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hi dear.

I hope this message finds you well. I am writing to inform you about my previous experience in managing an Android development community, which once boasted over 200,000 members and nearly 2 million posts. Prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, this community thrived. However, due to unforeseen circumstances, I was unable to sustain its operations.

I am now eager to revitalize this community and bring it back to life. I believe it has the potential to continue providing valuable resources and fostering collaboration among Android developers.

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I don't know the exact version of the forum software I used at that time is not clear in my memory. However, I have only a backup of the database.

My primary concern is whether it is possible to reactivate the forum using this database backup?

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You can look up the database's version by looking at the latest verion recorded in the upgrade_history table.

Anyway, you have 2 ways to get it back up running:

  1. After loking up the version, if you have the files for that version, you can simply restore the backup and use those files. (You'll also need the /uploads folder contents though.)
  2. You can simply restore the database, use the current 4.7 files from your IPS client area, and run the upgrade from /admin/upgrade to update the database and then start using the site again.

 

If you go with #2, and you were using a 3.4 version or older, you'll lose any changes or modifications made to it though.

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Posted (edited)
8 hours ago, terabyte said:

You can look up the database's version by looking at the latest verion recorded in the upgrade_history table.

According to the upgrade_history table, the latest version is 4.6.8.

8 hours ago, terabyte said:

After loking up the version, if you have the files for that version, you can simply restore the backup and use those files. (You'll also need the /uploads folder contents though.)

Unfortunately, these files have been completely deleted from the server, and I don't have any backups. I have only database backup.

8 hours ago, terabyte said:

You can simply restore the database, use the current 4.7 files from your IPS client area, and run the upgrade from /admin/upgrade to update the database and then start using the site again.

Your understanding is that I should install version 4.7, then replace the old database with the new one, and finally update to version 4.7.13, correct?

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4 hours ago, Arash.Ranjbar said:

Unfortunately, these files have been completely deleted from the server, and I don't have any backups. I have only database backup.

That being the case, you'll have broken files/attachments then. You might need to re-upload the site's favicon, logo, etc. most likely. There is no way around this, though.

 

4 hours ago, Arash.Ranjbar said:

Your understanding is that I should install version 4.7, then replace the old database with the new one, and finally update to version 4.7.13, correct?

No. Simply restore the current 4.6.8 database, upload the 4.7.13 files, edit conf_global.php with the correct details, and then upgrade it to 4.7.13 by going to /admin/upgrade. No need to make a fresh install.

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Posted

I finally managed to complete the restoration, and everything is working as good as new. The only issue I'm encountering is that after importing the core_members table, it generates the following error in the majority of the posts. When I delete the table and replace it with the previous one, it gets fixed.

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I am encountering these errors because the upload directory has been deleted. Therefore, I attempted to use the following queries to reset user profile photo and cover images, but it didn't work.

UPDATE 'core_members' SET 'pp_main_photo' = 'default_photo.png';
UPDATE 'core_members' SET 'pp_thumb_photo' = 'pattern.png';

 

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The error in those screenshots is related to the theme, maybe the one you're using is missing the data from a modification or something? Have you tried creating a new theme in ACP and using that to test?

 

As for the photos, you should set all member to have an empty (or NULL) photo value. That way it will automatically load the default image. Just have a look at one of the accounts without a photo to get the correct value to use.

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