XF 1.5 How to recover just one deleted thread

[Viola]

Today I accidentally permanently deleted a thread from the forum.
I have a working back up dated friday, but I can't substitute the entire database as other threads have been added since friday.
I would only like to restore a thread from that backup, is it possible?
If yes how can I do it?

thank you,
Viola

 

[AndyB]

How many posts are in the thread?

 

[Viola]

How many posts are in the thread?

I think around 10 posts

 

[Nudaii]

cant restore a single thread but you could copy and paste the psts from the thread posts table if you restored to a second database.

 

[Viola]

cant restore a single thread but you could copy and paste the psts from the thread posts table if you restored to a second database.

I was thinking of installing a local copy of Xenforo on my mac with an older data base in order to copy part of the old thread. Is there a post on this forum that explains how to install a local copy on mac? I am really new to all of this and I'm always afraid of messing everything up! I have desktop server (Xampp) that I use for my website, is it possible to use it also for xenforo?
Thank you for any help or indication you can give me!

 

[Nudaii]

yeah xampp works just fine

https://xenforo.com/community/resources/how-to-install-xenforo-locally-to-your-pc-using-xampp.355/

you should be able to use this guide as a basis

 

[Viola]

yeah xampp works just fine

https://xenforo.com/community/resources/how-to-install-xenforo-locally-to-your-pc-using-xampp.355/

you should be able to use this guide as a basis

thank you very much, I will check it out right away.

 

[AndyB]

Once you have a backup forum running, you will do this:

1) Create a new thread on your live forum.
2) Copy the message text from the backup forum post #1 to the new thread.
3) Use the following two add-on to change the author and time of post.

https://xenforo.com/community/resources/change-author.2832/

https://xenforo.com/community/resources/change-date.2371/

4) Do the same for the remainder of posts, copy/paste message to new post change date and author.

 

[Viola]

Once you have a backup forum running, you will do this:

1) Create a new thread on your live forum.
2) Copy the message text from the backup forum post #1 to the new thread.
3) Use the following two add-on to change the author and time of post.

https://xenforo.com/community/resources/change-author.2832/

https://xenforo.com/community/resources/change-date.2371/

4) Do the same for the remainder of posts, copy/paste message to new post change date and author.

Thank you AndyB!

 

[AndyB]

Thank you AndyB!

One last tip, often you can use Google search and the cache function to see the thread which has been deleted, even the image attachments can be recovered by doing a screen print.

 

[manicomio]

Once you have a backup forum running, you will do this:

1. Create a new thread on your live forum.
2. Copy the message text from the backup forum post #1 to the new thread.
3. Use the following two add-on to change the author and time of post.

https://xenforo.com/community/resources/change-author.2832/

https://xenforo.com/community/resources/change-date.2371/

4) Do the same for the remainder of posts, copy/paste message to new post change date and author.

Eek! It just happened to me, hard deleted a thread but with a couple of thousand posts.

First time in around 12 years of forumland.

 

[frm]

Tip I learned myself: Disable all hard deletes on your admin account. If you really want something gone, you will have to turn it back on and then go remove it a 2nd time.