Importers (requests & poll)

[subnet_rx]

lol, sorry, I did a search for "Simple Machines" and the guy said there wasn't enough demand and referred to this thread as to the forums that were in demand. Good to know there's an importer, I'll be moving another board to 3.5 as soon as it's released.

[cyburbia]

Ive always said that the holy grail of converters would be WWWBoard (Matt's Script Archive) to vBulletin. There's still a lot of ancient WWWBoard systems out there, churning away since the mid-1990s.

WWWBoard messages are stored as individual HTML files (1.html, 2.html, 3.html and so on). When a new message is posted, the board's wwwboard_main.html (or whatever you decided to call it) and other HTML files in the thread tree are altered, with links to other messages in the thread are added.

WWWBoard also has a ton of other quirks typical of mid-1990s-era Web-based forum software, among them no user registration system and no post count tracking.

EDIT: Okay, it's possible ... but complicated and ugly

WWWBoard --> WebBBS - http://awsd.com/scripts/webbbs/mods/wwwboard_converter.txt

WebBBS --> phpBB - http://warped.org/linux/webbbs_to_phpbb_0.8.tar.gz

phpbb --> vBulletin - vBulletin ImpEx

[Lightning2]

Could a CuteNews importer be made? I've got a considerable amount of comments made and due to spam I am considering changing to forums based news. I can provide a text database if one is needed.

[Jerry]

Ive always said that the holy grail of converters would be WWWBoard (Matt's Script Archive) to vBulletin. .......

All I need is the source data !

[Jerry]

Could a CuteNews importer be made? I've got a considerable amount of comments made and due to spam I am considering changing to forums based news. I can provide a text database if one is needed.

If you can PM me about this I can look into it.

[garak]

Is there somewhere a guide to write a custom import system?
I need it to import a custom board: I tried to look the source code of a couple of existing importers, but unfortunately it's not so clear how to write a new one from scratch :(
Any hint will be much appreciated

[ManagerJosh]

Hey Jerry

For our friends over at IPB, they wanna know when you'll have a 2.1.1 importer available :D

[Jerry]

Hey Jerry

For our friends over at IPB, they wanna know when you'll have a 2.1.1 importer available :D

Oh I'm sure I'll have something soon ....

[feldon23]

Every link to the Importer List (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showpost.php?p=728082&postcount=21) throughout vb.com is now broken. Not good! Where is the current importer list and could it be prominently placed somewhere?

[Steve Machol]

http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/impex_systems

[activeimedia]

LDU - Necrome, but poll is closed

[Jerry]

LDU - Necrome, but poll is closed

Not sure how that happened, I've opened it now.

[Spiceman]

Defo Neocrome for me.

[activeimedia]

Not sure how that happened, I've opened it now.

thanks just voted

is their any way just to pay someone to do this for me, as we would like to switch from LDU to VB asap

[LiQuid ArroW]

The neocrome link is wrong, here is the right one http://www.neocrome.net/page.php?al=801

:)

[LarrySeyer]

http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/impex_systems Could someone please help me convert a Yahoo groups forum into VB? I'm not having much luck with impex... although I have gotten all the posts into an ACCESS database... Thanks Larry

[Mr_Butter]

Yaaaabbbbb

[Jerry]

Yaaaabbbbb

There is YaBB-SE and YaBB-Gold there at the moment, going to need a lot more votes and test data for 2.1.

[Razasharp]

Can you add DRUPAL to the poll/list please?

[Jerry]

This : http://drupal.org/community ?

If you have a site running it and a database, PM me.

[SiMateoAko]

This : http://drupal.org/community ?

If you have a site running it and a database, PM me.

Looking to see if this is done yet. I'm anxiously waiting to transfer my database over to vbulletin.

[Razasharp]

Jerrys still working on this - I think he's almost done though ;)

[Jerry]

Yes, had some interesting times deciphering the thread/post/replies(comments) structure, nearly done now.

[Jerry]

And now it is released in 1.47.

[SiMateoAko]

Yes, had some interesting times deciphering the thread/post/replies(comments) structure, nearly done now.

Don't get me started on Drupals stupid structure. It was this reason that I'm switching to vbulletin. I was considering writing my own forum module for drupal, but in the end I just decided to go with the tried and true software: Vbulletin.

Thanks a million Jerry.

[Jerry]

Don't get me started on Drupals stupid structure. It was this reason that I'm switching to vbulletin. I was considering writing my own forum module for drupal, but in the end I just decided to go with the tried and true software: Vbulletin.

Thanks a million Jerry.

I've done my best to figure it out, though I didn't have the source forum running side by side with the development so there might be some feed back that I'll have to fix, if that is the case just start a support ticket and ask for me.

[SiMateoAko]

I've done my best to figure it out, though I didn't have the source forum running side by side with the development so there might be some feed back that I'll have to fix, if that is the case just start a support ticket and ask for me.

I just downloaded impex and didn't see a "drupal" folder in the systems folder. So now I'm uploading everything in hopes that it's named something else by accident.

Is this an oversight on your part?

[Jerry]

I just rebuild the download package and downloaded it myself from my own customer account to ensure it was ok.

Can you try downloading again to test it ?

[James Kojiro]

I recommend an ImpEx importer for http://yetanotherforum.net/

[Jerry]

I recommend an ImpEx importer for http://yetanotherforum.net/

I've edited the poll to add it, though i'd need some test data from a board to write an importer.

(Go oilers !)

[Gomjaba]

A lot of people requestin phpkit, especially over at vbulletin-germany ..

I got one from phpkit to wbb (it is one file only) - would you be able to make one for phpkit based on that importer ?

Content of that file :

EDIT : Removed

[Jerry]

Please don't post code here.

A lot of people requestin phpkit, especially over at vbulletin-germany ..

This is the first time I've heard of phpkit, I've added it to the poll.

[Gomjaba]

Cool, how many votes does it actually need to be considered ?

[Jerry]

Cool, how many votes does it actually need to be considered ?

20 is the rule of thumb, unless there are a few huge boards that want to come over, i.e. 1 mill post +

[Gomjaba]

You write you need test - data .. would be access to a testforum enough even if there is only one or two user with some test posts ?

[Jerry]

You write you need test - data .. would be access to a testforum enough even if there is only one or two user with some test posts ?

I would need the source data, be that a database with data in it or all the source files for a flat file system.

[Jerry]

Well anyone with a WebBBS or a MiniBB database ........ ?

:p

[friscogal]

i am putting my vote for mxboard. puhlease! :o

[Ohiosweetheart]

I voted for MXboard

[Jerry]

Well 4 votes very quickly, its getting there :)

[djwilliec]

I had totally missed out on this forum and had asked Jerry through pm about subdreamer, just thinking about it, there is a lot more to subdreamer's core with importing to the usersystem than just the users in the first place, but to be honest, this is the most important part (I presume that any custom data gets transfered as is?)

[friscogal]

hi Jerry,

I was just wondering if there was any progress on Mxboard...or even if it was being considered...i am in sort of limbo trying to figure out what to do with this other forum.

thanks!

[Jerry]

hi Jerry,

I was just wondering if there was any progress on Mxboard...or even if it was being considered...i am in sort of limbo trying to figure out what to do with this other forum.

thanks!

It is going to be done, probably by the end of this week.

[friscogal]

It is going to be done, probably by the end of this week.

YAY!!! thank you! :p

[LILMORA4]

MXBoard

[Jerry]

MXBoard

MxBoard is done and is in 1.67.

[friscogal]

what does that mean? sorry for my naivete.

edited to say: found it by re-downloading impex...wish me luck :)

[K-mans]

Jerry,
I would recommend creating an import script for MaxWebPortal and/or MWPX. Both have thousands of installations and date back a number of years, having originally formed out of a Snitz 2000 project. The entire source code and database format are freely available (see www.mwpx.com (http://www.mwpx.com) for example). I'm currently working on a such a project for a very large MWPX site to migrate to vbulletin and having an ImpEx import script would be very very handy.

BTW if you work on a per hour basis for a fee let me know, I could use some help!:D

[Jerry]

There is a maxportalweb importer, its been around for about 5 months now :)

[K-mans]

It was the name that confused me it should be called "MaxWebPortal"
Thanks!

[Jerry]

Yes the system folder name is wrong, though in the drop down list on the source select page its listed as Max Web Portal.

Either way its there and you can import :)

[malmazan]

Matt Wright's wwwboard

wwwboard is almost the mother of all forum software, dating back to 1995.

I guess i could try an import through other free software. I have seen it done before although it was very convoluted. Maybe there is en easier path now.

Is there a list of current importers?

[Jerry]

No need to shout :p

And here:

http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/impex_tier_1
http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/impex_tier_2

[malmazan]

Wasn't there an import for wwwboard into vB2

[Steve Machol]

Nope, at least not an official one.

[dartho]

How about an export/import for vBulletin itself? This would provide a way for people to start from scratch with an unhacked forum, and no extra files on their hosts or data in their databases also. May be especially useful when upgrading from a hacked forum. It could be extended to include private message in addition to users and threads/posts.
Thanks

[Razasharp]

How about an export/import for vBulletin itself? This would provide a way for people to start from scratch with an unhacked forum, and no extra files on their hosts or data in their databases also. May be especially useful when upgrading from a hacked forum. It could be extended to include private message in addition to users and threads/posts.
Thanks

This is already an option ;)

I used it recently :)

[Jerry]

How about an export/import for vBulletin itself? This would provide a way for people to start from scratch with an unhacked forum, and no extra files on their hosts or data in their databases also. May be especially useful when upgrading from a hacked forum. It could be extended to include private message in addition to users and threads/posts.
Thanks

There are separate importers for vB2. 3.0.x and 3.6.x.

[dartho]

Fantastic!

Now, how do I do this. I wish to export from 3.5.4 on one host, and import into a brand new installation of 3.6.2 on another host. Neither host appears to support cross domain access to the MySQL database.

Any help appreciated.

Sorry going off topic here - this should probably be moved to a different thread/forum?

[feldon23]

Yes, you should post in a separate thread. This is the "Importers (requests...)" topic. Since an importer already exists for 3.5.4 into 3.6.2, no need to request.

There is really no reason to use ImpEx (Import/Export) for your situation. ImpEx does not necessarily import everything and is not the recommended method of upgrading a forum.

I would create a full MySQL backup of your 3.5.4 forum and download it. Restore it to the new site. Upload the 3.6.2 vBulletin files. Edit your config.php file. Run the upgrade script.

[Abo_ELleal]

www.mysmartbb.com (http://www.mysmartbb.com)

thanks

[e7sas]

I voted for: www.mysmartbb.com :)

[x_5]

http://www.mysmartbb.com/

[Nwras]

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Thanks Man ...

Best regards

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The last one

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Thanks to all

[madar]

I voted for: mysmartbb.com

[almhml]

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[ahmed-samara]

I voted for: mysmartbb.com

[aljayyash]

I voted for: mysmartbb.com ;)

[nasa711]

www.mysmartbb.com

[nasser71]

www.mysmartbb.com

[Steve Machol]

With all due respect all these votes for mysmartbb are from the same vB account. They really should count as one vote.

Please do not try to distort the vote count like this. Thank you.

[feldon23]

12 accounts for 1 user? That sort of violates the "1 account per user" rule. I'd delete all 12 accounts and ban.

[malmazan]

The two wwwboards are the same, the votes should be merged into one and one of the options deleted

[Jerry]

The two wwwboards are the same, the votes should be merged into one and one of the options deleted

Merged.

With all due respect all these votes for mysmartbb are from the same vB account. They really should count as one vote.

Indeed, I very much agree when the polls are manipulated like that.

[lyndonw]

I've acquired a forum based on PHPBB 3.0.B1 (First public beta I believe) - is there any chance of Impex supporting it?

I'd love to move it from phpBB to vB but don't want to loose all of the posts...

Thanks in advance

Lyndon

[Steve Machol]

Honestly I doubt Jerry would be available to spend time updating the importer for a beta script, since things will obviously change for the final. You would have to wait until a final is relesaed at which point Jerry would update Impex as needed.

[lyndonw]

Honestly I doubt Jerry would be available to spend time updating the importer for a beta script, since things will obviously change for the final. You would have to wait until a final is relesaed at which point Jerry would update Impex as needed.

Thanks for the prompt reply Steve.

Unfortunately, for some reason, phpBB are not releasing any kind of update script between their beta versions themselves, so perhaps this could be some kind of opportunity for vB/JelSoft? (here's to hoping anyway!)

[Jerry]

Unfortunately, for some reason, phpBB are not releasing any kind of update script between their beta versions themselves, so perhaps this could be some kind of opportunity for vB/JelSoft? (here's to hoping anyway!)

If that's the case I could release a phpBB3 system based on the latest Beta as the schema is unlikely to change that much vr the code base, then I'll update it to the latest version when it comes out, as per normal.

Though as a rule systems arn't released for beta versions.

I'd still need the phpBB3 database to see whats going on.

[lyndonw]

Thanks Jerry

If you can PM me an email address I'll send over a mySQL export and if you need, access to a site.

Lyndon

[Seanie]

i was wondering if it would be possible to get an import for MyTopix

http://www.jaia-interactive.com/support/

I wanna update my website thats currently using it to vB later in the year, and I'd rather not lose the members

[Jerry]

Added.

[MThornback]

Zoints Blog, vBBlog & VBDiary are the three that turned up in a quick search of the .org site for required importers for the new blog :)

Ref: http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1351468&postcount=484

[ZippySLC]

I'd love to see an importer for Toast Forums. They're in Access db form, but I converted it to mysql so it should be somewhat easily converted.

[telder]

I think we need an import tool for those that are using Community Server software that is used on WIndows ASP.Net platforms...this would be helpful in bringing over those communities into the vBulletin realm.

[wickedmoon]

I'd like to see an import script for Gossamer Forum. I was contacted by someone recently who wants the same and is looking to pay someone to do it.

[phatguy88]

Any luck for a FusionBB 1.0 Converter?

[Jerry]

Any luck for a FusionBB 1.0 Converter?

I never received any source data for one to see what would be involved.

[phatguy88]

I never received any source data for one to see what would be involved.
I can send you anything you may need including the database and the files.

[Jerry]

I can send you anything you may need including the database and the files.

Would just need the database.

Make a back up, contact support, ask for me and go from there.

[CNBAforo]

Is PHPBB 3.0 supported?

[Jerry]

Is PHPBB 3.0 supported?

Yes, the last update I did was beta 5.

[CNBAforo]

Do you think it will work with RC1?

[Jerry]

Do you think it will work with RC1?

No idea, I haven't tested it.

Though it is very likely.

[pmkb]

Hi Jerry, per this post (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=241269&page=5), I was wondering if there were plans to build an importer for the vBulletin Blog for Wordpress. I happen to have an older version (v1.5) running on one of my sites. Am I SOL?

[AWS]

Hi Jerry, per this post (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=241269&page=5), I was wondering if there were plans to build an importer for the vBulletin Blog for Wordpress. I happen to have an older version (v1.5) running on one of my sites. Am I SOL?
I'll second a Wordpress importer.

[Jerry]

I'll second a Wordpress importer.

Just doing the IPB one now, then will be onto Wordpress, Scott is going to review them and have them out very soon.

[CMerritt]

Will it be possible to import posts from a blog provider like Blogspot? I've done so previously with another blogging tool that could transfer everything over, but I don't know how difficult it would be to do into vB.

[Kaelon]

Hi Jerry, per this post (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=241269&page=5), I was wondering if there were plans to build an importer for the vBulletin Blog for Wordpress. I happen to have an older version (v1.5) running on one of my sites. Am I SOL?
We also have a large number of people using vBDrupal (http://www.vbdrupal.org)for their old blogs; is there a possibility to build an importer for vBDrupal blogs?

[Jerry]

We also have a large number of people using vBDrupal (http://www.vbdrupal.org)for their old blogs; is there a possibility to build an importer for vBDrupal blogs?

What version of Drupal, I can't see any blog in the 4.7 schema.

[El_Muerte]

in Drupal/vbDrupal blog entries are stored as nodes with the type 'blog', just like forum threads are stored as nodes with type 'forum'

[Jerry]

in Drupal/vbDrupal blog entries are stored as nodes with the type 'blog', just like forum threads are stored as nodes with type 'forum'

Will check it out on Monday, I have a few Drupal databases here.

[kimmcd]

Any chance of a Blogger.com import? We're using a custom template and publishing to our own server. I know it's not a plug-in or a typical databased type blog site, so it's a long shot. But it doesn't hurt to ask, right?

[Jerry]

Any chance of a Blogger.com import? We're using a custom template and publishing to our own server. I know it's not a plug-in or a typical databased type blog site, so it's a long shot. But it doesn't hurt to ask, right?

Is there any way to get the souce data or a back up ?

[kimmcd]

Apparently there is a way to export to a flat file, but no direct database access. I could write a script to import that into a database if necessary, however.

[ThorstenA]

How can I use your forum2blog module? I have installed impex but I found no description how to do that either in IMPEX nor in IMPEX documentation.

[Jerry]

How can I use your forum2blog module? I have installed impex but I found no description how to do that either in IMPEX nor in IMPEX documentation.

Same as any other really, set a vBulletin forum as the source and you vBulletin with vB Blog installed as the target, run ImpEx, select Vb Blog and forum2blog from the menus, then run all the modules (skipping the 002) associate users.

[ThorstenA]

Same as any other really, set a vBulletin forum as the source and you vBulletin with vB Blog installed as the target, run ImpEx, select Vb Blog and forum2blog from the menus, then run all the modules (skipping the 002) associate users.

To make things more clear ;)

I have a community with hundreds of forums. One forum is called "blog forum". I want to import that forum into vbulletin blog. How can I do that?

[Jerry]

To make things more clear ;)

I have a community with hundreds of forums. One forum is called "blog forum". I want to import that forum into vbulletin blog. How can I do that?

Make a copy of the database with all the forums.
In your forum manager delete all of the forums apart from the one you want to blog, take a copy of the database.
Use that copy as the source and revert the database to the origional backup (i.e. the complete one)
Do the import to test and revert to the backup of stage one during testing.

[ThorstenA]

Thank you, I did not know I had to do it this way. I thought I could choose a forum from which I want the blogs.

What do you mean with "Use that copy as the source and revert the database to the origional backup (i.e. the complete one)"? I have just configured Impex configuration file, made target database my actual forum community and source database is the temporary forum where I have removed all forums except blog forum. Is it that what you mean?

I always get this error on importing blog users.



Importing 100
From : 0 :: To : 100


Failed ::
here

Failed ::
here

Failed ::
here



I clicked on this option:
Would you like to associated imported users with existing users if the userid of source and target matches ? YES

Every new try takes me hours of work, so I'd really appreciate a good explanation about what I should do. Thank you.

[CMerritt]

I did a little digging to refresh my memory. WordPress has a list of the importers is has available at http://codex.wordpress.org/Importing_Content. One of those includes a Blogger import, which, if I remember correctly, basically has you input your authentication info (username/pw) and it logs into Blogger and imports all blog posts and replies.

Is this helpful at all? Would you be able to look at the WP code and see how they're importing from Blogger?

I think being able to pull posts in from existing "mainstream" blog hubs would be a HUGE benefit for board owners who are trying to entice users to post content on their site, rather than simply linking to blog hosting hub.

Thanks. Let me know if I can help by digging through code or whatever. :)

-Chad

Will it be possible to import posts from a blog provider like Blogspot? I've done so previously with another blogging tool that could transfer everything over, but I don't know how difficult it would be to do into vB.

[ThorstenA]

One more question: If users already have a blog and then I import more blogs via vbforum 2 blog are these imported blogs integrated with the already existing blogs?

[Jerry]

One more question: If users already have a blog and then I import more blogs via vbforum 2 blog are these imported blogs integrated with the already existing blogs?

The blogs will be added to the user yes, though existing blogs/comment won't be merged.

[ThorstenA]

The blogs will be added to the user yes, though existing blogs/comment won't be merged.

Thank you. What can I do because of the error mentioned in my post #361?

[Jerry]

Thank you. What can I do because of the error mentioned in my post #361?

Have you started a support ticket ? If not do and ask for me, and if you have ask that it's passed to me so I can see what's going on in situ.

[TMM-TT]

Will check it out on Monday, I have a few Drupal databases here.

I've been looking for help with importing vbdrupal-entries also. But still I can't find any and someone told me there should be here, somewhere.. Any ideas?

[Jerry]

I've been looking for help with importing vbdrupal-entries also. But still I can't find any and someone told me there should be here, somewhere.. Any ideas?

Drupal and b2evolution are on the to-do list as soon as the current blog importers are ok.

[Taragon]

Voting for phpbb2 plus.
Atm. it's the 4th day, and 8th import, and still trying :P Would be nice if there would be less time consuming way to do this.

Also with phpbb2 (plus) not supporting php5 I think there will be quite a lot of people going for the most stable board there is atm., yes, meaning vBulletin :)

[Jerry]

Voting for phpbb2 plus.
Atm. it's the 4th day, and 8th import, and still trying :P Would be nice if there would be less time consuming way to do this.

Also with phpbb2 (plus) not supporting php5 I think there will be quite a lot of people going for the most stable board there is atm., yes, meaning vBulletin :)

As I remember plus is just phpBB that has a bunch of mods added so the phpBB2 importer should be ok for that ?

[Taragon]

As I remember plus is just phpBB that has a bunch of mods added so the phpBB2 importer should be ok for that ?
Thank you for your quick reply, and yes, I also thought that.
Still I'm experiencing some huge difficulties, which I’ll describe in a separate thread, so I won’t mess up this one.

[Hitomi]

need a importer for tango11 :)

[Jerry]

need a importer for tango11 :)

What kind of system is it, do you have a link to the home page ?

[Hitomi]

What kind of system is it, do you have a link to the home page ?
http://tango11.com/ heres the site :))

[Jerry]

http://tango11.com/ heres the site :))

Ok, though I will need a copy of the source data.

[Mac Write]

I need to move a forum away from ProBaords and wondering is there or will there be a "bot" importer so that they can get away from the grasps of an unstable free forum (as in it can go away at anytime)? 64,000+ posts is allot too loose.

Thanks

[Jerry]

I need to move a forum away from ProBaords and wondering is there or will there be a "bot" importer so that they can get away from the grasps of an unstable free forum (as in it can go away at anytime)? 64,000+ posts is allot too loose.

Thanks

Currently the only one spider importer, and that is for ezboard done by Freddie.

Contact me via a support ticket in the members area and we can go over what is involved.

[C.ooder]

I love vBulletin only

[chaselafon]

Hi, are you able to develop a conversion system from Advanced Electron Forum?

[Jerry]

This one ? http://www.anelectron.com/

If you have a database for it, contact support and ask for me.

[LanceTrahan]

Our old forum is using ActiveForums (ASP.NET) on top of DotNetNuke. What would need to be done to have a converter made?

Product Page: http://www.activemodules.com/Products/ActiveForums/tabid/58/Default.aspx

We essentially want to just carry over the posts from the old forum and just have them named (so we can still know who had posted what) and marked as guest posts, as we were looking to have users just re-register on our new site.

I have a copy of the MSSQL database with the forum data.

[Jerry]

That isn't one I've seen before, I can add it to the poll to gauge customer interest and demand for it ?

[pattycake]

what ImpEx REALLY needs is the ability to stop and restart an import and, be able to change the number of items to be processed at a time.

At present... if something happens during an import, and if ImPex stops, and if you try to start it again, it tries to resume the previously aborted import using the same number of records. Since the reason the import was stopped was because too many records were trying to be processed, it would be good if one could change that value before the Impex was resumed.

[PitchouneN64ngc]

Jerry, I have an user on vbulletin-fr.org which would like to have an importer for Fire Soft Board (http://www.fire-soft-board.com/). I'm contacting him for his database and if it's possible, to contact you for develop and testing :)

[ManagerJosh]

Could someone add Yuku (aka new ezBoard) to the list of requested importers? :)

[Jerry]

Could someone add Yuku (aka new ezBoard) to the list of requested importers? :)

Done, though it will be dependant on Freddie as he's the one that wrote and looks after the eZboard importer.

[ManagerJosh]

Done, though it will be dependant on Freddie as he's the one that wrote and looks after the eZboard importer.
Thanks Jerry!! :). Maybe we could all encourage Freddie to update the ezBoard importer :) :p

[Jerry]

Thanks Jerry!! :). Maybe we could all encourage Freddie to update the ezBoard importer :) :p

As it gets voted on, I'll bring it to his attention.

[sunsetdriver]

Hi Jerry,

I'd like to import a YAF 1.9.0 (NET v2.0) board (4,400 threads; 123,000 posts; 930 members) into our existing vb 3.6.8 (28,000 threads, 1,160,000 posts; 11,400 members).

Do I have to submit a ticket?

Let me know, please.

Thanks.

Regards.

[Jerry]

There already is a YAF 1.9.0 importer in ImpEx.

[sunsetdriver]

Oops, I've downloaded the wrong file (import.zip). :D

Thanks.

[l SKN l CHRIS]

Is PunBB and Vanilla going to be supported?

[Jerry]

Is PunBB and Vanilla going to be supported?

They both already are.

[Vitaly]

Is it possible to add import for Invision Gallery?

Just import all IPG albums to 3.7.0 introduced private albums.

[Jerry]

Is it possible to add import for Invision Gallery?

Just import all IPG albums to 3.7.0 introduced private albums.

Currently not.

[Karri]

Is it possible to add support to import zoints tags into a vb 3.7 board when merging one vbulletin site into another?

[Jerry]

Is it possible to add support to import zoints tags into a vb 3.7 board when merging one vbulletin site into another?

With 3.7 and other sites that have such things (and the social networking bits) there are some new modules being written to be added to existing importers.

[Karri]

With 3.7 and other sites that have such things (and the social networking bits) there are some new modules being written to be added to existing importers.I know of one that imports the tags from zoints into the 3.7 tags system with in the same site but I would like to merge my small vbulletin site into my large one. My small site uses the zoints tags and I would hate to lose those when I use impex to combine the sites. Is there an importer that will import tags from a totally different site into the vb tag system?

[Jerry]

There are currently no tag import functions, so no modules that support it.

[King Kovifor]

I know of one that imports the tags from zoints into the 3.7 tags system with in the same site but I would like to merge my small vbulletin site into my large one. My small site uses the zoints tags and I would hate to lose those when I use impex to combine the sites. Is there an importer that will import tags from a totally different site into the vb tag system?

Though vBulletin's ImpEx doesn't support this, you may wish to use this (http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=170314) modification available at vBulletin.org to import your tags to the vB 3.7 tag system. Then do your merger (since I would assume that ImpEx would import tags from 3.7 into another 3.7).

[Karri]

Though vBulletin's ImpEx doesn't support this, you may wish to use this (http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=170314) modification available at vBulletin.org to import your tags to the vB 3.7 tag system. Then do your merger (since I would assume that ImpEx would import tags from 3.7 into another 3.7).
I have been following that mod and had the duh moment after I posted before that I could upgrade to 3.7 on both boards and then impex together.



Does impex import vb 3.7 tags from one board into another?

[Jerry]

Does impex import vb 3.7 tags from one board into another?

Currently no.

[Vitaly]

Invision Power Board & Invision Community Blog convertors are a bit outdated.

I've played today with impex, dit test convert to vB 3.7.1 (700 000 posts). Found following problems:


IPB 2.3.2 - poll not converted at all (they've changed data format)
Invision Comminuty Blog 1.3.3 - doesn't convert at all (says, inappropriate version after database check)

Could you fix that?

[Jerry]

I can, though I would need copies of the source data to do that.

[Gene Steinberg]

What about MyBB 1.4? :)

[Jerry]

What about MyBB 1.4? :)

It's supported in ImpEx already, 1.2.2 is the latest version done if that dosen't work I'll update it.

[Gene Steinberg]

It's supported in ImpEx already, 1.2.2 is the latest version done if that dosen't work I'll update it.
It won't, Jerry. They messed around with some of the tables in the new version. But I'll be happy to try it when you think you've got something ready; I'll even buy my third vBulletin license if we can do this.

[Jerry]

I would need to see the dB.

[Gene Steinberg]

I would need to see the dB.
I can email you one, if you wish.

Where do I send it?

[Jerry]

I can email you one, if you wish.

Where do I send it?

Start a support ticket in the members area, post a link to where it can be downloaded and ask for me.

[Gene Steinberg]

Start a support ticket in the members area, post a link to where it can be downloaded and ask for me.
OK, I opened a support ticket, referred it to you, and included a link to get a MyBB 1.4 database file.

Let me know if you have any questions.

[GHOwner]

If you'd like another license purchase from me (owned), FluxBB is alwaysa good option to add :) I'd like to stat projects with Flux then move on as it begins to be active.

[Jerry]

If you'd like another license purchase from me (owned), FluxBB is alwaysa good option to add :) I'd like to stat projects with Flux then move on as it begins to be active.

It's on the poll now.

[ShadMan]

Can you add DOTNETNUKE Forums to the poll? I saw it mentioned a couple pages back, and I also have need for it.

[Jerry]

http://www.dotnetbb.com/ exsists.

The usual nuke candidates aren't going to be added as there is little commonality amongst the source data I've seen, the parent forum importer can be used, i.e. phpBB2.

[ShadMan]

I am referring to the forum module distributed with the DotNetNuke core, such as the forum run at dotnetnuke.com . Is that one that can be added? It appears to be at least somewhat popular.

[hawksgirl]

You guys should do a deal with forumer.com

[Jerry]

You guys should do a deal with forumer.com

Typically hosted systems are dependant on a revenue model, so different things are paid for, i.e. access to back up of the data.

[hawksgirl]

Typically hosted systems are dependant on a revenue model, so different things are paid for, i.e. access to back up of the data.
Understand that, Jerry. It's just that there are a lot of people who use forumer.com as their host for their forums. Some of them have got 200+ members and are restricted with what they can do.
Their main forum was upgraded to vBulletin software.