IPS hosted forum and migrating to Xenforo

[Vijay]

I am currently on ipb hosted forum. As such I cannot install a copy of xenforo on that hosting. So I'm planning to buy a hosting plan for xenforo. Now, how do I go about importing the forum? I assume that importing can be done easily if xenforo and ips are on the same server. But in my case, I cannot install a new software on ips.

ps: I am still exploring xenforo demo.

 

[Adam Howard]

@TheVisitors, the hosted communities they offer have ipboard encoded to prevent any code changes. As I have experienced today, it does not interfere with your migration.

Again, I'm glad that has changed.

Welcome to XenForo

 

[Vicros]

XF is awesome, just needs a few edits to get right but what software doesnt? The devs cant make a software where no one will never need to edit something lol.

 

[crabpaws]

Vicros, what edits have you found you need to make?

I am in this exact situation, my site is hosted in IPB on their server, and I am considering moving to Xenforo.

I'm not very technical, though. Could someone help me figure out the task flow? Is it:

1 Purchase hosting with necessary Xenforo system requirements
2 Purchase Xenforo
3 Install Xenforo on host (Does it need a domain name in the dev phase? When do I have to switch the domain name?)
4 Download IPB database
5 Upload IPB database to Xenforo (Is there any mapping that needs to be done?)
6 Test imported site
7 Make imported site public