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keirs10
Taking over Xoops site - original designer is MIA
  • 2008/3/18 16:48

  • keirs10

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I've been asked to take over a XOOPS site so I'm wondering what exactly I'll need in order to do so. The original designer must be trying to hold the site hostage because they're not returning any emails/calls to the owner for ftp info, etc. I was able to pull most of the sites files from the web anyhow, but not all of them. (don't have the htdocs)

We're ready to move the site to a new server if it could be done w/ out too much xoop problems.

Any advice for this problem is appreciated! I'm not even sure what version of XOOPS they used so if you know how I could find out that would help too!

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Anonymous
Re: Taking over Xoops site - original designer is MIA
  • 2008/3/18 17:56

  • Anonymous

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You'll be totally stuffed without:

1. a copy of all the files and the file structure
2. a copy of the database

If you get these then moving the site to a new server is the easy part.

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keirs10
Re: Taking over Xoops site - original designer is MIA
  • 2008/3/18 18:14

  • keirs10

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Wow I guess they'll need a new site then if the original designer fell off the planet! Thanks for your help!

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Peekay
Re: Taking over Xoops site - original designer is MIA
  • 2008/3/18 20:18

  • Peekay

  • XOOPS is my life!

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  • Since: 2004/11/20


You'll need to set up a fresh site with the latest version of Xoops, install matching modules (a clue to the module name(s) is normally in the address bar) then copy-n-paste the text and images into new articles.

Sounds like fun.

PS What is wrong with the smilies on this site? I can't have a wink anymore...
A thread is for life. Not just for Christmas.

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iHackCode
Re: Taking over Xoops site - original designer is MIA

Quote:

keirs10 wrote:
Any advice for this problem is appreciated! I'm not even sure what version of XOOPS they used so if you know how I could find out that would help too!


you can see what version is running in the footer of the administration section. or look in the include/version.php file.

you are facing quite an issue. i can only think of this to help you out.

Custom Block To Show XOOPS Version and Active Modules and their directory names (Content Type: PHP Script)
include XOOPS_ROOT_PATH."/include/version.php";
echo 
"XOOPS Version Is : ".XOOPS_VERSION;
echo 
"";

$db =& Database::getInstance();
//$sql = sprintf("SELECT dirname,version FROM ".$db->prefix('modules')); //all installed
$sql sprintf("SELECT dirname,version FROM ".$db->prefix('modules')." WHERE isactive = 1");//only active
$results $db->query($sql);
while ( 
$row $db->fetchArray($results) ) {
          echo 
"Dirname: ".$row['dirname'];
          echo 
"Version: ".round($row['version'] / 1002);
          echo 
"";
 }
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