Fresh Install on an old basically parked Domain

[Bob Clifton]

Ok I had posted in the Showcase Board to just show what I had  then it progressed to  my dilemma of wanting to update some of my active sites from 2.0.9 to 2.1.6 along with Gobs of other off topic stufff lol .
Thought I would post here  in the install board.

      Where I am currently .

  I Am Happy with what I have however the version I am running I am told will not run in the latest php version. So I have been playing around in my c-panel  trying to refresh my diminished skills for 12 or so years ago with my Go-Daddy host and got to this point .
I have several Domains redirected to diff places and a couple with no content to speak of . One in particular is redirected to createaforum.com and I could use it to practice updates to get what I want that works fine in 2.0  I managed to find the file section for that site and really aint nuttin in it .
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Now it is redirected so I assume I need to remove the redirect then upload the 2.1 package ? If there is a full install package option ?

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Here is what I have running in most my 2.0 sites and hope these will work in 2.1 or can be modified to work Plus I want the Moving Banner option that is NOT in the header of 2.1 as running on this page
https://lagunapark.net/smf/

One MORE problem I don't know if I can  update my version of php to the latest on Just the  domain/Website I am installing in  the c/panel settings or will it update all the websites as this will
probablly mess them up. I have tried to ask go-daddy but their support  just plain SUCKS as it takes hours to get a person and or one that does not have some dialect I can't understand and I get pissed an hang up ....lol




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[Skhilled]

Ok, for the 1st one...

Do not upload your forum to the domain.com directory. Create a subdirectory under /public_html and upload it there. The reason for this is security. If the forum gets hacked, most likely, the hacker will only have access to the subdirectory and not the main one (public_html) with, potentially, other things in it. Then, point the domain to that subdirectory.

For the 2nd...

If this is a test site just to play with to mimic your live site, then you will need to use the repair_settings.php tool from SMF:

https://download.simplemachines.org/index.php?tools

If you are starting from scratch and don't care then point the domain to your subdirectory as mentioned above.

For the 3rd...

You need to go to the SMF site and see if your mods will work with v2.1. Personally, I'm not sure if there's a mod for the moving banner. But, I'm sure that someone will know how to do it.

[Bob Clifton]

WAYYYyYYYYY too many variables right now for me . THe site as I stated will be an active working living breathing as it is now via redirect to createaforum .Just going to put it ACTIVE on the go-daddy host I have all my others working there  , There is basically nothing there to worry about but is fully functional with everything I desire in a forum except running in an older version of smf . and php I have to remove the redirect and get all the essentials in order to install the full monty of the latest SMF 2.1 and all it's bells and whistles without affecting any other of my current operating forums whereas I am  at the MERCY of Go Daddy's tech team that I can not get to presently as in the navigation of their C-Panel and my current php versions . Yes I am doing this to see what will work and what won't but also NEED to know when I do any updates to any php upgrades in one will it affect all hosted there and can not get any answers to that . It may be easier to just change over to phbb and start over .  Again it's been over ten years since I did anything like this and my skills are lacking especially trying to navigate Go- Daddys c-panel and file locales for each site . So I am collecting info before I change any thing  . I at this point don't see a pliable way to do this without affecting my other working  Sites .
Thanks for your input everyone

[Skhilled]

I thought about it again late in the night and realized that you won't need the 2nd part. You'll just need the 1st and 3rd. For some reason "test site" got stuck in my head. LOL