A special thank you to xenForo. I have a 15 year old vBulletin 3 -> 4, and eventually version 5 forum. The version 5 software is atrocious, but I had to upgrade because of PHP upgrades. I could not believe how slow and bloated it was. I put XenForo on my short list but didn't upgrade yet.
I got an email a few days ago from vBulletin to upgrade the software, but I neglected to do so, and a few days later (this afternoon) I got an email from my forums requesting a password reset, and then a minute later, a notice my admin password was reset. I took the forum down within a minute of getting that email, and I couldn't detect any damage, thankfully. I don't blame vBulletin as they did tell me to upgrade.
I did the compatibility checker for XenForo, seemed to work fine, so I purchased a license, downloaded it, and ran the importer. I have to say the importation process was pretty flawless. Now that XenForo is up and running, I can say I'm very happy. Performance is night and day difference. I'm not joking when it would take 5-7 seconds to load a page with vBulletin, now it takes just a second, even with a board that had 15 years of history with thousands of posts, (admittedly low volume, but an old board). Also, kudos to XenForo for taking Apple Pay, appreciate that!
Thanks again!
I got an email a few days ago from vBulletin to upgrade the software, but I neglected to do so, and a few days later (this afternoon) I got an email from my forums requesting a password reset, and then a minute later, a notice my admin password was reset. I took the forum down within a minute of getting that email, and I couldn't detect any damage, thankfully. I don't blame vBulletin as they did tell me to upgrade.
I did the compatibility checker for XenForo, seemed to work fine, so I purchased a license, downloaded it, and ran the importer. I have to say the importation process was pretty flawless. Now that XenForo is up and running, I can say I'm very happy. Performance is night and day difference. I'm not joking when it would take 5-7 seconds to load a page with vBulletin, now it takes just a second, even with a board that had 15 years of history with thousands of posts, (admittedly low volume, but an old board). Also, kudos to XenForo for taking Apple Pay, appreciate that!
Thanks again!
