[3.3.x] Support Forum • How to unlink two copies of the same phpBB installation

missing to complete post' title "or how to segregate a subforum"

Hi!

I have a forum [A] which has 3 subforums, let me call them [AA], [AB], [AC]

If I type "www.domain.xyz/currentforum" I go to the forum [A]

Now, I need to have 2 Forums, one which will be [A], [AA], [AC] and the other [AB] only.

In my ignorance
i.) I created a new directory /newforum
ii.) I copied all the files under /currentforum
iii.) I pasted these files to /newforum
and with this I had a clone of my original forum which I was able to access with
iv.) www.domain.xyz/newforum
then
v.) I deleted on newforum (using php's ACP) [A], [AA], [AC], and I left [AB] only.

Well, from i.) to iv.) it worked, after the deletion of [A], [AA], [AC] in newforum, only [AB] remained, so, I was happy

but... only [AB]remained also on current forum.!!

Apparently (and thinking on it, it's logical) when cloning the installation, all internal links go to the directory/ies in which the installation has been done, so, my "brilliant idea" was BS

So, my question is: "is there a configuration file that I can change in newforum, to modify these links"?

or, as a subsidiary "how can I extract a subforum [AB] and migrate it to another directory"?

Thanks

Statistics: Posted by cgriell — Sun Mar 03, 2024 8:40 pm

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