Hi folks,
I'm in the process of re-developing my website from static HTML into a PHP/MySQL based solution. One of the busiest sections on my site is my discussion board - currently YaBB SP1.2. I would prefer to remove the need for cgi throughout the site and this means moving to YaBB SE - no problem overall, but I have a couple of questions that I'm hoping you folks can answer -
1 - is there any way that I can migrate my existing boards/threads and users over from the old system to the new one?
2 - I have 4 mods installed on my board - Calendar, announcement, poll and Latest News (which is a SSI to the front page to show the 10 newest threads - can these be migrated as well or do I update these once they are available for YaBB SE (I'm assuming they aren't just now)
3 - How much quicker does the system run? (bit of a stupid question as it cand epend on many things but overall is it faster than the cgi-based version?)
4 - Bandwidth/CPU time - does this increase or decrease? My host is complaining that my bandwidth may go through the roof when I move the site to PHP/MySQL...I don't think so but have no real proof...so I'd like to be told either way if possible.
5 - When porting to the new system, I'm assuming I install the new one on my server and have it running at the same time as the old version, then when the migration/port/whatever has been done, I can remove the old version?
I'm sure there will be more questions, but if you could help me with these ones I'd be grateful, thanks.
Richard.
www.stirlingbikeclub.org.uk