vBulletin 4 Importer

[Gene Steinberg]

OK, still no answer: That third-party modification posted here. Is it a complete vBulletin 4 importer, or what? Just trying to plan my strategy when I buy two more licenses and do forum conversions.

 

[Saeed]

OK, still no answer: That third-party modification posted here. Is it a complete vBulletin 4 importer, or what? Just trying to plan my strategy when I buy two more licenses and do forum conversions.

Uh, he did reply above.

This is not a separate add-on. This is just Paul vb4 importer with a fix applied.

That probably means that you may use the file simunaqv has attached since it is basically Paul's importer with a fix applied.

 

[Gene Steinberg]

Just wanted to be sure before I plunge.

Peace,
Gene

 

[Paul M]

Thank you Paul, I really like your work and appreciate your followup. I meant no offense by the remark just illustrating the position you are in with a conflict of interest.

TBH, I dont know what comment you mean, so it cant have offended me.

 

[adwolf1]

ok, so just to make sure I understand what is going on here --

1) Paul M has turned his (great) work over to the community, b/c he can no longer maintain it.

2) King K is going to work from his own code base to try to come up with a solution independent of the one that exists

3) The core developers are aware of the current lack of a supported solution, and will also be working on one (?) ETA... some time in The Future?

thanks!

 

[Paul M]

The first two are correct.

I cannot really answer no. 3 - obviously they are aware, but I dont know their plans.

 

[Jeremy]

ok, so just to make sure I understand what is going on here --

1) Paul M has turned his (great) work over to the community, b/c he can no longer maintain it.

2) King K is going to work from his own code base to try to come up with a solution independent of the one that exists

3) The core developers are aware of the current lack of a supported solution, and will also be working on one (?) ETA... some time in The Future?

thanks!

As Paul said, I am working on an independent solution for several reasons that can't be revealed just yet... You'll see them soon enough.

 

[DRE]

Can I downgrade from xenforo 1.1.03 beta to xenforo 1.04 then import vbulletin 4.1.7 over to xenforo 1.04 then after I'm done upgrade back to xenforo 1.1.03 beta?

 

[DRE]

Oh wait nevermind, that's only if I already have xenforo installed on that site which I do not so I am safe.

That means I can download xenforo 1.04 and install that then use his importer.

After I do that, THEN I can upgrade to xf 1.1.03 beta.

 

[Gene Steinberg]

I have a better question. Does the modified vB 4 import tool posted here, with support for prefixes, work with vB 4, or is what the person above is asking still required?

What about other solutions? Progress?

 

[DRE]

Man I'm glad I don't use prefixes.

 

[Gene Steinberg]

I can think of a few prefixes.

 

[Gene Steinberg]

I don't think I do either, but I see where it can be a problem.

 

[DRE]

I'm going to start using prefixes now. I like the css styling of em in xenforo.

 

[Jeremy]

I have a better question. Does the modified vB 4 import tool posted here, with support for prefixes, work with vB 4, or is what the person above is asking still required?

What about other solutions? Progress?

Paul's importer was not updated for anything included in XF 1.1. I'm hoping to have a beta soon.

 

[DRE]

How soon? Two weeks soon, two months soon or two days soon?

 

[mcadx]

So I ran the importer and it imported everything fine except for two things. It seems to be in an endless loop trying to import blogs. Only way to end it is to click the Import External Data breadcrumb. The other thing is attachments. The import button for this is greyed out and I'm stuck without any attachments being brought over. They are stored in the file system in vB. Will I have to move them to the database? I saw posts both ways about this, so not sure which way to go.

Thanks!

 

[DRE]

So I ran the importer and it imported everything fine except for two things. It seems to be in an endless loop trying to import blogs. Only way to end it is to click the Import External Data breadcrumb. The other thing is attachments. The import button for this is greyed out and I'm stuck without any attachments being brought over. They are stored in the file system in vB. Will I have to move them to the database? I saw posts both ways about this, so not sure which way to go.

Thanks!

I didn't even bother trying to do it again. smh

Gotta do it manually after it's all over bro.

I bet it's something on vbulletin's side.

 

[mcadx]

So just pick up the attachments directory and move it to the XF install?

 

[DRE]

So just pick up the attachments directory and move it to the XF install?

No.