Upgrading from 2.3.3 to 3.6.4 [Archive] - vBulletin Community Forum

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AKhan

Wed 31st Jan '07, 11:23am

Hi,
I am trying to upgrade vBulletin forum version 2.3.3 to 3.6.4 on a test box
My current enviornment is:
vBulletin version 2.3.3
PHP version 4.3.4
MYSQL version 4.0.16
URL is www.whitehilltech.com\forum (http://www.whitehilltech.comforum/)
Crruent Machine is a VM machine in a vmware server with dual pentium-4 2.5GHrz with 1GB RAM and 15GB SATA hard drive

I downloaded the files and uploaded them to the server following these instructions:
http://members.vbulletin.com/upgrade_instructions.php
I cannot find these files as mensioned in the above link
From 2.3.3
http://your.site/forums/admin/upgrade27.php
http://your.site/forums/admin/upgrade28.php
http://your.site/forums/admin/upgrade29.php
http://your.site/forums/admin/upgrade30.php
http://your.site/forums/admin/upgrade31.php
http://your.site/forums/admin/upgrade32.php
http://your.site/forums/admin/upgrade33.php
http://your.site/forums/admin/upgrade34.php
http://your.site/forums/admin/upgrade35.php

Any idea's?
Thanks

Kerry-Anne

Wed 31st Jan '07, 11:26am

You need to upgrade first to 2.3.12 before upgrading to 3.6.4

The files you are looking for are only present in the 2.3.12 zip file.

AKhan

Wed 31st Jan '07, 11:44am

I can only see upgrade to 2.3.11 but not 12 !!! in my members area.

Kerry-Anne

Wed 31st Jan '07, 11:47am

*cough*

Sorry about that. I got a bit carried away. 2.3.11 is the latest version of vBulletin 2, so you will need to upgrade to that first.

AKhan

Wed 31st Jan '07, 11:54am

Is there a link where I can find upgrade instauctions for 2.3.11?
Thanks

Kerry-Anne

Wed 31st Jan '07, 12:14pm

The upgrade instructions to upgrade from 2.3.3 to 2.3.11 are the ones that you posted earlier where you need to run each script individually.

AKhan

Wed 31st Jan '07, 12:27pm

Sorry my mistake.
Now I have upgraded to 2.3.11 but I cannot find file "upgrade35.php" in the admin folder. Where should I go from here?

Kerry-Anne

Wed 31st Jan '07, 12:30pm

OK, now upload your 3.6.4 files. You will need to edit includes/config.php to point to your database.

When you have done this, point your browser to yourforums/install/upgrade.php You will be asked to enter your customer number, then it's just a case of keep clicking next until it's done. It will take a while as there a lot of versions to go through.

AKhan

Wed 31st Jan '07, 4:12pm

Thanks:), upgrade went fine.
One thing though, I lost my company logo on the top, instead I am seeing vBulletin logo now can. you tell me how to fix it in 3.6?

Cyricx

Wed 31st Jan '07, 6:41pm

You'll need to point the "Title Image" to the correct logo.

Go to your admincp -> Styles & Templates -> Click Go for All Style Options -> Scroll down to "Title Image" and correct the path there to the correct logo. Scroll down and click save.

AKhan

Thu 1st Feb '07, 11:55am

Thanks guys. I was able to change the image.
Now I got another problem since I changed the image I am not able to logon to the CP I get follwoing error. I can logon to the forum no problem.

There seems to have been a slight problem with the database.
Please try again by pressing the refresh (javascript:window.location=window.location;) button in your browser.
An E-Mail has been dispatched to our Technical Staff (akhan@whitehilltech.com), who you can also contact if the problem persists.

We apologise for any inconvenience

Source:

<html><head><title> Database Error</title><style>P,BODY{FONT-FAMILY:tahoma,arial,sans-serif;FONT-SIZE:11px;}</style><body>

</table></td></tr></table></form>
<blockquote><p> </p><p><b>There seems to have been a slight problem with the database.</b><br>
Please try again by pressing the <a href="javascript:window.location=window.location;">refresh</a> button in your browser.</p>An E-Mail has been dispatched to our <a href="<A href="mailto:akhan@whitehilltech.com">Technical">mailto:akhan@whitehilltech.com">Technical Staff</a>, who you can also contact if the problem persists.</p><p>We apologise for any inconvenience.</p></blockquote></body></head></html>

Not sure it if it is related to the this change or its just rendom.

Any ideas?

Kerry-Anne

Thu 1st Feb '07, 12:14pm

Remove the directory admin from your server. You need to use the control panel at yourforums/admincp in vBulletin 3.x

AKhan

Thu 1st Feb '07, 3:17pm

Sweet :). Got everything up and running. Thanks guys.
One more thing I am trying to figure out is that in the 2.3 version we had pictures pasted inside the posts but in 3.6 version these are appearing as attachments. Do you know how to fix this?

Thanks

Kerry-Anne

Fri 2nd Feb '07, 6:57am

Ok, a few settings that you can experiment with are as follows:

AdminCP > vBulletin Options > vBulletin Options > Message Attachment Options > Resize Images

AdminCP > vBulletin Options > vBulletin Options > Message Attachment Options > View Attached Images Inline

AdminCP > vBulletin Options > vBulletin Options > Message Attachment Options > Thumbnail Creation

AdminCP > Attachments > Attachment Manager > Max Height/Max Width/Max File Size

The combination of these settings chosen determines how the attached images will be displayed in posts.

When you have changed these you will need to go to

AdminCP > Maintenance > Update Counters > Rebuild Attachment Thumbnails

This is to rebuild your attachments so that the new settings take effect for all attachments.

AKhan

Mon 5th Feb '07, 5:23pm

All these settings are enabled but when I go to rebuild the thumbnail counter I get an error saying your php does not support image support. If your server does not support image then enable GD. GD is already enabled. What is GD??? How to fix it?
Thanks

Steve Machol

Mon 5th Feb '07, 5:33pm

You are still running 2.3.3 as far as I can tell:

http://www.whitehilltech.com/forum/

If you are running 3.6.4 what is the URL to that forum?