Avatar problem during import

[Eagle Creek]

Houston.. We've got a problem.

The last time I lost my avatars during the import. This time, off course I don't want this to happen. So I said the avatars should be placed at E:\Inetpub\wwwroot\sol00.nl\site\forum\customavatars. It's importing now but there are no avatars appearing or whatsoeever. Therefore I think I will lose them again.
The path is writable. "everyone" has the "full controll" persmission.

[Steve Machol]

What are you importing from?

[Eagle Creek]

vBulletin 3.5.4.
Modules 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 went fine.

[Steve Machol]

Why are you importing instead of upgrading? Upgrading is the preferred and correct way.

[Eagle Creek]

I've made that decision months and months ago. If you would browse my posts you would understand why .
But at this moment I’m importing. I’ve done some test-imports, one where I lost my avatars, and one where all went fine. But it isn’t working right now.
The directory just stays empty.

[Steve Machol]

Ok. I'm afraid that you'll need to wait until Jerry is available to help with this. I don't know why it's not working. Sorry.

[Eagle Creek]

Ok Steve, thanks for your replies .

[Eagle Creek]

Pff .

I tried all kinds of things.. Every user has rights on that folder. It's searchable form the webbrowser (you won't get a denied-error).. The Impex script isn't giving errors but there isn't anything appearing in the folder.

But: where is impex trying to get the files from? Cause at this moment the avatars are stored in the file system at /images/customavatars.

I started the import the posts otherwise I can't do anything for hours.. But the avatars didn't work yet.
I'm affraid to import my custom pictures and attachements because I lost them too previous time.

So if anyone (Jerry ) has a suggestion, I'd like to hear.

[Jerry]

Have the avatars ever imported ? Custom user ones I take it in module 016 ?

I had a quick look at the other thread, though couldn't find the answer.

In 016.php aroudn like 161 you'll see :

// old stored in db 

And some other comments in the lines below as ImpEx looks for where the source data is.

Just after the final else brace (a long line with // Go get it, above it)

add this :

echo "{$avatar_path}/avatar" . $avatar['userid'] . "_" . $avatarrevision['avatarrevision'] . ".gif"; 

That will show what its doing.

[Eagle Creek]

Jerryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy .

Have the avatars ever imported ? Custom user ones I take it in module 016 ?

At my testimport they didn't. The other import I did was checked by somebody else and he didn't complain so I presumed everything went fine. At the old forums the avatars where stored at the filesystem, and I made the same setting for the new forum.

I had a quick look at the other thread, though couldn't find the answer.

Indeed.

In 016.php aroudn like 161 you'll see :

Let me see :-).
Uuhm.. where should I find the the 016.php? I'm usting looking into the impex\systems\vb3 folder and I only see file 001.php / 014.php.

[Jerry]

Uuhm.. where should I find the the 016.php? I'm usting looking into the impex\systems\vb3 folder and I only see file 001.php / 014.php.

Ahhh, importing into 3.6.1 or 3.5.4 ?

In 3.5.x it will be :

impex/systems/vb3/005.php

line 181.

[Eagle Creek]

Line 181 appeared to be blank () but I found // old stored in db at 161.

I'm using this now:
EDIT:

                // Go get it
                $try->set_value('nonmandatory', 'filedata',    $Db_target->escape_string($this->vb_file_get_contents("{$avatar_path}/avatar" . $avatar['userid'] . "_" . $avatarrevision['avatarrevision'] . ".gif")));
                echo "{$avatar_path}/avatar" . $avatar['userid'] . "_" . $avatarrevision['avatarrevision'] . ".gif"; 
            } 

I presume that's ok?

[Jerry]

Yup, that will do it, just so we can see where ImpEx is looking.

Run the module now and it should echo out loads of paths.

[Eagle Creek]

Just to be sure. When impex is asking for an avatar directory path on the server, I have to fill in the NEW forums directory and not the old one, correct?

[Jerry]

You put in the path of the source, or the path to the folder of the images, if you have moved them.