vBulletin 5.7 to Xenforo selfhosted

[toertsche]

Hello,

on your page only the import from vB 5.3 mentioned. Is this information old?
Is it possible to import from vB 5.7 (actually version) without problems?

I am thinking about buying the selfhosted version of Xenforo.

Thx a lot, Thorsten

 

[beerForo]

It does not have an x, like "Discourse 2.x," it literally says "vBulletin 3.6 to 5.3" so the importer might not work past that version.

 

[beerForo]

@MySiteGuy can probably import this for you.

 

[beerForo]

At first glance it does appear he can, here is the contact form:

Forum and/or CMS Migration Service Quote

driven2services.com

 

[Paul B]

It may work but it depends whether there have been any schema changes between 5.3 and 5.7.

Does VB publish that information?

 

[toertsche]

At first glance it does appear he can, here is the contact form:

Forum and/or CMS Migration Service Quote

driven2services.com

Thanks for the link.

It may work but it depends whether there have been any schema changes between 5.3 and 5.7.

Does VB publish that information?

I couldn't find any, I will ask. A downgrade to 5.3 ist not possible.

 

[Chris D]

The importer versions just denote the tested versions. I know that VB 5.6 works fine so I suspect 5.7 will be too.

As ever, always run a test import first. If you run into any specific issues we can help you out before you schedule and perform the live import.

 

[beerForo]

I did not know the hard number meant that. That is good news.

 

[toertsche]

Thank you all for your help. I will have to decide, what to do next

 

[beerForo]

A test import is pretty easy. But you'd have to own the software first. As stated above if you do run into issues they will help.