanging around on the old server, but I haven't gone through and seen which things do what, or what we actually need, etc. But regardless, the forum works. I also upgraded phpbb to the newest 3.0.x, but not to 3.1.x, since I believe that would break themes or something.
Further "other stuff" can get restored soon; I just didn't want to mess around with too much stuff right before going to sleep.
Oh also, I own the domain and the hosting we're on now :) I can grant access to other people soon, too, but for now, just direct issues or whatever to me (or Gravity Defier, who will tell me). If we want to host the site elsewhere, or change the forum software, or even have a real non-forum part of the site again, that is all very possible now, if we want.