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I’m not quite sure how to address. When I select the “logout” function from the forums, I receive an error:

MySQL ERROR:

Error Number: 1146

Description: Table 'CMS.exp_forum_boards' doesn't exist

Query: SELECT board_forum_url, board_label FROM exp_forum_boards WHERE board_id = '1'

I would have to guess that in my re-skinning of the forums that I’ve done something to cause this, but I’m not sure what.

If I run the query: “SELECT board_forum_url, board_label FROM exp_forum_boards WHERE board_id”, it returns no results (not too surprising since that’s what the error is telling me).

Would someone be able to provide some advice?

Thanks

What version and build of both ExpressionEngine and the Forums are you on at this point?  Have you visited the Forums in the control panel at all?

Hello Lisa,

What version and build of both ExpressionEngine and the Forums are you on at this point?  Have you visited the Forums in the control panel at all?

EE 1.6
Forum 1.3.2

And I assume you’re asking whether or not I’ve been working in the forums modules templates…if that is in fact what you are asking, yes.

No.  To up.. er.

Huh?

How come you haven’t updated the forum? 

I was actually asking if you’d visited the forum control panel - after uploading the forum files for an upgrade, visiting the CP updates the database.

EE 1.6 only works with Forum 2, not with 1.3.2. You will need to upgrade your forum. =)

ahhh….ok….I’ll go ahead and update later today and see if that has an effect.

Can I ask, I’m really apprehensive about updating the forums due to all the work I’ve done to re-skin them. I know, back-up, back-up, and back-up one more time.

But, once installed, and functioning, should I just be able to drop in my re-designed theme folder and re-assign the default theme to it via the cp and all should be good?

Has anything changed in the theme structure that would prevent this from occurring?

I would highly recommend following the pretty pink note on the forum themes docs.  My forum theme customizations are a special theme called “Discourse” and I freely update my themes with no fear (but, of course, with verified backups).

Themes have been like this since the Forums were released, so I’m not sure what you mean by changed… this was always the suggestion for handling customizations. But you will want to read the update notes for items you should modify in your templates.

Thanks…I’ll updated and see if that corrects the issue I’m experiencing.

houthousegraphix, just in case you’re upgrading to the newest build of EE 1.6, don’t forget to get the most recent version of the forum as well. 😊

I actually upgraded to 1.6 the end of last week per your (Sue) instructions in my attempt to resolve an issue I was expereincing. However, I didn’t realize that the forum upgrade needed to occure as well.

Now that I understand this, I’m setting aside some time to make this change this evening.

Thanks

Great, Let us know if upgrading fixes your problems.