Guest Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 Hello, My board is still on V2 - do I need to go to v3 first or can I upgrade to V4? The upgrade documentation seems to just deal with in-version updates. Do I just make a copy of the current dir and upload these files over the top and run setup? Will it upgrade the database for me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel F Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 You'll need to upgrade to ipb3 as first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 I thought as much! Thanks for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevengeFNF Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 1 hour ago, Daniel F said: You'll need to upgrade to ipb3 as first. When IPB3 is not supported anymore and the link to download it will be removed, how will people with old IPB versions update? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhett Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 8 minutes ago, RevengeFNF said: When IPB3 is not supported anymore and the link to download it will be removed, how will people with old IPB versions update? They won't, can you upgrade from windows 3.1 to win 10? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevengeFNF Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 3 minutes ago, Rhett said: They won't, can you upgrade from windows 3.1 to win 10? Its not the same thing, because in Windows you can backup your things, install the new OS and restore the backup. It will work. If you have IPB2 with 300,000 users and 8 Million posts, what will you do? Start over from zero with a new IPS4 board, or stay at IPB2 because you can't upgrade? In the end, it will be Invision that will loose money, because they won't buy a license for IPS4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhett Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 19 minutes ago, RevengeFNF said: Its not the same thing, because in Windows you can backup your things, install the new OS and restore the backup. It will work. If you have IPB2 with 300,000 users and 8 Million posts, what will you do? Start over from zero with a new IPS4 board, or stay at IPB2 because you can't upgrade? In the end, it will be Invision that will loose money, because they won't buy a license for IPS4. Stay up to date and not wait 10 years to upgrade maybe? lol If it comes up in the future, we can address it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 OK upgrade to v3 worked, but the UTF8converter isnt working (apparently needs doing according to v4 upgrade checker) - it keeps saying Cannot locate the IP.Board database tables. Please check to ensure the SQL Prefix if set, is correct in 'conf_global.php'. The board loads fine though.. Could you point me in the direction of what needs changing on the database to do it manually? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhett Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 When you upgrade to IPS4, upload all the files, then proceed to /admin/upgrade and the UTF8 converter is built in, if you have any problems at that point with anything, please submit a ticket and we can assist you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 Aha, that should be all good then! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 Unfortunately the one the installer runs too is having a problem with the same thing: Cannot locate the IP.Board database tables. Please check to ensure the SQL Prefix if set, is correct in 'conf_global.php' Is there something missing in my conf_global? The prefix is set to "ibf_", which is the prefix in the db. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 Hmm i think I may have sorted it by dumping the db and doing a find replace, then re-importing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhett Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 12 minutes ago, SiDHEaD said: Hmm i think I may have sorted it by dumping the db and doing a find replace, then re-importing... You should never manually alter the database, if you are having trouble, please submit a ticket if needed. Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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