Modded phpBB Olympus Upgrade?
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thedrumchannell
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Modded phpBB Olympus Upgrade?
I currently have phpBB 2.011 - How will upgrading be handled if I have tons of mods installed on my forum? Will the converter handle this or will I install a fresh copy of Olympus. Also is the converter does handle the upgrade with the mods will the mods still be funtional?
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Re: Modded phpBB Olympus Upgrade?
There will be a upgrade script, but the mods will not be functional. Mods for 2.x will not be compatible with 3.x, I believe that's one of the reasons behind the change to 3.x, as it will save confusion (theoretically).
A lot of stuff that used to be done by mods, such as birthday, is done as part of 3.x.
You will lose your mods and styles until a mod maker makes them compatible with Olympus. (Or you do yourself
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A lot of stuff that used to be done by mods, such as birthday, is done as part of 3.x.
You will lose your mods and styles until a mod maker makes them compatible with Olympus. (Or you do yourself
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thedrumchannell
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Re: Modded phpBB Olympus Upgrade?
Thanks alot I am very glad to hear this because now it sounds relatively simple to upgrade. I was kinda worried that I would have to restart the board from scratch and a bunch of other junk. No worries now - Thanks! 
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Re: Modded phpBB Olympus Upgrade?
Ya, that would be sick if I had to restart by board from scratch. I have a heavily modified forum, and v3 will be a nice breath of freash air, maybe I can install new themes without having to hack the templates to do it!!!
Re: Modded phpBB Olympus Upgrade?
I think there will only be a coverter for the database.
That means your categories, forums, posts, users, ... will be saved, but your files will all be deleted and new ones will be provided
So I'd doubt it if there will be an upgrade-script for your phpbb-files.
That means your categories, forums, posts, users, ... will be saved, but your files will all be deleted and new ones will be provided
So I'd doubt it if there will be an upgrade-script for your phpbb-files.
Greetzzz,
Nullius
Nullius
Re: Modded phpBB Olympus Upgrade?
You can't possibly have an answer for that question. The upgrade script does not exist yet. They would not know if it could rewrite the backup if it has mods that change the database.
Re: Modded phpBB Olympus Upgrade?
Nevertheless you should always keep a backup of both files and database when performing such upgrades 
Greetzzz,
Nullius
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Re: Modded phpBB Olympus Upgrade?
Let's try and put this in a way that people will understand.
The upgrade script should be able to cope with boards which have MODs which have added fields, tables etc to the database. MODs which alter the attributes or use of existing fields, may cause problems with the upgrade process.
The upgrade script will almost certainly support the Attachment MOD, and it is coded in such a way that MOD Authors should almost certainly be able to provide relatively simple changes to it to allow data from their MODs to be upgraded to the native feature where appropriate.
The upgrade script should be able to cope with boards which have MODs which have added fields, tables etc to the database. MODs which alter the attributes or use of existing fields, may cause problems with the upgrade process.
The upgrade script will almost certainly support the Attachment MOD, and it is coded in such a way that MOD Authors should almost certainly be able to provide relatively simple changes to it to allow data from their MODs to be upgraded to the native feature where appropriate.