phpBB2 attachment import support

[OmerE]

I have added support for importing attachments from phpBB2 based boards
using the popular mod which now exists as part of the upcoming phpBB2.2.
I know it's an often-requested feature.

Anyone I should send it to, so it's added to the distributed ImpEx system?
(My addition is in the form of another module for ImpEx and minor modification
to two other existing ImpEx modules).

Thanks.

[Shining Arcanine]

Modifications are unsupported so I sincerely doubt that including support for it will ever be considered.

Also, it is not a part of phpBB 2.2. In phpBB 2.2, the phpBB devs made their own attachment feature. :p

[OmerE]

Modifications are unsupported so I sincerely doubt that including support for it will ever be considered.

Also, it is not a part of phpBB 2.2. In phpBB 2.2, the phpBB devs made their own attachment feature. :p

Uh, not really... actually, wrong on both counts :rolleyes:

See: http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showpost.php?p=657606&postcount=2
at the bottom, "Attachments" (I believe it's Jerry who said support will be added as it is often requested).

As for the 2nd one - the support in phpBB 2.2 is based on the same mod,
as the author of the mod ("Acyd Burn", I think) joined the phpBB 2.2 team,
and integrated that code.

Anyhoo, I guess I better just post it on vBulletin.org.

[Shining Arcanine]

Anyway, that is great news.That is the first time I've ever seen a developer support a third party modification. Anyway, that is great news. :)

[OmerE]

I posted the attachment import support for ImpEx to vBulletin.org, under the
beta mods section of vB3. Tested it with three large-ish boards as well (300K
posts, 20K attachments on the largest).

Hope someone finds it useful.