Upgraded to Beta 2? A few XenFans tips

[Floris]

I assume you used our previous tip to make a backup of your database and files from beta 1, before upgrading to beta 2. And our tip about how to upgrade to beta 2.

Now that you're done with that, here are some tips to consider:

• Make a backup of the beta 2, so anything that goes wrong due to new plugins - you got something to revert to.
  
  Make a backups/ directory and put a dated dir inside it, put a copy of your public_html in .tgz and copy of your mysql dump in .tgz in side it.
  
  mysqldump --opt -Q -u dbusername -p databasename > backupname.sql
  
• Increase performance, consider using APC.
  
  You can find information about using APC in my article here: http://xenfans.com/threads/tip-use-apc.94/
  
  
• Keep stability and performance where it should be, run optimize and repair on your database.
  
  Here's a quick tutorial on how to repair your db, optimize it first though - basically the same instructions: http://php.about.com/od/mysqladministration/qt/repair_mysql.htm
  
  
• Increase security, change your admin password
  
  You can do this from your account - any beta1 issue or weak password you set during beta 1, is now harder to guess, old pass no longer valid, and simply good practice to rotate semi frequently.
  
  
• Increase security, if you haven't already, put .htaccess file protection on admin.php
  
  Here's a great site helping you add .htaccess and .htpasswd to existing files. Note: Append to existing .htaccess, don't overwrite it.
  
  http://www.tools.dynamicdrive.com/password/

• Increase security and performance, double check your config.php, making sure debug is turned off and if you use APC, that you've got it configured, pref. with a unique prefix.
  
  The above link to apc helps you configure xenforo for apc. Here's my article about debug mode, and how to turn it on. Remove the config line to turn it off, or comment it out by adding // in front of it: http://xenfans.com/threads/how-to-turning-on-debug-mode.7/
  
  
• Go through the plugins, test if they still work, disable them if they don't, and report back to the author. And see if there's an update for it already.
  
• Additionally you can reconsider which plugins you still need, or really need.

I am sure there are more things you can do, but we're just in beta! And this is enough for some people to get started.

Get the most out of your XenForo as a fan!

 

[Hagai]

Really useable info.
Beta 2 its really nice, they've fixed the WAMP issue.

 

[kuyenmotdivad]

Great article - bookmarked this.