Shyrax

I want to thank @teraßyte for outstanding guidance. We were able to complete the upgrade from an outdated community forum from 4.2 to 4.7+ with his support. His service is top notch and I highly recommend reaching out to him for help. Respectfully, Shyrax

There is another level of complexity as the Invision Community forum sits on top of a WordPress installation. My dev site does not seem to have the forum copied over to it. DC

Thanks! I got all green checks on the comp checker. before this install. UPDATE, I moved the files again and this time I was able to access the install interface @ pub_html/dev/admin/install. However, I failed to change the initial password. I must go back and wipe out my DEV site and re-clone my original PRODUCTION site to the DEV site and try again. Will return with more updates as I progress. DC

I just performed the manual install to my DEV(TEST) folder and temporarily changed the PHP version and the DEV site just doesn't seem to load. It just displays a blank white page. I unpacked the zip into my PUBFTP folder. Moved the files to the root of my DEV site (overwrite selected). Then changed PHP to 8.0 and no joy when I navigate to my DEV site, even when I go to /admin or /admin/install. Is there something else I'm missing? DC

Primarily I want to upgrade my Invision Community forum to 4.7.15 from version 4.2.9. This requires PHP 8.0. When I change my PHP version, the automatic upgrade is completely unavailable. All the pre-checks indicate that my forum is ready for upgrade, but the PHP change prevents me from completing an auto-upgrade. I agree with you, I must perform a manual install. But, I'm inexperienced and I'm unsure how to preserve my forum data. I have a DEV/TEST site that I will try to install on. As for the SMF, I see that there is an install of SMF on my site somehow. I thought that I could simply convert the SMF so that I can change my PHP version and access the site, but I am inexperienced and can't get that to work. *STEPS, 1) Click on the UPGRADE button (see attachment) 2) Review the pre-check requirements 3) Change PHP version to 8.0/8.1/8.2 from PHP 7.4.3 in CP 4) Unable to reach my forum interface to complete the upgrade. Thanks for your help. D C

My forum upgrade from 4.2.9 to 4.7.x requires that I upgrade from PHP 7.4.x to PHP 8.X I do have a custom theme but that's it only. I checked my global config file for errors and found none. I don't have any 3rd party plugins or other apps. I ran the pre-checks and got all green indicators. I see where there is a Simple Machines Forums 2.0 install. When I try to run the conversion to a higher version, I get a permissions error. I have done some research on the conversion but not finding much to help.

No. I am am running an older version.

When trying to move a topic by checking its box then picking Move from the pop up bar, we get "Something went wrong. Please try again." If we go into the thread and choose Move under the Moderation menu, it works fine. The only error log I see is a system log. It is below. Error: Class name must be a valid object or a string (0) #0 /home/algarrison/public_html/forum/applications/forums/sources/Forum/Forum.php(684): IPS\_Theme::switchTheme(12) #1 /home/algarrison/public_html/forum/applications/forums/modules/front/forums/forums.php(76): IPS\forums\_Forum->setTheme() #2 /home/algarrison/public_html/forum/applications/forums/modules/front/forums/forums.php(36): IPS\forums\modules\front\forums\_forums->_forum(Object(IPS\forums\Forum)) #3 /home/algarrison/public_html/forum/system/Dispatcher/Controller.php(96): IPS\forums\modules\front\forums\_forums->manage() #4 /home/algarrison/public_html/forum/system/Dispatcher/Dispatcher.php(146): IPS\Dispatcher\_Controller->execute() #5 /home/algarrison/public_html/forum/index.php(12): IPS\_Dispatcher->run() #6 {main} Backtrace #0 /home/algarrison/public_html/forum/init.php(524): IPS\_Log::log('Error: Class na...', 'uncaught_except...') #1 [internal function]: IPS\IPS::exceptionHandler(Object(Error)) #2 {main}