Do't and Dont's of setting up a new Forum

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NPCtom

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#2460485 13-Apr-2020 12:54

gregmcc:

it's up and running

http://electricalforum.nz

I'm just trying to figure out if it's at all possible to transfer the old forums across, I have a grab from the wayback machine.

Wouldn't you need access to the SQL database to do a transfer?

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#2460523 13-Apr-2020 13:55

NPCtom:

gregmcc:

it's up and running

http://electricalforum.nz

I'm just trying to figure out if it's at all possible to transfer the old forums across, I have a grab from the wayback machine.

Wouldn't you need access to the SQL database to do a transfer?

Something like that, but its beyond what I know

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#2460703 13-Apr-2020 17:57

You're unlikely to get a copy of the database at this stage unfortunately, judging by the message on the old forum is sounds like it was lost.

Your best bet is to probably parse the Wayback machine archive and create threads/posts on your forum. Not sure if there are legal issues there though.

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