can i call this mod something other than "recenttopics"?

[wtfbollos]

here's my problem: i had an old recent topics mod (NV 1.6 or something) and when i upgraded phpbb to 3.1.6 it broke and i had to remove it but bits of it are still stuck inside the db. i have an SQL dump of the db and can find references to this text but i havn't tried surgery on this data to see if removing these references would clean this out properly.

i tried installing your mod as is and it worked fine but when i came to configure it (to increase the number of topics shown on the home page), it error'd. i think this is because these two mods are named exactly the same and this is where the trouble is.

obviously the correct way to do this is remove the previous mod completely and just install yours to a clean forum but that would take me ages and if i could install it as "recenttopics2" or something then i could ignore it as there would be no clash and it would be less work!

is that possible??

[Un1matr1x]

Why not use: https://www.phpbb.com/support/stk/

Database Cleaner: Allows you to reset certain parts of your phpBB board's database to its original setup (removes all database modifications).

This should / could help you with your problems

[bissim]

STK is for phpBB 3.0 only.

[Un1matr1x]

i meant a clean solution - since NV recent topics have to be on a 3.0.X phpBB - use the sql-dump fromt this board, run the stk and then reupgrade to 3.1.X

another option (not fully recommended) would be to use a fork of the stk f.e. https://github.com/AlexSheer/phpbb3.1-STK - untested and with no warrenties

[wtfbollos]

Un1matr1x, THANK YOU for that, it worked!

i did a clean 3.0.12 install and imported from old dump and ran the stk and it worked an absolute treat! it saved my install. then did an upgrade to 3.1.7 and installed this mod and it's working fine now.

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