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Restore a backup from old forum
« on: December 27, 2017, 02:02:45 pm »
I have the free standard forum. Can I restore a backup from a SMF site I used to host elsewhere?

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Re: Restore a backup from old forum
« Reply #1 on: December 27, 2017, 02:42:32 pm »
Possibly would need to SMF 2.0.x andneed .sql file would overwrite your current forum.
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Re: Restore a backup from old forum
« Reply #2 on: December 27, 2017, 08:17:28 pm »
I have the tar.gz backup file ... and I believe it was SMF 2.0, it was only backed up in October so if that was the current version at the time it is what I had.
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Re: Restore a backup from old forum
« Reply #3 on: December 27, 2017, 08:32:29 pm »
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