XF 2.2 "NEW" showing for imported users

[RichDevman]

I did a test import to do the theming and everything. How can I rerun it without starting over completely? I can just run the import again and over write?

Thanks

 

[MySiteGuy]

If you do another import, it will have two copies of the original forum posts and threads, private messages, etc. The second set of items will not have retained ids. You do not want to do this.

I recommend downloading your theme, and upload that into a fresh Xenforo installation. Then do a new import.

There are ways to do a fresh import into the existing Xenforo, but it requires database work and removing some files.

 

[RichDevman]

Thats a nightmare. I had that issue years ago when I did my first import but for some reason I thought they finally fixed that. This is really one of the worst things about moving from Vbulletin. It isn't just the theming that is done, it is plug ins and settings and all kinds of tweaks. I hate to do it over again.

I am fine with doing database work. Is there a guide?

Thanks so much for the reply and the info.

 

[MySiteGuy]

Thats a nightmare. I had that issue years ago when I did my first import but for some reason I thought they finally fixed that. This is really one of the worst things about moving from Vbulletin. It isn't just the theming that is done, it is plug ins and settings and all kinds of tweaks. I hate to do it over again.

I am fine with doing database work. Is there a guide?

Thanks so much for the reply and the info.

I don't know about any guides, though I'm not ruling out one on the forums. It's been since way back in the early Xenforo 1.x days since I needed to do anything like that before I wrote my incremental importer

 

[Paul B]

Thats a nightmare. I had that issue years ago when I did my first import but for some reason I thought they finally fixed that. This is really one of the worst things about moving from Vbulletin. It isn't just the theming that is done, it is plug ins and settings and all kinds of tweaks. I hate to do it over again.

You should have taken a backup just prior to importing.

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Thread 'Importing guidelines'

Dec 30, 2011

Importing, although relatively straightforward, sometimes requires a few test runs to become familiar with the process and iron out any issues.

This simple guide aims to outline the basic steps and explain how to do multiple imports in the same installation, without ending up with duplicate data, or having to manually delete content, or worse, doing a clean installation and starting from scratch.

The first step is to install XenForo; refer to this section of the manual: https://xenforo.com/docs/xf2/install-upgrade/

Once installed, configure the software as required; whether that...

• Paul B
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• Forum: Installation, upgrade, and import support

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[RichDevman]

That doesn’t help. And I have back ups.

I know people have complained before about this shortcoming and it’s a valid complaint.