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How do I move my SMF board to a different host?
The move consists in 2 steps:

Step 1: Move the public html files of the board (these are the files in your board install dir). Either download them to your pc, then upload them again on the new host. In case the url or server path settings change, adapt all board settings to the new url and server path names. The repair_settings.php tool can do most of the work for you automatically.

Step 2: Move your db data from the old host to the new host. Use these FAQs for moving your db structure and data: How do I save my SMF board? and How do I restore the database data?
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KGIII made the following comment on December 17, 2006, 11:20:40 AM:

Please also be aware that when you move to a new host the path to the file may be different. For instance, at one hosting company it may be:

/home/UserName/public_html/forum

At another it may be:

/root/UserID#/www/public/forum

If that is the case you will need to modify your settings for the SMF Directory, Sources Directory, and perhaps the base path to the themes directory.

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SleePy made the following comment on December 20, 2006, 10:56:24 PM:

Along with public_html files it should be noted that not all hosts have a public_html folder or use it as a web root

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evanora made the following comment on September 10, 2008, 06:46:50 PM:

My host has the structure, /home/UserName/public_html/forum.The problem is that if I follow it that way the web site will not be visible because there's no index.html or index.php file. They expect all your files and folders for the site to be in the ./public_html directory.

This is not good for me since I intend adding domains and sub domains to my account later. I complained about this to them and they said it is how they do it. I dont know if there's a way to leave just the index.php file in the ./public_html directory while the others remain in /home/UserName/public_html/forum. I tried it, made changes in Settings.php and index.php to reflect the new structure, but i'm still getting issues. Any way round this?

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Jade made the following comment on September 10, 2008, 07:53:29 PM:

You may want to ask in the correct board over on the community, they will be able to assist you with this. Perhaps a support board:
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?#c3

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boatbuilder made the following comment on September 21, 2008, 10:18:22 AM:

At the bottom of the repair_settings.php page is this message:

"Settings.php cannot be written to by your webserver. Please modify the permissions on this file to allow write access."

I tried 755 and 777 and still get the message.  What should the permission be for Settings.php ?

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Jade made the following comment on September 21, 2008, 01:27:14 PM:

It should be at 755, or 777. You may want to ask your host about it if you believe you changed the permissions correctly.