Shifting from VB 3.6 X to Xenforo

[Killerrules2003]

Hello,

I want to shift from VB 3.6 To Xenforo, I want to know whether whether my URL structure of existing VBulletin will change or not.

I have nearing .2 Million article on our forums I hope nothing will go with the same. I am running my forums on sub domain that forums.example.com.

Regards,

 

[Dakis]

The URL structure is different in xenforo, but there are url redirect scripts that you can use, therefore it should be fine. I moved from vb3.7 with no problems at all.

I don't understand the second question.

 

[Killerrules2003]

I have nearing .2 Million article on our forums I hope nothing will go with the same. I am running my forums on sub domain that forums.example.com.

 

[Dakis]

Articles you mean topics? Or are you using some article add-on ?

 

[whynot]

I have nearing .2 Million article on our forums I hope nothing will go with the same. I am running my forums on sub domain that forums.example.com.

Articles with VB 3.6?
Are you using some modification to have them?

 

[Killerrules2003]

No I am talking about topics which are there on my forums. I cannot keep the same url structure what I have on my existing forums

 

[Dakis]

All your members/forums/topics/posts will be converted to xenforo, there is an importer that you can use.

 

[Killerrules2003]

Dakis,

Thanks for your reply again, I am just curious with my URL structure of the site http://forums.example.com/reviews/14720.htm, I want the same when I am shifting from VB to Xenforo.

 

[Dakis]

Can you see the structure here in xenforo.com ? Is that structure ok for you?

 

[Killerrules2003]

Nope, I don't need this URL structure I want the same, which I am currently using for my site, if that is possible I can move my site to Xenforo today itself.

 

[Dakis]

Check my response above. Your URLs will change. All of them. But there are redirect scripts that will help you not to lose any visits from the old urls.

 

[Khaleal]

You can't keep the old URLs structure unless you heavily customize xenForo code (Or have someone write an add-on for you).

 

[Adam Howard]

The structure will change no matter what forum software you migrate over to.

However, it is very easy to add re-write rules that will help you forward many of your old links from your old structure to the new structure that XenForo uses.