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1. STOP Phorum (we don't want people posting and potentially screwing up the upgrade do we?)
2. edit common.php and apply the same settings you now have, specifically: $inf_path $admindir (if different, otherwise leave as-is)
3. Run this little SQL Statement to update your current 'forums' structure, it looks safe to leave the field empty ALTER TABLE forums ADD config_suffix char(50) DEFAULT '' NOT NULL AFTER description;
4. copy your updates over (make sure you don't overwrite your /forums folder and header.php footer.php
5. rebuild your inf file (I'm not sure if it's necessary, but I like doing it)
6. RESTART Phorum
7. (optional) put pinky finger to mouth and charge client 1 MILLION DOLLARS for installation, mwuhahaha

If anything breaks (might happen, who knows) don't sue me :) This is just a quick tutorial on what I did to upgrade from 3.1RC3 to 3.1 Final, it took me all of 3min (without a guide) so it should be fairly easy... If anyone catches something that I may have left off, please let me know, it seemed a bit too easy, hehe. Up and running quite nicely: http://www.opido.com/phorum