Conversion Trial

[websponge]

I am almost ready to purchase vbulletin, I have for the last few years been running phpbb3, can someone show me or direct me to a conversion tool or tutorial,

I want to see what can be carried over and what cant, and want to do a dummy run before I purchase

thanks

[nexialys]

>> http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=92 <<

here is the forum where the Imports/Exports are discussed...

phpBB is one of the most popular conversion possible, all clients are usually satisfied of the results.

[websponge]

ok thanks, I saw the impex thread, how do I get impex though?

It seems a bit silly that I have to purchase a license, before I know its right for me and it works,

I need to run a local trial on my wamp server, if it works, I`ll buy and go live, Im not paying $100 + and it doesnt do what I want though

hope you understand.

[Coreye]

ok thanks, I saw the impex thread, how do I get impex though?

It seems a bit silly that I have to purchase a license, before I know its right for me and it works,

I need to run a local trial on my wamp server, if it works, I`ll buy and go live, Im not paying $100 + and it doesnt do what I want though

hope you understand.

You don't get it until you purchase vBulletin. There is no trial version. Listed below is what can be imported.

phpBB 3 Version supported : 3.0.0


Usergroups

Default permissions.

Users

Majority of profile.

Not passwords

(username, email, joindate, ipaddress last activity, lastvisit)

Forums and Categories

All are currently imported as visible and open.

Threads

All are currently imported as visible with open & sticky state.

Posts

All are currently imported as visible with IP.

Private Messages

Currently all PM's are stored as sent and recived for each user.

Attachments

Imported and attached to posts.

Moderators

Imported and attached to forums.

[Nick]

ok thanks, I saw the impex thread, how do I get impex though?

It seems a bit silly that I have to purchase a license, before I know its right for me and it works,

I need to run a local trial on my wamp server, if it works, I`ll buy and go live, Im not paying $100 + and it doesnt do what I want though

hope you understand.
It's really not silly.

You can try the Admin Demo: http://www.vbulletin.com/go/demo

And you can test your server to find out if it can handle vBulletin: http://www.vbulletin.com/go/test

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=181384

[websponge]

I appreciate waht you are saying, but it is silly..

I know that vbulletin runs quite happily on my server, and would like to convert from phpbb3.

but I need to do a trial conversion before it goes live, I have a heavily modded forum and need to test it first. now if I buy vbulletin and then do a conversion, something might not work and I`d have to revert back to phpbb3 as my forum is quite active.

please dont get me wrong, I want to goto vbulletin, but I need to be sure the conversion works before purchase..

[Steve Machol]

I'm sorry but there is no trial version.