Superman859
Tue 16th Oct '07, 2:37pm
I read that there was a phpBB to vbulletin converter in the member section, which is a good sign. However, I have a question regarding how to conversion process works.
I am considering converting to vbulletin from phpBB2 in the future. However, I have a couple of questions regarding the conversion process as I have my phpBB2 forums integrated with my site in various ways.
First - when I convert phpBB to vbulletin, I assume the usernames will be kept. However, what about user_id? Will that field be kept the same as well for each username? I use the user_id field heavily and cannot have new user_id's for old member names, and cannot have newly registered members taking up user_id values that have been used in the past. This may be my biggest concern.
Second - what about the user groups table? I haven't looked into vbulletin too deeply yet, but I assume it has user groups. If so, will it keep a similar structure? While I could work around this, it'd be easiest if I didn't have to.
Finally, are vbulletin forums easy to integrate with a custom scripted site? with phpBB I can simply include about 20 lines of code that starts the phpbb session management and fills in the $userdata array with all the info regarding the user that just signed in. I will need a similar capability with vbulletin - basically keeping people logged in (sessions) as they switch between the forums and the main site, and having access to $userdata type array that holds values (mainly the username and user_id)
That's all. I like the look and feel of vbulletin and am trying to switch to something a bit 'cleaner' than phpBB, but I need to know if I can switch easily as phpBB is integrated in with my site and I cannot interfere with members (it's paid, afterall)
I am considering converting to vbulletin from phpBB2 in the future. However, I have a couple of questions regarding the conversion process as I have my phpBB2 forums integrated with my site in various ways.
First - when I convert phpBB to vbulletin, I assume the usernames will be kept. However, what about user_id? Will that field be kept the same as well for each username? I use the user_id field heavily and cannot have new user_id's for old member names, and cannot have newly registered members taking up user_id values that have been used in the past. This may be my biggest concern.
Second - what about the user groups table? I haven't looked into vbulletin too deeply yet, but I assume it has user groups. If so, will it keep a similar structure? While I could work around this, it'd be easiest if I didn't have to.
Finally, are vbulletin forums easy to integrate with a custom scripted site? with phpBB I can simply include about 20 lines of code that starts the phpbb session management and fills in the $userdata array with all the info regarding the user that just signed in. I will need a similar capability with vbulletin - basically keeping people logged in (sessions) as they switch between the forums and the main site, and having access to $userdata type array that holds values (mainly the username and user_id)
That's all. I like the look and feel of vbulletin and am trying to switch to something a bit 'cleaner' than phpBB, but I need to know if I can switch easily as phpBB is integrated in with my site and I cannot interfere with members (it's paid, afterall)