phpBB Backup

[xpertadvice4u]

I am totally ignorant about many things, phpBB is one of them.

I was able to get a backup of one of the BB sites I bought.
I went into the Admin area, and did backup, and got zipped files which I downloaded.

What can I do with these?

Does this backup contain everything needed to reproduce the site?
or at least the forum part of it (that was all that was decent in the first place).?

Can I use this backup now to recreate the site on a different server, by loading it into a new Mysql database?

Is there anyone willing to help me with this?

[geoffvro]

Does this backup contain everything needed to reproduce the site? or at least the forum part of it (that was all that was decent in the first place).?

Yes and No.

It will allow you to restore the topics, posts, members, etc... but it does not backup any of the actual phpbb files, avatars or attachments. You'll have to have the orignal template files that were in the phpbb forum directory to do that.

Basically... the backup will not restore the "appearance" of the forum, it will still retain the look of the current default theme.

as always, just my two cents

[geoffvro]

double post

[xpertadvice4u]

Originally Posted by geoffvro

Yes and No.

It will allow you to restore the topics, posts, members, etc... but it does not backup any of the actual phpbb files, avatars or attachments. You'll have to have the orignal template files that were in the phpbb forum directory to do that.

Basically... the backup will not restore the "appearance" of the forum, it will still retain the look of the current default theme.

as always, just my two cents

If I did a complete backup (according to the choices, not just structure etc.) how could it NOT backup what you call "actual phpbb files"???

Are you saying that there are also html type documents which will be in the phpforum directory/folder which I will not be able to get?

Sounds like it.
I was trying to figure out where all the customization of colors and content takes place within the site....couldn't find it....I guess that is why.

On one of the sites, there is no section for "Mod management" or Mod history....nothing at all.

On the other one, there is nothing for Profile management i.e. determining what info is on the user profiles, I guess.

Are these significant problems?...i.e. that render the sites useless?
or are there simple fixes?

[jagan]

You need backup of

- PHPbb all PHp files
- Mysql database backup