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  • CricketWeb
    Senior Member
    • Dec 2002
    • 318
    • 3.6.x

    I'm very interested in buying vBulletin but..

    I'm currently using XMB Forums (http://www.xmbforum.com/). My forum has over 35,000 posts but I'm wanting to now move to the more advanced and better featured vBulletin board

    The problem is that I'm wondering how to import those 35,000 posts and all my members, private messages, etc into VBulletin. Is there any easy way of me being able to do this?

    A response would really be appreciated.

    Cheers.
    Last edited by CricketWeb; Thu 12 Dec '02, 6:48pm.
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  • Floris
    Senior Member
    • Dec 2001
    • 37767

    #2
    Originally posted by CricketWeb
    I'm currently using XMB Forums (http://www.xmbforum.com/). My forum has over 35,000 posts but I'm wanting to now move to the more advanced and better featured vBulletin board

    The problem is that I'm wondering how to import those 35,000 posts and all my members, private messages, etc into VBulletin. Is there any easy way of me being able to do this?

    A response would really be appreciated.

    Cheers.
    Hi there,

    Upgrading your community to vBulletin is always a smart step to take.
    At the moment, import scripts are in development or beta testing for the following products:
    • Ikonboard 3.x
    • Jelsoft vBulletin 2.2.x
    • XMB 1.6 / DevBB 1.1
    XMB is possible I think - at least they are working on it.
    You could read this thread to see if they made any progress.

    vBulletin currently offers import scripts to enable you to transfer data from the following products: Infopop UBB.Classic 5.x Infopop UBB.Classic 6.0 - 6.3 Infopop UBB.Threads 5 / WWWThreads Infopop OpenTopic Coolboard Ezboard Ikonboard 2.x Jelsoft vBulletin Lite phpBB 2 DCForum 6.x You can download a

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    • ManagerJosh
      Senior Member
      • Jun 2002
      • 9922

      #3
      Originally posted by CricketWeb
      I'm currently using XMB Forums (http://www.xmbforum.com/). My forum has over 35,000 posts but I'm wanting to now move to the more advanced and better featured vBulletin board

      The problem is that I'm wondering how to import those 35,000 posts and all my members, private messages, etc into VBulletin. Is there any easy way of me being able to do this?

      A response would really be appreciated.

      Cheers.

      Importers are available as xiphoid stated, but I'm not sure there is a fully working XMB one.
      ManagerJosh, Owner of 4 XenForo Licenses, 1 vBulletin Legacy License, 1 Internet Brands Suite License
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      • Cary
        Senior Member
        • Apr 2002
        • 4433
        • 3.6.x

        #4
        Originally posted by ManagerJosh
        Importers are available as xiphoid stated, but I'm not sure there is a fully working XMB one.
        There is an XMB importer It's compatible with version 1.5 and 1.6

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        • CricketWeb
          Senior Member
          • Dec 2002
          • 318
          • 3.6.x

          #5
          Originally posted by Cary
          There is an XMB importer It's compatible with version 1.5 and 1.6
          Way cool - what does it import Cary? Absolutely everything or....?

          Here's my current XMB Forum - http://forum.cricketweb.net
          Last edited by CricketWeb; Thu 12 Dec '02, 6:48pm.
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          • Cary
            Senior Member
            • Apr 2002
            • 4433
            • 3.6.x

            #6
            Originally posted by CricketWeb
            Way cool - what does it import Cary? Absolutely everything or....?

            Here's my current XMB Forum - http://forum.cricketweb.net
            If I remember correctly it imports everything except forum permissionx... I may be a little wrong, though.

            I'm 100% sure it imports: Posts, Threads, Members, Private Messages, Forum Names

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            • Sheddtech
              Member
              • Apr 2002
              • 75

              #7
              Originally posted by Cary
              If I remember correctly it imports everything except forum permissionx... I may be a little wrong, though.

              I'm 100% sure it imports: Posts, Threads, Members, Private Messages, Forum Names
              CricketWeb,
              You can also be sure that the vBulletin team will assist you with any problems with their converters. The support team (JamesUS in particular) spent a great deal of time assisting me and writing custom repair scripts to correct the issue. I am certain that you will be able to import your forums without a problem.

              I hope this helps.
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              • CricketWeb
                Senior Member
                • Dec 2002
                • 318
                • 3.6.x

                #8
                Thanks for the replies guys

                The one thing I'm really afraid of is purchasing vBulletin and then being left high and dry in regard to importing my XMB posts, etc into vBulletin.

                Sheddtech has helped convince me though
                Last edited by CricketWeb; Thu 12 Dec '02, 6:48pm.
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                • Sheddtech
                  Member
                  • Apr 2002
                  • 75

                  #9
                  Originally posted by CricketWeb
                  Thanks for the replies guys

                  The one thing I'm really afraid of is purchasing vBulletin and then being left high and dry in regard to importing my XMB posts, etc into vBulletin.

                  Sheddtech has helped convince me though
                  Does this mean that you will be buying vBulletin? If so, welcome to the club!
                  Shedd Technologies International
                  WWW.STI.BZ – [email protected]
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                  • CricketWeb
                    Senior Member
                    • Dec 2002
                    • 318
                    • 3.6.x

                    #10
                    99% sure yes. US$160 equals NZ$330 so I have to consider that first

                    Also, whether my members are happy using vBulletin
                    Last edited by CricketWeb; Thu 12 Dec '02, 6:47pm.
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                    • Joe
                      Senior Member
                      • May 2000
                      • 2435

                      #11
                      Originally posted by CricketWeb
                      99% sure yes. US$160 equals NZ$330 so I have to consider that first

                      Also, whether my members are happy using vBulletin
                      My posts per day went up 100% overnight when i moved from UBB to vB; at the time, i had less then 20K total posts... my members love vB
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                      • CricketWeb
                        Senior Member
                        • Dec 2002
                        • 318
                        • 3.6.x

                        #12
                        Thanks Joe

                        The one thing that I can't help but worry about is managing to merge my posts from XMB into vBulletin.

                        I really do hope that if I run into problems people will give me a ahnd.
                        Last edited by CricketWeb; Thu 12 Dec '02, 6:47pm.
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                        • ManagerJosh
                          Senior Member
                          • Jun 2002
                          • 9922

                          #13
                          Originally posted by CricketWeb
                          Thanks Joe

                          The one thing that I can't help but worry about is managing to merge my posts from XMB into vBulletin.

                          I really do hope that if I run into problems people will give me a ahnd.
                          If James replies to this thread anytime soon, he should be able to give you the information on what the XMB importer can do...like sit up, stand, bark

                          No i'm just joking....but it should be able to do what Cary said.
                          ManagerJosh, Owner of 4 XenForo Licenses, 1 vBulletin Legacy License, 1 Internet Brands Suite License
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                          • CdrTimesAdmin
                            New Member
                            • Dec 2002
                            • 8

                            #14
                            All i can say is that support here is SUPERB ! they deal with customer problems very quickly, and if you mess up and cant sort it yourself they do it for you.TOP forum TOP support !

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                            • MacKenzie
                              Senior Member
                              • Oct 2002
                              • 100

                              #15
                              Originally posted by CdrTimesAdmin
                              All i can say is that support here is SUPERB ! they deal with customer problems very quickly, and if you mess up and cant sort it yourself they do it for you.TOP forum TOP support !
                              I will second that It's very nice working with people who know how to provide outstanding customer service.

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