Avatars not importing PHPBB to vB Issue Tools
issueid=21595 Thu 15th Mar '07 10:21am
Senior Member
Avatars not importing PHPBB to vB
Impex is not importing Avatars correctly during the User import module. I have attempted to make this work and I'm confident that I have the PHPBB path correct and that my avatar directories have the proper permissions.

The Avatars appear correctly listed in the database but do not show in the post bit or elsewhere associated with the user.

A new Avatar can be uploaded in the vB install and works correctly.
Issue Details
Issue Type Bug
Project ImpEx
Category Unknown
Status Not a Bug
Priority 3
Affected Version 3.6.5
Fixed Version (none)
Users able to reproduce bug 2
Users unable to reproduce bug 0
Attachments 0
Assigned Users (none)
Tags (none)

Thu 12th Apr '07 3:47pm
ImpEx Developer
  
Are you storing in the database or the file system by default in vBulletin.
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Thu 12th Apr '07 3:50pm
Senior Member
  
Database, but I've tested this both ways.
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Wed 30th May '07 6:17pm
ImpEx Developer
  
Seeing as your site is not up and running and its not possible to rerun the tests would it be possible to have a copy of the old site so I can replicate it here in development and step though it to see what's going on. Contact in the support ticket is probably best.
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Mon 6th Aug '07 3:10pm
Member
  
Have to say I have the same issue
phpbb 2.0.22 to vb 3.6.8

Fairly confident I have the correct paths as it is all green when I process the step - acts as though it works. But doesnt!
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Wed 8th Aug '07 4:01pm
ImpEx Developer
  
This has been tested many times and usually turns out to be one of two things, either a vhost is reporting the wrong path or the wrong path is entered, this can be found by ssh'ing to the server and typing "pwd" in the dir where the source attachments are stored.

Or that the avatars are remotely stored and PHP doesn't have permissions to open files off the server.
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Fri 28th Nov '08 7:45am
New Member
  
Same problem here
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Sat 29th Nov '08 6:07pm
ImpEx Developer
  
This is not a bug. You have to set the storage method to database do them import then manage where you want to store them.
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