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<li>[Feature] The converter no longer relies on the smiley ID to decide if it should be displayed on the posting page</li>

<li>[Fix] Inconsistent display of more smileys link fixed (Bug #11801)</li>

<li>[Fix] Outbox messages are no always neither new nor unread post-conversion(Bug #11461)</li>

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<li><a href="#prereq">Requirements before converting</a></li>

<li><a href="#conversion">Converting</a></li>

<li><a href="#postreq">Things to do after conversion</a></li>

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<li><a href="#postinstall">Important (security related) post-Install tasks for all installation methods</a>

<a name="install"></a><h1>3. New installation</h1>

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<p>Installation of phpBB3 will vary according to your server and database. If you have <em>shell access</em> to your account (via telnet or ssh for example) you may want to upload the entire phpBB3 archive (in binary mode!) to a directory on your host and unarchive it there.</p>

<p>If you do not have shell access or do not wish to use it you will need to decompress the phpBB3 archive to a local directory on your system using your favourite compression program, e.g. winzip, rar, zip, etc. From there you must FTP <strong>ALL</strong> the files it contains (being sure to retain the directory structure and filenames) to your host. Please ensure that the cases of filenames are retained, do <strong>NOT</strong> force filenames to all lower or upper case doing so will cause errors later.</p>

<p>Before converting we heavily recommend you do a <em>full backup of your database and files</em>! If you are unsure how to achieve this please ask your hosting provider for advice. In order to convert, you need to have a new phpBB3 installation within the same database (but with a different prefix) as your old 2.0.x installation. You basically need to follow the basic instructions given for <a href="#install">New installations</a>. Please <strong>do not</strong> overwrite any old files - install phpBB3 at a different location.</p>

<p>Once you made a backup of everything and also have a brand new phpBB3 installation, you can now begin the conversion.</p>

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<p>To begin the conversion visit the install folder of your phpBB3 installation (the same as you have done for installing). Now you will see a new tab <em>Convert</em>. Click this tab.</p>

<p>As with install the conversion is automated. Your previous 2.0.x database tables will not be touched as well as the original 2.0.x files remaining untouched. The conversion is actually only filling your phpBB3 database tables and copying additional data over to your phpBB3 installation. This has the benefit that if something goes wrong you are able to either re-run the conversion or continue a conversion, while your old board is still accessible. We really recommend you disable your old installation while converting, else you may have inconsistent data after the conversion.</p>

<p>Please note that this conversion process may take quite some time and depending on your hosting provider this may result in it failing (due to web server or other timeout issues). If this is the case you should ask your provider if they are willing to allow the convert script to temporarily exceed their limits (be nice and they will probably be quite helpful).</p>

<p>Once completed your board should be immediately available. If you encountered errors you should report the problems to our bug tracker or seek help via our forums (see <a href="README.html">README</a> for details).</p>

<p>Within the conversion the search index has not been created or transferred. This means after conversion you are not able to find any matches if you want to search for something. We recommend you rebuild your search index within <code>Admin -&gt; Maintenance -&gt; Database -&gt; Search Index</code>.</p>

<p>Once you are pleased with your new installation you may want to give it the name of your old installation, changing the directory name. With phpBB3 this is possible without any problems - but you may still want to check your cookie settings within the administration panel, if the cookie path need to be adjusted prior to renaming.</p>

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<a name="postinstall"></a><h1>6. Important (security related) post-Install tasks for all installation methods</h1>

<p>Once you have succssfully installed phpBB3 you <strong>MUST</strong> ensure you remove the entire install/ directory. Leaving the install directory in place is a <em>very serious potential security issue</em> which may lead to deletion or alteration of files, etc. Please note that until this directory is not removed phpBB3 will not operate and a warning message will be displayed. Beyond this <strong>essential</strong> deletion you may also wish to delete the docs/ directories if you wish.</p>

<p>With these directories deleted you should proceed to the administration panel. Depending on how the installation completed you may have been directed there automatically. If not, login as the administrator you specified during install/conversion and click the <strong>Administration Panel</strong> link at the bottom of any page. Ensure that details specified in <code>Admin -&gt; General</code> are correct!</p>

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'CONVERT_INTRO_BODY' => 'From here, you are able to import data from other (installed) board systems. The list below shows all the conversion modules currently available. If there is no convertor shown in this list for the board software you wish to convert from, please check our website where further conversion modules may be available for download.',

'CONVERT_NEW_CONVERSION' => 'New conversion',

'CONV_ERROR_REPLACE_FORUM' => 'Unable to insert new forum replacing old forum.',

'CONV_ERROR_USER_ACCESS' => 'Unable to get user authentication information.',

'CONV_ERROR_WRONG_GROUP' => 'Wrong group "%1$s" defined in %2$s.',

'CONV_SAVED_MESSAGES' => 'Saved messages',

'COULD_NOT_COPY' => 'Could not copy file <strong>%1$s</strong> to <strong>%2$s</strong><br /><br />Please check that the target directory exists and is writable by the webserver.',

'FORUM_ADDRESS' => 'Board address',

'FORUM_ADDRESS_EXPLAIN' => 'This is the URL of your former board, for example <samp>http://www.example.com/phpBB2/</samp>. If an address is entered here and not left empty every instance of this address will be replaced by your new board address within messages, private messages and signatures.',

'FORUM_PATH' => 'Board path',

'FOUND' => 'Found',

'FTP_CONFIG' => 'Transfer config by FTP',

'FTP_CONFIG_EXPLAIN' => 'phpBB has detected the presence of the FTP module on this server. You may attempt to install your config.php via this if you wish. You will need to supply the information listed below. Remember your username and password are those to your server! (ask your hosting provider for details if you are unsure what these are).',