XF 1.4 Importing from mybb

[NeoCHI]

I'm thinking about importing a mybb forum to xenforo but I'm alittle confused about how start. My guess is I'd want to install xenForo on the same server as my current mybb forum, but then how would I see it without assigning it to a domain?

Can someone provide step by step instructions on how to go about this? or is there a guide somewhere already?

 

[Paul B]

Create a directory on your existing server/domain, e.g. /xf.

Install XenForo into that directory.

So you will now have:

domain.com - myBB
domain.com/xf - XenForo​

Set it all up, run the import.
Once you're happy, archive/move the myBB installation and move the XF installation to the domain root.

This guide may also be of some use: https://xenforo.com/community/threads/importing-guidelines.25325/

 

[NeoCHI]

What about redirection? Is there anything that can help me in this aspect for mybb?

 

[Jake Bunce]

What about redirection? Is there anything that can help me in this aspect for mybb?

Redirection isn't a problem. But each case can be a little different. If you post example old and new URLs then I can provide exact instructions.

 

[NeoCHI]

Create a directory on your existing server/domain, e.g. /xf.

Install XenForo into that directory.

So you will now have:

domain.com - myBB
domain.com/xf - XenForo​

Set it all up, run the import.
Once you're happy, archive/move the myBB installation and move the XF installation to the domain root.

This guide may also be of some use: https://xenforo.com/community/threads/importing-guidelines.25325/

Hmm, everything was fine until I moved the myBB into archive/ and XF installation into the domain root.

The index page is showing up fine but when I click into any forums or threads it shows a 404...any ideas

 

[Paul B]

Sounds like a Friendly URLs issue.

Did you also move the hidden .htaccess file?

 

[NeoCHI]

Yup spot on!

 

[NeoCHI]

One of my moderators can't edit their sig for some reason...he's getting "You do not have permission to view this page or perform this action", but when I check permissions for sigs in group permissions they all seem to be enabled. Any ideas?

 

[Paul B]

Use the permissions analyser to determine how the final value is being set.

 

[NeoCHI]

They look good

Signature Permissions
Edit signature:
Yes (Details)
Allow basic text formatting (bold, italic, etc):
Yes (Details)
Allow extended text formatting (color, font, size):
Yes (Details)
Allow alignment changes:
Yes (Details)
Allow lists:
Yes (Details)
Allow images:
Yes (Details)
Allow links:
Yes (Details)
Allow embedded media:
Yes (Details)
Allow block tags (code, quote, etc):
Yes (Details)
Maximum printable characters:
0 (Details)
Maximum lines:
0 (Details)
Maximum links:
0 (Details)
Maximum images:
0 (Details)
Maximum smilies:
0 (Details)
Maximum text size (1 - 7):
0 (Details)

 

[Paul B]

Maximum printable characters: 0

You might want to increase that, along with the others.