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This new version is just too nice to leave on the testing bed so I upgraded the main site. Now the downer is that I no longer have access to the Garage until they update the software, which is one of my favorite add-ons. So for those of you looking for the Garage, its coming but is now on hold until CND releases version 2.1 which will work with vBulletin 4.0 Now I am working on Classifieds which should work.

Here are the steps that worked for me to create a vBulletin test site for the vBulletin 4.0 RC4 Currently hosted on hostmonster (which I believe is awesome) STEP 1 - Create a subfolder to host TEST site My production site is hosted /home/user/public_html/vb384/ http://www.sitedomain.com/vb384 My test site will be hosted /home/user/public_html/vb40/ http://www.sitedomain.com/vb40 STEP 2 - Copy all files from production(LIVE) site to your test site. copy everything from /home/user/public_html/vb384/ copy to /home/user/public_html/vb40/ STEP 3 - Create test database and assign admin user Get logged into cPanel and scroll down to the Databases section Click on MySql Next to new database enter vb40 (or the name of your test database) Click on Create Database You'll get a message, created user_vb40 Click Scroll Down to MySql Users Select a user (I use the same db user assigned to my production site) Select the database you just created Click on Add and then click All Priveleges and then click Make Changes STEP 4 - Copy production database to test database Get into cPanel then scroll down to the Database section Click on phpMyAdmin Find your database for your production site on the left and click once on it Now across the top find the tab labeled Operations and click on that Find the input box located under Copy database to: Enter the database your created earlier. For example user_vb40 Now click the radio button next to Structure and Data Place a checkmark next to Add AUTO_INCREMENT value Click Go Once completed, verify you have the same number of entries in your production versus test database. STEP 5 - Update config.php in test folder Navigate to the location of your config.php in your test folder /home/user/public_html/vb40/includes/config.php Change the settings for the database name (and username if you changed that earlier) STEP 6 - VERIFY your production site is working in test folder In a web browser, navigate to http://www.sitedomain.com/vb40 Login using your admin ID Put vBulletin Test site into Maintenance Mode Go to the Plugin/Product Manager and on each modification you have, change to disabled. STEP 7 - UPLOAD vBulletin 4.0 files (typically using FTP) and ensure all files get overwritten STEP 8 - Run UPGRADE script Navigate to http://www.sitedomain.com/vb40/install/upgrade.php (note: this takes some time to get through all the different settings)

Here are the steps that worked for me to create a vBulletin test site for the vBulletin 4.0 RC4 Currently hosted on hostmonster (which I believe is awesome) STEP 1 - Create a subfolder to host TEST site My production site is hosted /home/user/public_html/vb384/ http://www.sitedomain.com/vb384 My test site will be hosted /home/user/public_html/vb40/ http://www.sitedomain.com/vb40 STEP 2 - Copy all files from production(LIVE) site to your test site. copy everything from /home/user/public_html/vb384/ copy to /home/user/public_html/vb40/ STEP 3 - Create test database and assign admin user Get logged into cPanel and scroll down to the Databases section Click on MySql Next to new database enter vb40 (or the name of your test database) Click on Create Database You'll get a message, created user_vb40 Click Scroll Down to MySql Users Select a user (I use the same db user assigned to my production site) Select the database you just created Click on Add and then click All Priveleges and then click Make Changes STEP 4 - Copy production database to test database Get into cPanel then scroll down to the Database section Click on phpMyAdmin Find your database for your production site on the left and click once on it Now across the top find the tab labeled Operations and click on that Find the input box located under Copy database to: Enter the database your created earlier. For example user_vb40 Now click the radio button next to Structure and Data Place a checkmark next to Add AUTO_INCREMENT value Click Go Once completed, verify you have the same number of entries in your production versus test database. STEP 5 - Update config.php in test folder Navigate to the location of your config.php in your test folder /home/user/public_html/vb40/includes/config.php Change the settings for the database name (and username if you changed that earlier) STEP 6 - VERIFY your production site is working in test folder In a web browser, navigate to http://www.sitedomain.com/vb40 Login using your admin ID Put vBulletin Test site into Maintenance Mode Go to the Plugin/Product Manager and on each modification you have, change to disabled. STEP 7 - UPLOAD vBulletin 4.0 files (typically using FTP) and ensure all files get overwritten STEP 8 - Run UPGRADE script Navigate to http://www.sitedomain.com/vb40/install/upgrade.php (note: this takes some time to get through all the different settings)

Okay, so apparantly I downloaded just the forum vbforum_4_4-0-0_Release_Candidate_4_xxxxx.zip When I should of downloaded the Publishing Suite vbulletinsuite_4-0-0_Release_Candidate_4_xxxxx.zip So I am going to start the test site all over again but I have to say that the test from vBulletin 3.8.4 Patch Level 1 upgrade to vBulletin 4.0 RC4 was successful. Very clean and no issues. Some things to expect: All your applications/modifications don't work (change to disable in plugin manager) All your Style/Template's won't work (it will default to new vb4.0 style) All your Style/Template modifications don't carry over (example navbar changes) Go through Maintenance and click on each maint item once But Social Groups carried over with permissions intact Forums and User Groups carried over with permissions intact Albums & Pictures carried over with Private Albums still Private

Okay, so apparantly I downloaded just the forum vbforum_4_4-0-0_Release_Candidate_4_xxxxx.zip When I should of downloaded the Publishing Suite vbulletinsuite_4-0-0_Release_Candidate_4_xxxxx.zip So I am going to start the test site all over again but I have to say that the test from vBulletin 3.8.4 Patch Level 1 upgrade to vBulletin 4.0 RC4 was successful. Very clean and no issues. Some things to expect: All your applications/modifications don't work (change to disable in plugin manager) All your Style/Template's won't work (it will default to new vb4.0 style) All your Style/Template modifications don't carry over (example navbar changes) Go through Maintenance and click on each maint item once But Social Groups carried over with permissions intact Forums and User Groups carried over with permissions intact Albums & Pictures carried over with Private Albums still Private

Currently we are testing the upgrade of our site to the latest version that vBulletin is offering with 4.0 RC2 currently. If you want to see the progress, you can check out our TEST site at MyWiseGuys Forums (TEST) NOTE: This is only a test site and anything added will be eventually deleted for more testing. The permanent forum is this forum at MyWiseGuys Forums We will keep you posted on the progress but we will not upgrade our current site unless all current functionality is carried over and maintained which includes: Blog Owner: vBulletin Status: test passed Social Groups Owner: vBulletin Status: test passed Calendar Owner: vBulletin Status: test passed Pictures & Albums Owner: vBulletin Status: test passed Contacts & Friends Owner: vBulletin Status: test passed Garage 2.1.1 Owner:vb pro garage Status: currently doesn't work, Dylan is working on it but no idea when it will be ready. I miss it Classifieds Owner: Photopost Status: being tested vbulletin4.0 - Page 3 - PhotoPost Community vBSEO Owner: vbSEO Status: test passed Downloads Owner: ??? Status: test passed

Currently we are testing the upgrade of our site to the latest version that vBulletin is offering with 4.0 RC2 currently. If you want to see the progress, you can check out our TEST site at MyWiseGuys Forums (TEST) NOTE: This is only a test site and anything added will be eventually deleted for more testing. The permanent forum is this forum at MyWiseGuys Forums We will keep you posted on the progress but we will not upgrade our current site unless all current functionality is carried over and maintained which includes: Blog Owner: vBulletin Status: test passed Social Groups Owner: vBulletin Status: test passed Calendar Owner: vBulletin Status: test passed Pictures & Albums Owner: vBulletin Status: test passed Contacts & Friends Owner: vBulletin Status: test passed Garage 2.1.1 Owner:vb pro garage Status: currently doesn't work, Dylan is working on it but no idea when it will be ready. I miss it Classifieds Owner: Photopost Status: being tested vbulletin4.0 - Page 3 - PhotoPost Community vBSEO Owner: vbSEO Status: test passed Downloads Owner: ??? Status: test passed

Mac OS X & Windows are very similar when it comes to FTP. So the following commands should work for both STEP ONE: CONNECT TO FTP SITE To establish an FTP session to the site in question, just issue this command: ftp site-name example: ftp ftp.mywiseguys.com STEP TWO: LOGIN TO FTP SITE You may be prompted for a username/password, just like any other FTP client. Sometimes user: anonymous works. Other times you may be provided a user id and password to use STEP THREE: UPLOAD A FILE TO SITE To upload a file, just issue this command: put name-of-the-file-on-your-hard-drive if you need to find the file first type: !ls (mac) or !dir (windows) (will show a directory listing) lcd (local change directory) example: lcd C:\temp or lcd /Users/Shared SUGGESTION: place the files you want to upload to a site in an easy directory like C:\temp or /Users/Shared so its easy to find STEP FOUR: DOWNLOAD A FILE FROM SITE To download a file, just issue this command: get name-of-the-file-on-the-ftp-server Thats it. It is really easy. The only issue you may run into (and you run into this on ALL ftp clients by the way) is the infamous Passive mode, which I freely admit I don't understand. To test if things are set up right, after you have connected to your site, issue this command: ls This lists the contents of the site. If nothing happens, you have fallen victim to incompatible passive settings. Kill this session (CTL-C usually does it, or just kill the Terminal window entirely) and start again. This time, after you are logged in, issue one of the following commands. They all do the same thing, but the command name varies from FTP server to FTP server. So, one of: epsv passive pasv quote pasv Try "ls" again. When you are getting a directory listing back, you have successfully switched to a compatible passive mode.

Mac OS X & Windows are very similar when it comes to FTP. So the following commands should work for both STEP ONE: CONNECT TO FTP SITE To establish an FTP session to the site in question, just issue this command: ftp site-name example: ftp ftp.mywiseguys.com STEP TWO: LOGIN TO FTP SITE You may be prompted for a username/password, just like any other FTP client. Sometimes user: anonymous works. Other times you may be provided a user id and password to use STEP THREE: UPLOAD A FILE TO SITE To upload a file, just issue this command: put name-of-the-file-on-your-hard-drive if you need to find the file first type: !ls (mac) or !dir (windows) (will show a directory listing) lcd (local change directory) example: lcd C:\temp or lcd /Users/Shared SUGGESTION: place the files you want to upload to a site in an easy directory like C:\temp or /Users/Shared so its easy to find STEP FOUR: DOWNLOAD A FILE FROM SITE To download a file, just issue this command: get name-of-the-file-on-the-ftp-server Thats it. It is really easy. The only issue you may run into (and you run into this on ALL ftp clients by the way) is the infamous Passive mode, which I freely admit I don't understand. To test if things are set up right, after you have connected to your site, issue this command: ls This lists the contents of the site. If nothing happens, you have fallen victim to incompatible passive settings. Kill this session (CTL-C usually does it, or just kill the Terminal window entirely) and start again. This time, after you are logged in, issue one of the following commands. They all do the same thing, but the command name varies from FTP server to FTP server. So, one of: epsv passive pasv quote pasv Try "ls" again. When you are getting a directory listing back, you have successfully switched to a compatible passive mode.

XNS (Xerox Network Systems) Clearinghouse

XNS (Xerox Network Systems) Clearinghouse

Domain Name System (DNS)

Domain Name System (DNS)

XNS (Xerox Network Systems) Time Protocol

XNS (Xerox Network Systems) Time Protocol

TACACS Login Host protocol

TACACS Login Host protocol

GRE protocol

GRE protocol

WHOIS protocol

WHOIS protocol

WINS (Windows Internet Name Service)

WINS (Windows Internet Name Service)

nameserver, ARPA Host Name Server Protocol

nameserver, ARPA Host Name Server Protocol