SMF to vBulletin

[iettafune]

sorry for my english but I'm italian...

in my site now i have installed smf 1.1.4

in Latest Version: 3.6.8 Patch Level 2 the users password problems in conversion of smf to vbulletin are resolved??

thanks

[Discussions]

sorry for my english but I'm italian...

in my site now i have installed smf 1.1.4

in Latest Version: 3.6.8 Patch Level 2 the users password problems in conversion of smf to vbulletin are resolved??

thanks

No they are not.

The plugin won't be developed at least until vBulletin 3.7.0 reaches Gold.

[jawatkin]

I encountered a similar issue back in May with going from SMF to vBulletin. I was aware that people would lose their passwords and sent out a "board wide" e-mail to all of them just after the upgrade, with a direct link to where they could reset their passwords.

No problems at all, no loss of membership, etc, and it was well worth switching for all of the features in vB.

[Ksb2050]

When I did this I had to manually reset passwords as the system refused to send passwords out. Successful and very easy to do but make sure you back up your database! It was probably back around last august tho....

[Marco van Herwaarden]

If an importer does not support importing passwords, then this is because the source system encrypts/hashes the password and they can not be retrieved. This will not change in any future version.

PS As already noted, you can easily sent out password emails to your members after the conversion

[nighteyes]

If an importer does not support importing passwords, then this is because the source system encrypts/hashes the password and they can not be retrieved. This will not change in any future version.

PS As already noted, you can easily sent out password emails to your members after the conversion

You can send them out. But the chances of them all arriving are minimal. And once you start hitting Hotmail/Yahoo/Gmail with a lot of these emails your messages will either get blackholed or end up in the Trash can of the email user. I know from experience handling many conversions that the numbers of ordinary users who bother to check their Trash/Spam folder is neither impressive either.

It is possible to make SMF passwords usable within vBulletin. Yes you can't convert them, but you can work around the hash/encryption. We've done it in our own closed source application.

So I can definitely understand why plenty of SMF users are wary of doing things the way the vBulletin team wants them to handle the conversion. :)

[iettafune]

but i have 65.000 users..... :-(

after paying 139 euro for vbulletin, this is a big problem for my forum!!!!

i think make change their passwords isn't much professional!!!!!!!!!!

Is there a script for copy the users encrypts password from SMF to vBulletin???

thanks

[Marco van Herwaarden]

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Thank you.

[iettafune]

I have not bought vbulletin yet, because first I want information about convertion smf to vbulletin, and not spend 139euro and lost my users passwords!!!

:confused::eek::erm::(

[C.ooder]

marco is rite

[Snake]

But you just said that you've bought it already? ;)
but i have 65.000 users..... :-(

after paying 139 euro for vbulletin, this is a big problem for my forum!!!!

i think make change their passwords isn't much professional!!!!!!!!!!

Is there a script for copy the users encrypts password from SMF to vBulletin???

thanks

[iettafune]

sorry for my english, but i'm italian..... this error are caused from google translator....

i don't have buy vbulletin, because before, i wanted to know if after conversion i lost users passwords....

Understood?

[Mythotical]

iettafune: Passwords will have to be reset by your users. There is no way of importing passwords from SMF due to them being encrypted/hashed. Its easy for them to reset the password, just send a forum wide email out about resetting passwords.

Translated: Le parole d'accesso dovranno essere ripristinate dai vostri utenti. Non ci è senso di importazione delle parole d'accesso da SMF dovuto loro che sono encrypted/hashed. Il relativi facili affinchè loro ripristinino la parola d'accesso, appena trasmettono ad una tribuna il email largo verso l'esterno circa le parole d'accesso ripristinantesi.

[iettafune]

:(:(:(:down::down:

[nighteyes]

iettafune: Passwords will have to be reset by your users. There is no way of importing passwords from SMF due to them being encrypted/hashed. Its easy for them to reset the password, just send a forum wide email out about resetting passwords.


There is a way. But the vBulletin developers wont do it. You work with the existing password hash from SMF, let the user login and then ask them to reset their password to one that will be stored using the vBulletin algorithm.

[5th-Level]

I had an import problem with passwords. No big deal all they have to do is reset them.

[Discussions]

This will not change in any future version.


The above comment isn't true. Jerry has stated that they will be working on a plugin system for Impex that will import these passwords over.

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Ok, i stand corrected then.

[Snake]

:(:(:(:down::down:
What's the big deal with sending a mass mail to your forum members regarding the change of passwords?

[iettafune]

i have buy vbulletin, now i convert all database smf to vbulletin..then for the password?

[losedude]

Well I moved from SMF to VB. I had problems sending emails out , only 1/2 got send out apparently and others got spammed by us >.> [Not very good seeing as I paid so much :(]
number of visitors on my site declined by 1k unique visitors per day and even with a front page message I Constantly get damn people saying they can't log in >.<

Well life I guess, I would regret converting but I like VB ^^

[bokmade]

Start A topic took how they can rest there password with fully of images ..

Not A Big Deal ..

Just try ..

[iettafune]

why users avatars doesn't imported???
in impex when i convert users, I set the correct path where are attachments in SMF, but doesn't imported it.. why??

[Alexminator]

Hi, I use an SMF 1.1.3 n i wanna to export to vbulletin 3.6.8 ..what impex i must use?? Where i found it??:up:
alex out

[Marco van Herwaarden]

You can find ImpEx in the Members' Area once you have purchased a vBulletin license.

[Alexminator]

Ok i got it...But what vertion of IMPEX i should use...'cause i used the impex 1.99 build 1.57 n' didn't work...:(
So what impex export from smf 1.1.3 to vbulletin 3.6.8 ??
alex out

[Marco van Herwaarden]

What is the URL to your board?

[Alexminator]

Well, i give u my URL but i think u can't enter..Im cuban n'my forum only have national coverture..but u try if u want..

It's SMF 1.1.3
alex out

[Marco van Herwaarden]

I can not locate a vBulletin license for that domain.

Edit: it is not allowed to use vBulletin or any of our licensed products
(ie. ImpEx) without a valid license. Please either purchase a license or remove all vBulletin files from your server.

[Alexminator]

But i don't purchase any license yet, I just wanna know if it's possible to migrate from smf 1.1.3 to vbulletin 3.6.8 ??
N what impex i should use if i got the license??
alex out

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Yes it is possible to import from SMF.

Versions and such are things that could be addressed after purchase of a license. In Pre-Sales we can only respond if something is possible or not.

[Alexminator]

Ok thanx for ur time...I think i ll stay in smf ...vbulletin its so complicated for me
alex out

[iettafune]

i convert cmf 1.1.4 to vb 3.6.8 last week.

i have 65000 users, 110000 post, 220mb attachments.... and all ok... but not importe users password, users avatars,category permession

[bennac40]

Hi everyone..

I am experiencing some problems while trying to import my SMF content to vBulletin
I installed ImpEx and set it up but once I press import an error message pops up saying:

"Connection to source server failed. Check username and password."

I am sure that all the info I entered in the config file are correct.

So please can someone help me resolve this problem because my site has been down for maintenance for a week now and I dont want it to take more then monday.

Thank you in advance.

Oualid

[snunhuck]

Can you check that all the details entered into the impex config file are correct and match those of your SMF forum?

[King Kovifor]

Hi everyone..

I am experiencing some problems while trying to import my SMF content to vBulletin
I installed ImpEx and set it up but once I press import an error message pops up saying:

"Connection to source server failed. Check username and password."

I am sure that all the info I entered in the config file are correct.

So please can someone help me resolve this problem because my site has been down for maintenance for a week now and I dont want it to take more then monday.

Thank you in advance.

Oualid

Pre-sales is not the place to gain support. ;) You can ask over at vB.com for Jerry to reply directly, or you can ask in one of the vBulletin forums here.

[bennac40]

I just checked and they are the same.. what ever is on SMF settings.php is on the config file of vBulletin

--------------- Added 1206204762 at 1206204762 ---------------

Pre-sales is not the place to gain support. ;) You can ask over at vB.com for Jerry to reply directly, or you can ask in one of the vBulletin forums here.

I did ask Jerry in vBulletin but it takes him 24 hrs to reply. I cant wait that long. My forum has been down for maintenance for a week now :(

--------------- Added 1206205366 at 1206205366 ---------------

Can you check that all the details entered into the impex config file are correct and match those of your SMF forum?

Yes SMF setting.php file has the same info as my vBulletins config file

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Please do not use Pre-Sales for support.

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