Ok last step in my decision.

[lordmenace]

Do you think it is possible for there to be a Joomla/Mambo to vbulletin converter? I am running Joomla right now and although I know Joomla is a CMS I would just need the content converted.

All the categories and subsections can become categories and boards and the content would fall into their respective categories.

Is there a way I can post this in the modification request section? I want this mod to exit before I convert, because I have a custom vB template that was created and I love it.

If this is not possible, then I guess I'll stick with Joomla +SMF

Regards

Since I can't edit. I think Jelsoft is coming out with a CMS right? I want to use that instead of Joomla.

[Google Guru]

I myself have never really took any notice or heard of Jelsoft releasing a Content Management System, I don't know maybe they are though. :)

That would be cool. Is Joomla not compatbile with vBulletin? You would probably want a SMF to vBulletin convertor, not a Joomla/Mambo to vBulletin convertor.

[lordmenace]

Hey, but Joomla is overkill for what I am trying to do, it is to robust. I want vB to be the main course, not an appetizer.

[Cromulent]

vBulletin is forum software and Joomla / Mambo is CMS software. There is no way to convert between the two as they are both trying to achieve different things.

[lordmenace]

I know that, but what I am asking, is if there is a way to import all the joomla content into vbulletin as posts. And the Joomla categories/sections into vBulletin forum categories.

[Cromulent]

I doubt it.

[gavinzac]

yes, with creative SQL it is possible. it might take an hour or two planning, but you should be able to. Do you know SQL?

[lordmenace]

yes, with creative SQL it is possible. it might take an hour or two planning, but you should be able to. Do you know SQL?

The fact that you said it's possible is a sigh of releif on my part. I can pretty much read SQl table nothing too complicated. But the coding a script to convert the tables, now thats a whole different story. How would I go about gettinh that?

[lordmenace]

yes, with creative SQL it is possible. it might take an hour or two planning, but you should be able to. Do you know SQL?

How?

[gavinzac]

you need to print out both the joomla articles table structure and the vbulletin post structure.
draw lines matching corresponding field types (eg article.text -> post.text, article.author -> post.username), come up with default values for any remaining fields, and then copy from the joomla to vbulletin.

ive done this to convert joomla articles to phpbb so vbulletin shouldnt be any more difficult.