I don't have the docs in front of me, but you should be able to just use the importdump.php and point it to the backup and import all of the old data
On Sunday, June 1, 2014, Rob Lingelbach <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a brand new install of 1.22.7 done and ready. (ready for what I ask > myself). > > I have years of development (data mostly) in the old Mediawiki, which I > have backed up > in various ways. > > I wouldn’t be averse to folding that data in manually to a new structure > based on the clean > 1.22.7 install, but don’t know quite what the best way to do that would be. > > I don’t mind creating a new structure for the whole thing, moving things > around, etc. > > The db is MySQL, the OS is CentOS. > > My first thought was to create a parallel wiki and start moving things > over from old to new and so deciding > how to change them. When I created the new (1.22.7) wiki I chose a new > name for it. Not sure if that > allows for separate tables; the name/pwd for the tables remained the same > for the old and new. > > > On Jun 1, 2014, at 4:08 PM, Gordon Joly <[email protected] > <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > On 01/06/14 20:14, Rob Lingelbach wrote: > >> Reloaded existing (old) LocalSettings.php > > > > > > Did you do a brand new install on 1.22.7 and then compare that > > LocalSetting.php with the old one? > > > > Gordo > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > MediaWiki-l mailing list > > [email protected] <javascript:;> > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > -- > Rob Lingelbach http://rob.colorist.org > http://colorist.org [email protected] <javascript:;> > > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > [email protected] <javascript:;> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
