phpbber database

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If it's possible to get the whole database for FoEM from phpbber, it should be possible to import it directly into vBulletin with little or no side effects. The problem is - will phpbber hand it over easily?

[Doktor Estrella]

Ask CoH, they might have a back-up option that she has access to because she created the Phpbber forums.

[The Colour of Heartache]

As far as I know you have to pay for any back-ups from phpbber. I'll look into it more tomorrow when it's not 1am, though.

[Bud_Brewster]

[http://www.phpbber.com/phpbb/index.php?mforum=allscifi] (http://www.phpbber.com/phpbb/index.php?mforum=allscifi%5D)

The link above is to my forum on phpbber.com, called All Sci-Fi. I am very concerned about the possible loss of my board due to phpbber.com's occasional down times. Could you please advise me on how to get my message board's database so that I can restore it if phpbber.com becomes permanently inactive? I will pay any reasonable price for the database.

Bud Brewster, site admin of All Sci-Fi

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Not much you can do, to be quite honest. If and when PHPbber comes up, you'll want to pay for the database backup and then get hosting elsewhere (something I could help you with possibly). The cynical side of me thinks that all this downtime is probably pretty lucrative for them as people pay them to get their databases.

M.

[Bud_Brewster]

I've made repeated requests to phpbber.com through helpdesk@phpbber.com to provide me with the database, and I've told them I'm willing to pay. But I never gotten a single reply to any of my messages. Not even a "No, you can't have it."

Has anybody you know succeeded in getting a response out of those guys, much less the database of their forum?

Bud