phpBB2 ImpEx import will not import avatars Issue Tools
issueid=23540 Fri 23rd Nov '07 8:25am
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phpBB2 ImpEx import will not import avatars
phpBB2 ImpEx import will not import avatars
phpBB2 ImpEx import will not import avatars.

This is from a vanilla phpBB2 (latest version) to vBulletin 3.6.8 Patch Level 2
using ImpEx 1.86.

The images/avatars directory is writable by the web server - the correct path is selected.

I have spent 1.5 days looking into this with no luck so far. Next stage is to be looking into the source code and debugging my way through.

This is holding up a very large contract as the forums migration is key to a new major website going live.

Thanks,

Kevin Bailey
Issue Details
Issue Type Bug
Project ImpEx
Category Incorrectly associated data
Status Not a Bug
Priority 5 - Medium
Affected Version Unknown
Fixed Version (none)
Users able to reproduce bug 0
Users unable to reproduce bug 0
Attachments 0
Assigned Users Jerry
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Fri 23rd Nov '07 1:25pm
New Member
  
anybody can help for this problem? i want to know, same

thank you in advance
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Sat 19th Jan '08 6:41pm
New Member
  
Did you ever find a solution for this? I'm running into the same problem. It appears like the import process builds a link as if the avatar were to be inserted into the new database but that either a) doesn't happen, or b) the link is bad. I can't really tell which.
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Mon 11th Feb '08 3:52pm
Senior Member
  
The old avatars url of your phpbb forum, like
Code:
http://www.server.com/forum/images/avatars/
must be accesable during import.

In other words you must be able to open:
Code:
http://www.server.com/forum/images/avatars/asfdsadas.gif
file in your browser during import.

So just move you folder of phpbb to an "old" folder like:
Code:
http://www.server.com/forum-old/images/avatars/
and don't forget to set correct path to "old" folder during import.
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Thu 26th Jun '08 10:19pm
ImpEx Developer
  
This has been fixed, if the user module isn't importing the avatars now, check the path thoroughly, that ImpEx has the full and correct path and that it can read the avatar images from the dir that they are in,
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