Will there ever be an official vB4 importer?

[Royals]

I've been on the fence for awhile now, considering the switch to Xenforo. The main thing holding me back is the lack of an officially supported importer for vB4. Is there a reason one doesn't exist? I don't even need it to import articles and blog posts if that's the issue. Just import all the forum stuff, threads, posts, members, usergroups, PMs, etc.

Just wondering if this is in the works or if there are reasons why it will never happen.

 

[svetoslav80]

I think the main reason for not having an official importer yet is the current trial between xenforo and Internet Brands.

 

[Paul B]

I think the main reason for not having an official importer yet is the current trial between xenforo and Internet Brands.

Do people not read posts?

http://xenforo.com/community/threads/will-there-ever-be-an-official-vb4-importer.23643/#post-291956

It has nothing to do with that!

Otherwise there wouldn't be official 3.6 and 3.7/8 importers.

 

[svetoslav80]

Do people not read posts?
http://xenforo.com/community/threads/will-there-ever-be-an-official-vb4-importer.23643/#post-291956
It has nothing to do with that!
Otherwise there wouldn't be official 3.6 and 3.7/8 importers.

Sorry, I searched the thread for "trial" and after not finding anything considered there's no word on the topic , good to know that this is not the reason.

 

[twollert]

Still a large number of vB4 installations compared to other forum software (and e.g. WordPress with 1,890,240 sites):

vBulletin 4.x sites: 3,828,224
vBulletin 3.x sites: 18,078,656

Source: Gigablast (http://ma.tt/2005/01/search-meta-tags)

 

[Alex]

Would going vb4>vb3>XF help or?

It might allow the import of custom profile fields, but not the import of the paid subsrcriptions

 

[TheBigK]

What about using official 3x importer to import custom profile fields?

 

[Gene Steinberg]

Still a large number of vB4 installations compared to other forum software (and e.g. WordPress with 1,890,240 sites):

vBulletin 4.x sites: 3,828,224
vBulletin 3.x sites: 18,078,656

Source: Gigablast (http://ma.tt/2005/01/search-meta-tags)

These figures sound a little inflated, especially vB3, and particularly compared to the number of WP sites.

 

[Trekkan]

These figures sound a little inflated, especially vB3, and particularly compared to the number of WP sites.

Sounds like it's counting pages with vB metatags instead of domains. heh

 

[dutchbb]

Still a large number of vB4 installations compared to other forum software (and e.g. WordPress with 1,890,240 sites):

vBulletin 4.x sites: 3,828,224
vBulletin 3.x sites: 18,078,656

Source: Gigablast (http://ma.tt/2005/01/search-meta-tags)

Once the big boards leave vB4 I bet that number will drop quickly, since many of the smaller forums copy them. Most people still do not realize that there are better solutions available. It's all about name and reputation now, it can go very fast after that.

On-topic: I can understand that people still want to see an official importer. It's also convenient to have that ready in the tools section, it gives people a better feeling about it.