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vBulletin 4 Importer
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jmurrayhead
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I had this problem too. Do you have phpmyadmin open? I noticed that once I closed out of that, it worked. Not sure if there is some sort of login-locking mechanism or if it is a fluke...but I've had this happen a couple times and closing phpmyadmin worked every time.
crossovernetwork
Active member
I downloaded it the other day, so I presume I'm using 1.51
I used exactly the same credentials when using the built in 3.7/3.8 importer, which worked first time.
crossovernetwork
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crossovernetwork
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I'd presume you are not using 1.51
Actually, I AM using 1.51. unless there's more than one version of 1.51 ?
Paul M
Well-known member
Nope, each version has its own number. There is only one.
I have found a potential oddity though, which may be the cause.
For some reason it loads the config data, checks the connection, then re-loads it again.
Somewhat bizarre.
I didnt trim the second re-load, but ive changed that in 1.52
I have found a potential oddity though, which may be the cause.
For some reason it loads the config data, checks the connection, then re-loads it again.
Somewhat bizarre.
I didnt trim the second re-load, but ive changed that in 1.52
crossovernetwork
Active member
I've definitely got 1.51 then. And it wouldn't work until I removed those spaces.
interestingly, with the built in 3.7/3.8 importer each of the fields was pre-filled with a $config line.
Before I deleted the spaces, those fields were blank in your vB4 importer. once I deleted the spaces, the next time I tried to import using the vB4 importer all the fields were filled with $config, just like the 3.7 one.
interestingly, with the built in 3.7/3.8 importer each of the fields was pre-filled with a $config line.
Before I deleted the spaces, those fields were blank in your vB4 importer. once I deleted the spaces, the next time I tried to import using the vB4 importer all the fields were filled with $config, just like the 3.7 one.
Paul M
Well-known member
Which is exactly why they are there, I think that prefilling is very irritating and off putting.
crossovernetwork
Active member
I understand that, but I don't think it is pre-filling. I think that for some reason the boxes are showing the variable name when the string is empty.
Paul M
Well-known member
Thats what I meant by pre-filling 
I believe its being done in the template, so the only way to over-ride it was to pre-assign spaces to the variables.
Annoying to have to do, and annoying to have to edit the code to trim the input (though tbh, that perhaps should be done anyway).
I believe its being done in the template, so the only way to over-ride it was to pre-assign spaces to the variables.
Annoying to have to do, and annoying to have to edit the code to trim the input (though tbh, that perhaps should be done anyway).
crossovernetwork
Active member
Thats what I meant by pre-filling
I believe its being done in the template, so the only way to over-ride it was to pre-assign spaces to the variables.
Annoying to have to do, and annoying to have to edit the code to trim the input (though tbh, that perhaps should be done anyway).
The problem is that it now seems to be causing the import to fail in certain circumstances.
MrWizard
Member
Im on the last step of importing of things I want to import (CMS Articles), and it gets to 74% and just freezes. No movement, no erroring out, just hangs, any ideas?
Also maybe you could add a stop button that would stop the current process, so I could get back to the main import screen.
Any help is appreciated.
Also maybe you could add a stop button that would stop the current process, so I could get back to the main import screen.
Any help is appreciated.
I know this could me outside the scope of the VB4 importer but i was wondering what is the best way to do a new import (since the first that was done was made to test everything on a new forum) without the need to reinstall everitying and keep all the setings in the XF control panel ???
Deleting all forums and users should be ok ? or there is a smarter approach to this ??? Or maybe these should be a option to sync the import somehow ???
Deleting all forums and users should be ok ? or there is a smarter approach to this ??? Or maybe these should be a option to sync the import somehow ???
Acid
Active member
Meaning:
What's the best way to start a fresh import after running a "test" sequence - while keeping the current XenForo general settings?
Re-run the importer? Will it replace or duplicate data? Or maybe there's a way to drop only the imported data, so it can be imported again from vBulletin?
What's the best way to start a fresh import after running a "test" sequence - while keeping the current XenForo general settings?
Re-run the importer? Will it replace or duplicate data? Or maybe there's a way to drop only the imported data, so it can be imported again from vBulletin?
The only way to get a fresh start is to restore a backup from before the import or to do a reinstall (you will have to reconfigure things obviously). A full import puts a lot of data into the system, and removing it all manually would be far more time consuming than doing a reinstall and reconfig.
