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    lightshow's Avatar Asleep at the wheel
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    I have a account with www.forumer.com for a phpBB forum.

    I've been looking into backup it up.

    Does anyone have any ideas on how to do it?

    I've tried coding a VB application to take each page and insert it into a MS Access database, but it doesn't have a very clean apperance.
    I miss the days of random nut '03
    Click for more activation options, then activate by telephone. Run the keygen.
    if I call them, aren't they going to get me? (you know, down there)

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    erRor67's Avatar Lord Of Everything
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    you should ask at their support forums..

    but normally, you cant really make a true backup without the admin's assistance (admin of the website, not your personal forum)..

    Some sites do it for free, others charge, others dont even bother.. your best bet is to check out their support forums: http://forum.forumer.com/
    blah blah blah... whatever...



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    tesco's Avatar woowoo
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    What kind of access do you they give you?
    Do you have ftp or phpmyadmin?

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    lightshow's Avatar Asleep at the wheel
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    I have phpmyaadmin

    Just checked their forums and sadly their reply was

    No. Back-up's are no longer an option Forumer is considering.
    However, Forumer does does automatic backups on all boards.
    Though I think that is a bad idea on their part.

    I guess I'll have to tweak my VB program.
    Last edited by lightshow; 03-25-2006 at 11:14 PM.
    I miss the days of random nut '03
    Click for more activation options, then activate by telephone. Run the keygen.
    if I call them, aren't they going to get me? (you know, down there)

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    tesco's Avatar woowoo
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    How big is the database?
    Unless it's over 50mb (in which case i wouldn't recomend doing this), you could just export the database using phpmyadmin.

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    lightshow's Avatar Asleep at the wheel
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    It's definatly less than 50 Mb.

    I'm checking the adminstrative control panel and I'm just not seeing any export option. hmm
    I miss the days of random nut '03
    Click for more activation options, then activate by telephone. Run the keygen.
    if I call them, aren't they going to get me? (you know, down there)

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    tesco's Avatar woowoo
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    Quote Originally Posted by lightshow
    It's definatly less than 50 Mb.

    I'm checking the adminstrative control panel and I'm just not seeing any export option. hmm
    Just chose the database in the side navbar then there should be a button that sayas "Export" at the top.
    Click "SELECT ALL" (for what to export) then chose save as file and hit go.

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    Don't know about phpbb, but vbulletin allows you to create a backup via the admincp. Only a good idea for a small database of course.

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    tesco's Avatar woowoo
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    Quote Originally Posted by Borgs8472
    Don't know about phpbb, but vbulletin allows you to create a backup via the admincp. Only a good idea for a small database of course.
    That's right, but it's the same as using phpmyadmin.

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    ^ ^
    I never found that. I always found the phpmyadmin didn't suffer from the timeouts etc that doing it from the admincp did...

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