Thread:Project:Support desk/Be Our Hero! Please?/reply (4)

I've tried installing the new version, and I can get Mediawiki to recognize that there is an old database, but either I'm directing it to the wrong database or not doing it properly. All I can end up with is a brand new, unpopulated Wiki.

New approach: is there any way to just read the text of what was on the old wiki's pages? There were only a couple dozen pages, so re-creating wouldn't be too difficult, if I could see the text that was entered.

I'm also not EXACTLY sure what constitutes a "database" (files in folders? something only readable by software, etc), so be specific in where I should be looking if this is possible.

Really, I can't thank you enough. You've been very helpful so far. Apologies for my green-ness in this avenue.

-Andy