Importers

[Chris Gwynne]

I want to import another forum to vBulletin 2.3.3

The forum in question is UBB.classic 6.3.0 am I able to import this to vBulletin. I had a quick look at the list of import scripts and it did mention UBB but not the version of 6.3.0...

Regards
Chris

[Wayne Luke]

The UBB.Classis importer supports up to version 6.3.1 currently.

[Chris Gwynne]

Thanks. :)

Could you also tell me what exactly the importer imports, for example; members, posts, forums?? etc

[Wayne Luke]

The UBB.classic importer handles forums, posts, members, and basic style information. It does not handle polls at this time.

[Chris Gwynne]

Thanks Wayne, really appreciate the help. :)

One more question, I promise :p

When I run the importer following all the instructions it'll only import yes?
It won't import the data and then destroy the contents of the already existing UBB forum?

As for now I still need the UBB forum to run...

[Steve Machol]

The import script will not delete or change the original data. It remains untouched.

[Chris Gwynne]

Thanks Steve. :D

[Chris Gwynne]

Ok..

I ran the Importer and it imported everything or so I thought..

When importing posts/threads it started but then it displayed a warning: cannot open {something}

At this time I dis-regarded it. It then went on to install everything else; members etc.

Now finally everything is imported except some 200,000 posts!!!!

And I can't re-reun the script as it'll remove everything from the database and import all over again...

Any help? :(

[Steve Machol]

When importing posts/threads it started but then it displayed a warning: cannot open {something}

At this time I dis-regarded it. Unfortunately that was a mistake. You should never just ignore a warning. I suggest you restore the backup of the database you made prior to the import and try again.

[Chris Gwynne]

Ok, not a problem. I'll re-do everything. :)

Ok, I'll post each and every error ;)

Importing Styles
Importing Styles ....

Style 1 .... Standard ....
Warning: file(/home/alfaow/public_html/forum//styles/vars_style_1.cgi): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/alfaow/public_html/Forum/importers/bbimport_ubb6.php on line 643

Warning: Variable passed to each() is not an array or object in /home/alfaow/public_html/Forum/importers/bbimport_ubb6.php on line 645
imported sucessfully [edit]

Style 3 .... test1 ....
Warning: file(/home/alfaow/public_html/forum//styles/vars_style_3.cgi): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/alfaow/public_html/Forum/importers/bbimport_ubb6.php on line 643

Warning: Variable passed to each() is not an array or object in /home/alfaow/public_html/Forum/importers/bbimport_ubb6.php on line 645
imported sucessfully [edit]

Style 4 .... test1.cgi ....
Warning: file(/home/alfaow/public_html/forum//styles/vars_style_4.cgi): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/alfaow/public_html/Forum/importers/bbimport_ubb6.php on line 643

Warning: Variable passed to each() is not an array or object in /home/alfaow/public_html/Forum/importers/bbimport_ubb6.php on line 645
imported sucessfully [edit]

Importing Forums & Categories

Importing Forums & Categories ....


Warning: file(/home/alfaow/public_html/forum//categories.file): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/alfaow/public_html/Forum/importers/bbimport_ubb6.php on line 963

Warning: Variable passed to each() is not an array or object in /home/alfaow/public_html/Forum/importers/bbimport_ubb6.php on line 965


Importing Posts & Threads

The Classics - Covering 105/101/750 etc...

Locating forum_28.threads file ....
Warning: opendir(/home/alfaow/public_html/forum//Forum28): failed to open dir: No such file or directory in /home/alfaow/public_html/Forum/importers/bbimport_ubb6.php on line 1235

Warning: readdir(): supplied argument is not a valid Directory resource in /home/alfaow/public_html/Forum/importers/bbimport_ubb6.php on line 1237

Warning: closedir(): supplied argument is not a valid Directory resource in /home/alfaow/public_html/Forum/importers/bbimport_ubb6.php on line 1244
not found. No threads to import.




After this, I have no more trouble importing. My main concern is for the final error message above; threads and posts.

I'm not sure whether the problems lies with the importer or the UBB.

Any help?

[Steve Machol]

From the errors you got it looks like several standard UBB files are missing - particualarly on the Styles and Forums & Categiories. As for the posts it looks like there is a specific problem with forum_28.threads. Did you install any hacks to your UBB?

[Chris Gwynne]

From the errors you got it looks like several standard UBB files are missing - particualarly on the Styles and Forums & Categiories. As for the posts it looks like there is a specific problem with forum_28.threads. Did you install any hacks to your UBB?
It's not my UBB, I'm doing this for a client. So I couldn't say as to whether any hacks are installed.

I'll speak to him about the matter though, thanks Steve. :)

[Wayne Luke]

Look at the path you have there:

/home/alfaow/public_html/forum//styles/vars_style_1.cgi

Note the // between forum and styles. When you enter in the path to the files for the importer do no add the final slash.