I was feeling optimistic about the possibility because of the reinstall instructions in the phpBB FAQ, it all sounded really good, I just needed to sort out the 'phpMyAdmin' part. :
Really need to get something sorted out because my board was hacked last night, I was lucky only the Index was changed (thank you for sparing my forum Yossi).
I haven't tried updating with a patch file because I'm not sure what this means:
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Step 4
Run the following command using the command line:
Code:
patch -cl -d [PHPBB DIRECTORY] -p1 < [PATCH NAME]
where PHPBB DIRECTORY is the directory name your phpBB board resides in and where PATCH NAME is the filename of the patch file which you would like to execute.
Note: When executing, don't type in the brackets. This should complete quickly, hopefully without any HUNK FAILED comments.
If you do get failures you'll have to try the next update method described in this article. Alternatively if you know how you can examine the .rej files to determine what failed where and make manual adjustments to the relevant source
Does that command line refer to the "Run" command in Windows?
Yes I am really that daft (why I haven't updated the forum software) saw the bit about .rej files and HUNK FAILED and thought this is really out of my depth.
When I installed the board I migrated a lot of old topics from an 'ezboard' forum, and I was amazed it worked at all, but the dates got completely whacked. Had no idea at all what I was doing and thought maybe a clean install with a new configuration would be a good idea.
Thanks very much for your advice.