I bought an owned licence of vBulletin. Can I specify in the vBulletin Member's Area that I will install it on Site A, and then a week later, log back in and change the location of the forum to Site B? They require that you indicate the URL of the installation before they allow you to download your files...

Vito

Yes as long as the copy running on Site A is removed before Site B's copy is brought up...

You are allowed one private test copy to run as a test board...

Thanks. Yes, I saw that in the TOS. But then after I placed my order, I wondered if they meant that both installations have to be on the same domain...

Vito

Nah, most people run a copy locally on their home machine to test hacks out on.. I'm fairly sure that if it see's just two sets of call backs for the same license it doesn't get flagged, anything after that I'm sure it does..

Cool. Thanks.

Vito

Just to add to what The Prohacker said...

Quoted from the license agreement
If you have a valid licence, you may set up an additional test forum in order to test code, template and database modifications. To make this clear to us and our licence verification procedures, place it in a directory called 'testvb' and be sure to password protect it. It must not be accessible by the general public.
Basically you can setup another copy on your site, providing the above criteria's are met, for testing purposes.

Thanks rochen. I had read that. But it suggests to me that it has to be installed on the same site. I want to install it on one site just for a few days, then uninstall it, the set it up again on another site. (You must think I'm crazy... :nuts: )

Anyways, I got a reply back from VB telling me it was OK. In my VB Admin Area, I just have to enter the URL of the temp site first, then log in again and change the URL when I move the script over to the permanent site.

Vito

I have another question about VB. In the control panel, when you click to back-up database, one of the options is to "save data to file on server". And by default, in the text field it says

./forumbackup-05-18-2003.sql

1. Should I be pre-pending that with a directory? If so, should I put an absolute path or a URL?

2. Based on the answer to question 1, should I be creating a directory to hold the backup, and set chmod to 777?

3. What's the benefit of saving to a directory on the server? If I lose all data on the server, will I not lose my backup?

Thanks for your help...

Vito

Originally posted by vito
1. Should I be pre-pending that with a directory? If so, should I put an absolute path or a URL?
Yes, use the absolute path.

Originally posted by vito
2. Based on the answer to question 1, should I be creating a directory to hold the backup, and set chmod to 777?
Yup, should be 777.

Originally posted by vito
3. What's the benefit of saving to a directory on the server? If I lose all data on the server, will I not lose my backup?
Not much, it's just another option. So you could for example dump the database and then download it via FTP. I would however not advise using the backup options in the admin cp and dumping it from the command line instead. That way you are not tied to the restrictions of PHP with large dump files.

Cool. Thanks for the prompt reply, rochen. :gthumb:

Vito

Actually, don't use the backup option in the admin cp, if your database is to large PHP can time out and not make a full backup, but say it was done completely.. The best and most effective method of backup is by command prompt with mysqldump...

I saw that in the docs that VB provides. They suggest the command line as well.

Vito