phpBB 2.0.8 to vBulletin

[Tank3dAttack]

Hello there,

I am currently running a pretty big forum based on phpBB and I would like to switch to your software. Is it possible to switch my 3000 members and the content of our forum? It is highly important to me that this will go without too much trouble. Also, is it possible to tranfer all the members plus content (also attached pictures) and run it simultainiously to see if everything works fine before we close the old forum down?

Thanks in advance :)

Tank
http://www.3dattack.net

[Icheb]

It is perfectly possible to convert your forum from phpBB to vB. If you want to make a dry run to see if everything works, install your forum on your PC or a second time on the server if possible and run the upgrade.

[Floris]

Hello,

Thank you for your interest in the vBulletin forum software.

vBulletin forum software comes with a free ImpEx software which allows you to import your database from third party forum software like phpBB to vBulletin.

Here is the status of the impex system and which forum software versions it supports (and what it actually imports)

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=102412

We're looking forward to your purchase,

[Tank3dAttack]

Thanks for the replies. I will check into that and probably purchase a copy today. Will I be able to get help if things don't run as they should?

Tank

[Icheb]

I can assure you that the staff will be there to assist you in all matters that could go wrong. If you need support, you can always use the support ticket system. Or just post it here in the forum.

[Tank3dAttack]

Hello again,

I just purchased your software and installed everything like told. I am in the Control Panel now and I am doing some changes but I just received an error message for some weird reason:

Database error in vBulletin :

Invalid SQL:
SELECT title, data
FROM datastore
WHERE title IN ('options', 'cron', 'forumcache', 'usergroupcache', 'stylecache', 'userstats', 'birthdaycache', 'maxloggedin', 'iconcache', 'eventcache', 'mailqueue')

mysql error: Table 'xdattac_forum.datastore' doesn't exist

mysql error number: 1146


What is that about??

Tank

[Steve Machol]

To get vB support on these forums you first need to be a licensed customer and register for Priority Forum Support. To do this, please go here:

http://www.vbulletin.com/members/membersupport_priority.php

...and enter your email address in one of the boxes. You'll need to have your customer number and password to access the page.

If you still have problems after doing this, send an email to support@vbulletin.com. Please include your user name, the email address you registered with and your customer number so we can fix the problem.

Once you've done this, please post in the appropriate support forum for your version.