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foxy7
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Jun 10, 2014 - 11:50 am

I'm going to change domain soon and was simply just wondering, if there is anything important I should know or do in regards to the forum? Besides backup everything of course. Thanks!

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Yellow Swordfish
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Jun 10, 2014 - 12:02 pm

Does that mean moving the current database? If so remember all of the forum tables (starting 'sf') and the WP users and usermeta tables are required. Then the current 'sp-resources' folder under '/wp-content' will need to be transferred. And finally there are a few places in the forum options where the site url may be recorded (such as the login/registration redirects for example) so those will need checking and correcting.

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foxy7
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Jun 11, 2014 - 4:56 pm

I assumed it included moving the current database, but I guess not...I have now changed domain and it went much more painless than I really expected. Actually, everything is working perfectly and I have not detected any errors. However I would still like to check this one thing with you guys.

I have been following this guide for the domain change: https://my.bluehost.com/cgi/pr.....345#before

In step 2 it states that usernames, passwords, files and databases will remain unchanged and since everything appears to be working fine, would I then still need to do step 4? Or deal with any specific SP files? I am only running the SP forum on my website and I really just want to avoid any possible errors in the future.

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Mr Papa
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Jun 11, 2014 - 8:59 pm

you of course will have to have an installation of WordPress as well as Simple Press... those are the main website files...

you will also want to drag along a copy of any user defined files... thats those defined on forum - integration - storage locations...  by default that would be wp-content/sp-resources...  but if you had SP pre v5, they may be a bit more separated...

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