Old Forum migration
Had some real fun moving the topics and posts from the old 1.3 version of the IPB software to the latest version.
was well pleased when I actually managed to get it all working.
Anyone thinking of doing the same it is not too bad once you work it all out.
I transferred the members table over, but every member will require to request a new password. Then I found that I could use the old passwords stored in the original database to authenticate. Works a treat
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I thought it would be a great idea to create a new application - "Reporting"
Idea being users can report their catches using this app.
Unfortunately, I decided to update the skins as well and used the "IN_DEV" functionality.
Broke the skins by forgetting to set all the bits correctly.
Think it is fixed now, but board shows the master skins as having been amended -
Website linked to Facebook.
I have managed to fix the problem I created by deleting the mobile skins, by reimporting the skin table.
Working on catch report viewer although making logins using the old forum password next on my agenda, as I think I can see how todo this now.
If only could work out an easy way of porting posts from old forum to the new site.
