[@packzap Participant 10 hours, 25 minutes ago]

No, I did not get migrated over to a new server. In addition to the above problems, during the process I began discovering several issues with the new web host that discourage a long-term relationship with them. 😥

So, back to my comfy, more expensive, safe-and-sound original host.

Thanks Robin for your help and interest!

[@packzap Participant 1 day, 8 hours ago]

This migration process not for the faint of heart! I was never able to complete successfully. I did learn a few things tho.

• Pare down and disable as many plugins as possible before migrating. (especially optimize and cache ones).
• Be ready to disable the entire plugin directory in order to log into site.
• Realize that the activity of uploading files, importing a database, changing configurations, and adjusting dns, can spike shared server resources, leading to unstable and throttled-down results.
• Revel in the miracle of a nicely integrated bbPress/Wordpress install and always take time to break, inhale a deep breath, and appreciate the majesty of life

[@packzap Participant 2 days, 12 hours ago]

From that document:

Moving to a New Server
If you are moving WordPress from one server to another, begin by backing up your WordPress directory, images, plugins, and other files on your site as well as the database. See WordPress Backups and Backing Up Your Database.

Keeping Your Domain Name and URLs
Moving your domain without changing the Home and Site URLs of your WordPress site is very simple, and in most cases can be done by moving the files.

If database and URL remain the same, you can move by just copying your files and database.

If database name or user changes, edit wp-config.php to have the correct values.

If you want to test before you switch, you must temporarily change “siteurl” and “home” in the database table “wp_options” (through phpMyAdmin or similar).

If you had any kind of rewrites (permalinks) setup you must disable .htaccess and reconfigure permalinks when it goes live.

[@packzap Participant 2 days, 12 hours ago]

Thanks Robin. I’m still working on it. This WordPress resource is very helpful, Migrating WordPress.

[@packzap Participant 6 days, 8 hours ago]

I had to revert back to the original server because the new one didn’t display the forums. Yes, it was a total copy of all files, plugins, content, theme and database. Same domain name (after DNS updated), just onto a new server (host).

[@packzap Participant 6 days, 16 hours ago]

Hi Robin,

The WordPress/bbPress install and all content is all on one subdomain (feedback.pdxradio.com).

It’s interesting the legacy bb_ tables are still there. I don’t want to touch (delete) them, in case they’re still being used.

[@packzap Participant 1 week, 2 days ago]

4th post above (by user @mausham101) is spam, by the way. 🙁

[@packzap Participant 1 week, 2 days ago]

I’ll be standing by with bated breath 🙂 Thanks so much!

[@packzap Participant 1 week, 2 days ago]

I’m running the the latest: {bbPress version 2.6.13) / WordPress version 6.8.1}. I’ve been running bbPress for 10 to 15 years, starting with the 0.x versions. I notice when I look at the database in MyPHPadmin there are many tables with the prefix of bb_ and even more tables starting with wsy****_.

So just to review, when we move the bbPress/Wordpress installation from one server to another we do so in these steps?

1. Copy all web files over to new server
2. Copy the database.sql over to new server
3. Edit the first few lines of wp-config.php with the pertinent new database settings
4. Go into the Admin panel of the site and make sure the bbPress plugin is active
5. Then go to Tools, Forums, click the Import forums tab, select Platform, bbPress1 and enter the pertinent database details
6. In the table prefix section be sure to add the prefixes from your database (in my case bb_ and wsy****_, i guess entered as bb_wsy****_?)
7. Click Start, and then fold your hands together and pray the import works 😉

[@packzap Participant 1 week, 3 days ago]

bbpress just uses wordpress posts and post meta tables and the wordpress use table.

So if you copy the wp-content files, mysql database, bbpress should just work ok

So, does that mean I only need to copy the wp_ files and folders from the old server, not the bb_ ones? And of course, the database.sql.

[@packzap Participant 1 week, 3 days ago]

Since the forum has been running for 10+ years the sql file is pretty huge (250 MB). And I assume the bbPress import function taxes the database server resources too highly and it balks.

I also added bb_ to the import, table prefix section with no luck. I also tried the Repair forums section without success. Sigh!

I guess i will have to try breaking up the database tables into smaller sections and try importing them individually that way. Or sadly, return to the original server.

Has anyone been able to migrate a large bbPress forum database over from one server to another?

[@packzap Participant 3 years, 5 months ago]

I got the html text editor to appear in bbPress 2.6.9 after installing the bbp style pack plugin, going to the “topic reply form” tab, verifying that #9 Show editors is set for “text editor only” and then clicking “save changes” at bottom.

Very cool plugin, by the way! Thanks for creating.

[@packzap Participant 3 years, 9 months ago]

Ah, so maybe they are legacy files left over from my original bbpress install from years ago. I will try removing them and see what happens. Thanks so much!

[@packzap Participant 3 years, 9 months ago]

bb-settings.php is at the root of the install (domain) along with other important bbpress files like bb-edit.php, bb-login.php, bb-post.php, etc . . .

[@packzap Participant 5 years, 1 month ago]

I had to disable Akismet unfortunately, due to the large rash of posts it was flagging falsely as spam.

[@packzap Participant 5 years, 4 months ago]

I installed the bbp Refresh Last Active Time plugin and now front page freshness is hunky dory (for non-English speakers that means working great). Thanks so much!

[@packzap Participant 5 years, 4 months ago]

Yes, the front page of my forum “last post” dates are looking very stale since moving to bbPress 2.6.3. The post dates look to be prior to the “upgrade”. I do not have any page caching plug-ins enabled on these public forums. Manually running “recalculate last activity in each topic and forum” updates the freshness dates correctly.

[@packzap Participant 7 years, 4 months ago]

I am trying the bbPress widgets “search” and “extended search”. Neither returns adequate results when entering a search term. Usually the results are blank (when I have seen the searched for text on my site).

Sometimes when re-entering the query on the blank search results page, I get a “500 Internal Server Error” page coming up after clicking “search”. I know this worked correctly in the past. What are some good methods to troubleshoot?

[@packzap Participant 8 years, 9 months ago]

Yes, running Akismet. It does a great job of flagging WordPress spam posts. I did not realize that apparently Akismet also flags bbPress forum topics and replies, putting them in “spam” sections. I will now keep an eye on those areas.

[@packzap Participant 10 years, 6 months ago]

Just want to add my notes in updating from dinosaur version 0.9.0.7 to 1.2 for anyone going thru the process. Follow the steps in https://codex.bbpress.org/legacy/updating/ (shown below).

At step four, these additional steps need to happen:

4-b) In bb-includes on the server create a drectory called backpress. Copy all the backpress files from the download of “backpress-1.2-bbpress\includes”. Copy the folder “schema” to \\bb-includes\backpress\ on the server.

4-c) In /bb-includes/backpress/ on server create a folder called “pomo”. Copy the 5 files from the download of “Glotpress pomo” into it.

Updating

These instructions cover upgrading to version 1.2

• First, you should always back up your files and your database in case something goes wrong.
• Second, deactivate all plugins.
• Third, keep the following files and directories.

  bb-config.php
  my-plugins/ (if you have it)
  my-templates/ (if you have it)
  my-languages/ (if you have it)
  also backup your existing .htaccess file if you have modified it, then delete everything else.

• Fourth, upload the newest version of bbPress to your server.
• Fifth, log in and visit your bbPress admin area. If you see an upgrade link instead of the normal screen, click it. If you don’t see an upgrade link (it would have been really obvious), continue to the next step.
• Sixth, visit the new “Settings” area of the admin and edit any details or settings in the “General” section. Also visit the “Permalinks” section to regenerate your .htaccess file if necessary. Also reactivate your plugins one by one (some may need to be upgraded as well).
• Seventh, sit back and relax; you’re done!

These downloads are for legacy versions of bbPress and are no longer in active development but still available for download if you’re feeling nostalgic. You can find the WordPress plugin bbPress here
bbPress 1.2

The latest 1.x stand-alone version of bbPress is 1.2 (.zip / trac / svn)

The latest bbPress 1.2 specific BackPress package is backpress-1.2-bbpress (.zip / trac / svn)

(You will also need the GlotPress ‘pomo’ folder from here.)

[@packzap Participant 10 years, 6 months ago]

Yes, that was the problem. I added bb_ to table prefix and re-ran. Now it imported all users, forums, topics and posts from old version 1.2 bbPress. Woo-hoo! Thanks.

[@packzap Participant 10 years, 6 months ago]

I am having problems working thru this upgrade process. I just successfully upgraded all users, posts and forums from bbPress version 0.9.0.7 to version 1.2. Conversion worked great.

Now I am working on upgrading from bbPress version 1.2 to the latest. I installed WordPress version 2.5.4-5380. Then installed the bbPress plugin version 2.54.

In Tools, Forums, Import forums, the correct information is entered. I also put a check mark in the box “Convert users (Attempt to import user accounts from previous forums)”. However, after clicking “Start” it trundles along and says “no users to convert”, “no passwords to clear”, “no forums to convert”, etc . . .

Checking in Forums and Users, I do not see any of the previous users and forums added. I wonder if we need to add table prefix info (i.e. “bb_”) into the importer settings?

[@packzap Participant 13 years, 11 months ago]

Yes, what is the migration path from bbPress 0.9.x installs to bbPress 2?

[@packzap Participant 13 years, 11 months ago]

Yes, what is the migration path from bbPress 0.9.x installs to bbPress 2?

[@packzap Participant 14 years, 6 months ago]

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