From VB to Xenforo questions

[Ellie]

Hi,

We are moving over from a VB site and just downloaded Xenforo.

Obviously we need to get it looking how we want before we go live but I'm not clear on what I need to do.

Do I just install it first in a test area,create a test database and play around with it?

Thanks

 

[Jake Bunce]

A test import is recommended yes. There is a vB3 importer built-in to XenForo. The process is detailed here:

http://xenforo.com/community/threads/import-guide.10053/

The vB4 importer can be downloaded here:

http://xenforo.com/community/resources/vb4-importer.1025/

And here is a detailed install guide for XenForo itself if you need:

http://xenforo.com/community/resources/install-guide.380/

 

[Ellie]

That's great. It's all installed on test now and I 100% love it. It's so intuitive and simple. What a clever bunch you are

 

[Ellie]

I have run into this problem when adding the absolute paths to attachments and avatars

Server Error

file_exists() [function.file-exists]: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/home/soapchat/httpdocs/attachments) is not within the allowed path(s): (/var/www/vhosts/soapchat.net/httpdocs/:/tmp/)
XenForo_Application::handlePhpError()
file_exists() in XenForo/Importer/vBulletin.php at line 153
XenForo_Importer_vBulletin->validateConfiguration() in XenForo/Importer/vBulletin.php at line 31
XenForo_Importer_vBulletin->configure() in XenForo/ControllerAdmin/Import.php at line 56
XenForo_ControllerAdmin_Import->actionConfig() in XenForo/FrontController.php at line 313
XenForo_FrontController->dispatch() in XenForo/FrontController.php at line 132
XenForo_FrontController->run() in /var/www/vhosts/soapchat.net/httpdocs/xf/admin.php at line 13


Is this something I am doing wrong with the paths or do I do to contact my host?

Thanks

 

[Jake Bunce]

@Ellie

Your host or server person needs to relax the "open_basedir" setting in PHP to include your attachment path.

 

[Ellie]

I think it was me. I ended up using /var/www/vhosts/soapchat.net/httpdocs/attachments and it worked.

 

[Liam W]

I think it was me. I ended up using /var/www/vhosts/soapchat.net/httpdocs/attachments and it worked.

Yeah, you had the wrong path to your htdocs directory (your host used a non-default value). They also had that setting enabled, which prevented you from accessing the invalid directory, resulting in the error.

 

[Ellie]

Everything seems to have worked first time. Amazing. I have the XF set up in a test folder and VB is at the root.

What do I do now to put XF live? Do I delete all the VB files and install XF in the root?

Thanks

 

[Jake Bunce]

Everything seems to have worked first time. Amazing. I have the XF set up in a test folder and VB is at the root.

What do I do now to put XF live? Do I delete all the VB files and install XF in the root?

Thanks

Move the vB files out of the root and the XF files in. Then update this setting:

Admin CP -> Home -> Options -> Basic Board Information -> Board URL

 

[Liam W]

Everything seems to have worked first time. Amazing. I have the XF set up in a test folder and VB is at the root.

What do I do now to put XF live? Do I delete all the VB files and install XF in the root?

Thanks

Remove ALL vB files (the easiest thing to do would be to copy the xF folder out of the root, and then delete everything in the root), then move the xF files to the root.

Before you do that, update the board URL in the settings (or the board won't load when you have moved it).

 

[Ellie]

It all went really well but I didn't import albums deliberately but is it too late to do it now? I believe you can't do incremental imports, so would it need to start again?

 

[Jake Bunce]

It all went really well but I didn't import albums deliberately but is it too late to do it now? I believe you can't do incremental imports, so would it need to start again?

Correct. Start again from scratch.

It may be possible to only run the modules you need, but several modules depend on each other. It is better to start over.

 

[Ellie]

Correct. Start again from scratch.

It may be possible to only run the modules you need, but several modules depend on each other. It is better to start over.

Thanks. I think we will live without the old albums if that's the case