vBulletin 3.2.3 to XenForo?

[BayouKid]

Hi everyone,

I'm getting ready to inherit part of a very active forum that is running on antiquated vBulletin 3.2.3.

I'd like to replatform this onto XenForo (on a much more modern host, etc.), and I'm wondering if there's an importer that will pull from a version of vBulletin this old? I've tried to comb through the documentation but I can't find anything specific about versions.

Upgrading the old vBulletin to something newer is an option, but obviously I'd like to skip that step if I can.

Best,
Mike

 

[Paul B]

The importer is officially confirmed to work with 3.6 and above.

The import system | Manual | XenForo

End-user documentation for XenForo

xenforo.com

I'm not sure it would work with 3.2 due to schema changes.
Upgrading the VB instance would likely be required.

 

[BayouKid]

The importer is officially confirmed to work with 3.6 and above.

I'm note sure it would work with 3.2 due to schema changes.
Upgrading the VB instance would likely be required.

Thank you. I'll let our sysadmin know that we'd need to get up to at least 3.6.

Best,
Mike

 

[Digital Doctor]

Thank you. I'll let our sysadmin know that we'd need to get up to at least 3.6.

alternatively, you could hire someone to migrate from 3.2 to Xenforo. Some import specialist. @Slavik would be ideal. or just post a request in here

Custom service/development requests

If you are looking for someone to provide custom services or development to fit your needs, post your requests here.

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[MySiteGuy]

Hi everyone,

I'm getting ready to inherit part of a very active forum that is running on antiquated vBulletin 3.2.3.

I'd like to replatform this onto XenForo (on a much more modern host, etc.), and I'm wondering if there's an importer that will pull from a version of vBulletin this old? I've tried to comb through the documentation but I can't find anything specific about versions.

Upgrading the old vBulletin to something newer is an option, but obviously I'd like to skip that step if I can.

Best,
Mike

Are you sure you're reading (or typing) that version number correctly?
vBulletin's versioning jumped from 3.0.x to 3.5.x, 3.6.x, 3.7.x and 3.8.x, skipping 3.1.x to 3.4.x releases.

 

[BayouKid]

Are you sure you're reading (or typing) that version number correctly?
vBulletin's versioning jumped from 3.0.x to 3.5.x, 3.6.x, 3.7.x and 3.8.x, skipping 3.1.x to 3.4.x releases.

You're right, and I was mistaken. We're on 3.8.9.

Looks like importing into XenForo wouldn't be an issue!

Mike

 

[MySiteGuy]

The Xenforo import will cover 3.8.9 quite well.

 

[Digital Doctor]

Looks like importing into XenForo wouldn't be an issue!

If you have addons .... there are lots of snags.
you can always try yourself, but there can be gotchas.

 

[BayouKid]

If you have addons .... there are lots of snags.
you can always try yourself, but there can be gotchas.

Noted. Thanks. I'm new to this forum stuff, but I've spent about 25 years in corporate IT and this isn't my first data migration rodeo.

Good to know that there's people here with deep expertise in this space—both from the perspective of advice giving and for hire if we want to outsource this.

Mike

 

[Paul B]

If you're going to do the import yourself, read this first.

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...

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