vBulletin 4 Importer

[Paul M]

Does your vb4 importer script have Mike's new updates to the 3.8 importer?

Yes.

paul there is a error in line 1863
when importing posts

Indeed, I seem to have managed to delete a letter from the function name. Added it back and re-uploaded.

Just overwrite the existing file and carry on the import.

 

[jacko]

is it compatible with VB 4.0.8 ?
or should I stay with 4.0.7 ?

 

[Paul M]

AFAIK, it should be fine with any 4.0.x version.

 

[kkm323]

AFAIK, it should be fine with any 4.0.x version.

i am done thank goes to you paul

How can i redirect the old links to the new xf site
i am using the same directory and the same link as vb3

 

[twollert]

I tested with the version 1.24 of the importer:

• All imported messages now have the date of the import (26.10.2010).
• The merged users have as birth date also the 26.10.2010.
• User passwords which included umlauts and/or special characters (e.g. "ß") don't work anymore.

Could you check that please, Paul? Thanks a lot!

 

[Paul M]

Sorry, thats and old version, I can only test and support the current version.

(not that I see how it could possibly do any of those date things anyway).

 

[kkm323]

Pual is possible for you to do Redirection Scripts for vBulletin 3.x for vb4
of course without any pressure on you. but, we do need it .
thanx for this importer again and again

 

[Paul M]

Pual is possible for you to do Redirection Scripts for vBulletin 3.x for vb4
of course without any pressure on you. but, we do need it .
thanx for this importer again and again

Sorry, thats not very likely - vb4 urls can be in a number of different formats, its not as simple as vb3.

 

[Anthony Parsons]

For those using the VB4 mod_rewrite URL's, here is how to do it: http://xenforo.com/community/threads/rewrite-rules-and-redirections-for-vb4-mod-rewrite-urls.5850/

If you're using something inbetween, ie. advanced, etc... then you should change your URL structure back to standard URL's, which are the same as 3.x and use the 3.x to achieve it or change to full mod_rewrite and use the method linked above.

Changing your URL structure whilst still using 4.x is ok, as it contains a built-in 301 system so you don't lose anything. Then in a month or two, after Google have the new URL's completely, then convert to xenforo using the appropriate URL redirection.

I am with you though... I do hope to see something more robust that caters all 4 URL types from 4.x.

 

[kkm323]

For those using the VB4 mod_rewrite URL's, here is how to do it: http://xenforo.com/community/threads/rewrite-rules-and-redirections-for-vb4-mod-rewrite-urls.5850/

If you're using something inbetween, ie. advanced, etc... then you should change your URL structure back to standard URL's, which are the same as 3.x and use the 3.x to achieve it or change to full mod_rewrite and use the method linked above.

Changing your URL structure whilst still using 4.x is ok, as it contains a built-in 301 system so you don't lose anything. Then in a month or two, after Google have the new URL's completely, then convert to xenforo using the appropriate URL redirection.

I am with you though... I do hope to see something more robust that caters all 4 URL types from 4.x.

showthread.php?t=ID (works with this mod)​

showthread.php?ID (Redirect to home page ) (my vb4 use this link )​

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any solution please ?​

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[Anthony Parsons]

showthread.php?t=ID (works with this mod)​

showthread.php?ID (Redirect to home page ) (my vb4 use this link )​

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any solution please ?​

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This is more likely a discussion for the thread linked and quoted, not this thread.

 

[Paul M]

This is more likely a discussion for the thread linked and quoted, not this thread.

Indeed, please limit this thread to discussion of the importer - redirection afterwards is a separate issue. Thanks.

 

[kkm323]

my apology to Mr.Pual for changing the subject

 

[ZippySLC]

So I'm having a problem importing. When I go to import my threads, I get a server error. The server log in Xenforo says:

Mysqli prepare error: Unknown column 'thread.open' in 'where clause'

Now, I've grepped my vB database and nowhere is there a reference to "thread.open." Ideas?

Edit: Interestingly enough, it seems to have imported some of the counters for messages - I have slightly less threads in Xen as I do in vB, but somehow more posts. And when you go into the forums none of the posts or threads show up.

 

[ZippySLC]

Okay, figured out what the problem is. So, the script is looking for the table "thread" and the column "open." Well, it seems to be ignoring the fact that I have a table prefix, so my table is actually vb_thread. Messing around with the php didn't really help me out much so I just removed all of the prefixes for vB in my test import database.

Hopefully the script will get fixed, though. I can see where this would trip up a bunch of people.

 

[Paul M]

Hopefully the script will get fixed, though. I can see where this would trip up a bunch of people.

Can you provide the entire error message please, with line numbers etc.

 

[ZippySLC]

None of the errors I got said which line number the script choked on, but there's only two instances of thread.open in the import script, and they're right next to each other, so my guess would be that your bug is in there.

 

[Paul M]

1.30 Uploaded.

 

[Robbo]

This error has made its way into your importer as well.
http://xenforo.com/community/threads/fixed-vbulletin-importer-bug.7600/

 

[Paul M]

Thats because it was built from the vb3 importer. As the first post says ;

Note that any importer bugs in the existing vb3 importer (or importer system in general) will still exist in this,

It will get fixed in the next release I make.