UBB to vB after the fact?

[Steve Machol]

I would like to order and thoroughly test out vB on my server before transferring my UBB forums to it. Will I be able to install and set up vB, then after I've made sure it runs correctly and looks like I want it to, transfer my UBB forums, threads and members to it? I'd rather have this transfer occur after I've set it up than during the initial installation.

[WildWayz]

yes, that isn't a problem as both can be run on the same server.

It is sometimes best to name the forums the same tho - or else you can get duplicates ie if in vB u have a forum called UK FAST FORWARD and in UBB it is called UK FASTFORWARD then it will have 2 forums when imported in.

So, my all means play with it then when u are ready to import the data, flush out the existing data to make it 'cleaner'.

--WildWayz

[Alwaysmefirst]

Hi Steve,

You can install Vbulletin, then import all your messages from UBB during its installation, and still keep your UBB forums in case something goes wrong (it won't!).
I bought Vb in May last year, tested it for several months and decided to tell my members to move from UBB to Vb in December.
I am very happy with Vb and people post a lot more than when I had UBB.

I still have the UBB at
http://boxerworld.com/cgi-bin/Ultimate.cgi
My license will expire on March so I can still test UBB 6.0 and see all its bugs ;)

My Vb is at http://www.boxerworld.com/forums

Olly

[Mike Sullivan]

Just to clarify something real quick.

You don't actually import the UBB during installation -- it's a section in the CP so you can import at anytime.

[Steve Machol]

Thanks everyone. That answers my question.