Hi all,

I have been browsing and posting on various message boards since 2003. I even made one using Invisionfree back in the day! Haha. Regardless, it's been twelve years and my dream of owning a community with its own domain have been met (IPB is FANTASTIC software btw).

I have been following and very eager towards IPB4.0 I have already made a backup of my databases for the forums in SQL format and saved as a zipped file just in case. I have ran into a problem though. How do I exactly run the UTF8 installer? I installed the UTF8 folder into my forum's root, and nothing seems to change.

Per the instructions, you upload the entire 'utf8convert folder to your site, then using a browser, go to domain.com/utf8convert/index.php

But once you unzip the package, read the index.html page there for full directions. It can be done via browser if your database isn't huge, but a command-line version is also possible if your database is very large.

I don't know how I missed that. Thank you, it worked.

EDIT: I converted the files, and am ready to install RC4.0...however, I get this page. How am I supposed to upgrade now? I would assume that I would put the RC4.0 install files in my forum root, and go to http://example.com/forum/admin/upgrade
however, when I attempt to go to that address, I get this.

(The one below if my main forum domain)

EDIT2: I attempted the conversion again, going with the longer method this time. It worked. You may close this now (: