Considering converting from IPB 3

[actionmedia]

I currently have the latest version of IPB 3. I continue to see Xenforo sites ranking higher than IPB sites.

I have 1.5 million posts, and around 15,000 images in the gallery.

Is it possible to convert this many posts? If so, roughly how long will it take?

 

[Paul B]

There is a built in IPB 3.x importer which will handle that many posts.

The pre-sales FAQ shows what is imported: https://xenforo.com/community/threads/pre-sales-faq.4951/

It's not really possible to give a time, it depends on server spec's and configuration.

Note that there isn't a gallery in the default core software, you would need a third party add-on to replicate it.

 

[actionmedia]

Hi Brogan,

Thanks for the quick reply!

Currently my forum is under a folder /forums

Can I create xenforo under /xenforo, and then run the import. After the import is completed, can I change the directory to /forums?

Lastly, will my old URL's automatically have a 301 redirect to the new xenforo url? I'd hate to lose all of my backlinks.

Thanks.

 

[Paul B]

Can I create xenforo under /xenforo, and then run the import. After the import is completed, can I change the directory to /forums?

Yes, that's fine.
I wouldn't recommend using /forums though, as the default route for forums is also /forums, which would result in /forums/forums.

There are redirection scripts available: https://xenforo.com/community/resources/categories/redirection-scripts.2/

 

[actionmedia]

My current default url is: domain.com/forums

Will I be able to preserve this same URL if I switch to xenforo?

 

[Paul B]

Yes.

 

[actionmedia]

I see what you're saying now. So I would follow the same structure you have: /community/forums

As long as I can 301 redirect effectively, this would be fine.