Sinistra Sensei Posted September 28, 2023 Posted September 28, 2023 I am looking for the old converts that would convert an IP. Board 3.x.x. to 4.0 because I can't get the UTF-8 conversation to work.
teraßyte Posted September 28, 2023 Posted September 28, 2023 There are no "converters". You just upload the 4.x files over the 3.x ones and then go to /admin/upgrade as usual. Once the upgrade is done you can go to the Support page in ACP to run the utf8 conversion. Or have you already tried the above and are getting some kind of error?
Sinistra Sensei Posted September 28, 2023 Author Posted September 28, 2023 I have tried this multiple times. when I get to convert the database to UTF-8 it throws an error.
Sinistra Sensei Posted September 28, 2023 Author Posted September 28, 2023 When I run the upgrade I get this Page. This is on my live board so it's not going to show the error. This is the converter I'm talking about When I run this on the OLD database it throws an error
Marc Posted September 28, 2023 Posted September 28, 2023 It may be worth taking a look through the providers database and employing services to upgrade such an old site if you are having issues there. We no longer support 3.x, including upgrades from, but there are many who offer these services where people are having problems, so thought I would mention this. https://invisioncommunity.com/third-party/providers-directory/ SeNioR- 1
teraßyte Posted September 28, 2023 Posted September 28, 2023 Based on the second screenshot's error, it's possible the UTF8MB4 charset is not available on your server. You should check with your hosting if that's indeed the case. 🤔
Stuart Silvester Posted September 28, 2023 Posted September 28, 2023 49 minutes ago, teraßyte said: Based on the second screenshot's error, it's possible the UTF8MB4 charset is not available on your server. You should check with your hosting if that's indeed the case. 🤔 And to add... If it doesn't, then the server won't meet the minimum requirements to use Invision Community either.
Driven 2 Services Posted September 28, 2023 Posted September 28, 2023 (edited) What version of MySQL is the server running? That's very odd (and old) to not have UTFMB4 available. Edited September 28, 2023 by Driven 2 Services
Sinistra Sensei Posted September 28, 2023 Author Posted September 28, 2023 (edited) The server can run IP.Board because my live site is running IPS so it can run IPS. I am alterting the tables one at a time to see if I can get that to work. its my test board I am using to convert the old database Edited September 28, 2023 by Sinistra
Stuart Silvester Posted September 28, 2023 Posted September 28, 2023 Hold on. You're trying to run the UTF8 converter on your website that already has a working Invision Community 4 install? (the URLs match in all of your screenshots). That's why you're seeing the "Error" page telling you not to proceed. This tool should only be ran on 3.x databases, running it on 4.x databases may irrecoverably damage your data.
Sinistra Sensei Posted September 28, 2023 Author Posted September 28, 2023 (edited) 23 minutes ago, Stuart Silvester said: Hold on. You're trying to run the UTF8 converter on your website that already has a working Invision Community 4 install? (the URLs match in all of your screenshots). That's why you're seeing the "Error" page telling you not to proceed. This tool should only be ran on 3.x databases, running it on 4.x databases may irrecoverably damage your data. No Im trying to run a UTF conversion on a 3.x Database so I can get my members and posts onto my new install. I am using my test board to convert the database. I rmember earlier in the 4.0 version there was a IP.board converter for 3.x was trying to find that so I could convert the board without having to go through this mess Edited September 28, 2023 by Sinistra
Sinistra Sensei Posted September 29, 2023 Author Posted September 29, 2023 OK, I got the old board converted. Now I can't get my test install to reinstall because it says a test install is already active. When there isn't a database
Jim M Posted September 29, 2023 Posted September 29, 2023 1 hour ago, Sinistra said: OK, I got the old board converted. Now I can't get my test install to reinstall because it says a test install is already active. When there isn't a database Your Test URL is logged on your license. You can only have 1 Test URL. You will need to install at the same exact URL in order to re-install.
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