XF 2.1 Importing

[UND_Sioux]

I put in a ticket, but I haven't heard anything back for awhile. Again, I apologize for the noob questions.

I'm trying to import from VBulletin. I got the add-on installed. I got the files from VBulletin. When I go to run the add on, I get a form to fill out.

Can someone tell me what all this means?

MySQL server: local host
MySQL port: 3306
MySQL user name: gmcrvfor_xf
MySQL password: What do I put here?
MySQL database name: What do I put here?
MySQL table prefix: What do I put here?
Force character set: ?????

I paid for Xenforo to set up the server since I'm new to all this. They placed the software on the server. I can log into the control panel, but I don't know what to enter for all the questions above. Also, I think XF set the password for for the MySQL user name above since they added the user. Would they have used the same password that I gave them earlier to log into the control panel?

Thanks. This is much more complicated than I thought it would be. I appreciate you patience.

 

[Chris D]

To import from vBulletin, we need to know your vBulletin database details. That's what this form is asking you for. It is the same values that exist in your vBulletin config file (under includes/config.php).

That file will look something like this:

/* #### DATABASE NAME  ####
This is the name of the database where your vBulletin will be located.
This must be created by your webhost. */
$config['Database']['dbname'] = 'your_database_name';

/* #### TABLE PREFIX  ####
Prefix that your vBulletin tables have in the database. */
$config['Database']['tableprefix'] = 'vb_';

/* #### MASTER DATABASE SERVER NAME AND PORT  ####
This is the hostname or IP address and port of the database server.
If you are unsure of what to put here, leave the default values.
Note: If you are using IIS 7+ and MySQL is on the same machine, you
need to use 127.0.0.1 instead of localhost. */
$config['MasterServer']['servername'] = 'localhost';
$config['MasterServer']['port'] = 3306;

/* #### MASTER DATABASE USERNAME & PASSWORD  ####
This is the username and password you use to access MySQL.
These must be obtained through your webhost. */
$config['MasterServer']['username'] = 'your_database_user';
$config['MasterServer']['password'] = 'your_database_password';

You just need to enter the values from there into XF and follow the rest of the instructions.

Force character set: ?????

You can probably ignore this.

 

[UND_Sioux]

OK. None of that makes sense to me at all. I was using VBulletin Cloud. It was obviously hosted on their server. I now have a server setup for XenForo. I have a backup of the VBulletin database sitting here on my desktop. That's all I have. Can somebody treat me like a three year old and walk me though this? I'll pay someone if I have to, but this shouldn't be that hard and I really need to learn. The files in the screen shot are literally all I have access to from the old site.