Jim McClain
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I am converting my vBulletin 3.8 forum to xenForo 1.5 this weekend. I'm a little concerned about how my current usergroups will be transitioned to the xF way of doing groups.
I use the usergroups Administrators, Moderators and Pro Members as primary usergroups. All other usergroups are additional usergroups. If I understand the xF way of doing things, this is the wrong way. I think the preference is to have all members in the primary user group, Registered, and all other user groups are additional groups. Is this correct? Or is Administrators the exception? Any other exceptions?
I don't know how the conversion from vB usergroups to xF user groups goes, but it seems a distinct possibility that all my primary usergroup members will be converted to the Registered group and they will have to be re-added to the Pro Member group after the conversion. They would, however, still be in any additional user group they were in previous to the conversion, but their permissions would have to be reconfigured. That would present a big problem. You see, members in the current primary usergroup, Pro Member, are manually placed in that group based on specific information provided by the member to the staff. It is not an automated process because it is too easy to cheat the system.
The way I see it is, I have been doing it wrong in vB for 11 years. But I think I can fix it.
Sound like a good plan? Would I do the same thing, essentially, for the staff usergroups? Administrator (me)?
Thanks for any guidance you can offer.
I use the usergroups Administrators, Moderators and Pro Members as primary usergroups. All other usergroups are additional usergroups. If I understand the xF way of doing things, this is the wrong way. I think the preference is to have all members in the primary user group, Registered, and all other user groups are additional groups. Is this correct? Or is Administrators the exception? Any other exceptions?
I don't know how the conversion from vB usergroups to xF user groups goes, but it seems a distinct possibility that all my primary usergroup members will be converted to the Registered group and they will have to be re-added to the Pro Member group after the conversion. They would, however, still be in any additional user group they were in previous to the conversion, but their permissions would have to be reconfigured. That would present a big problem. You see, members in the current primary usergroup, Pro Member, are manually placed in that group based on specific information provided by the member to the staff. It is not an automated process because it is too easy to cheat the system.
The way I see it is, I have been doing it wrong in vB for 11 years. But I think I can fix it.
- In vB, create a new usergroup called Professional based off the Pro Member usergroup, with the same permissions.
- Create a new promotion that will promote all existing in the usergroup, Pro Member, to the Professional usergroup as an Additional Usergroup 1 day after registration date.
- Run the cron that processes the promotion.
- Delete the original usergroup, Pro Member, which causes everyone in that group to revert to the Registered usergroup.
- Delete the promotion and continue adding members to the Professional usergroups manually, as was done with Pro Member group, except this time they are added as an additional group.
Sound like a good plan? Would I do the same thing, essentially, for the staff usergroups? Administrator (me)?
Thanks for any guidance you can offer.
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