A few questions on purchasing

[Armchairfighter]

Hello everyone,

I currently have a forum that is with IPB. I have grown tired of using them and everyone is asking to move to vbulletin anyway, so I am in the process of making the move. Here are a few questions I have.

1. I see I can purchase the Vbulletin Publishing Suite or the Vbulletin Forum License. What is the difference?

2. Is there a chat mod I can install on the forum so we can have a chatroom attached?

3. Is there any costs to move all of my threads and posts over from IPB?

4. About how long would my forum be down during a transfer like that?

5. I pay $20 a month for IPB to host my forum. What is Vbulletins costs?

Thanks in advance.

[jamiedolan]

1. I see I can purchase the Vbulletin Publishing Suite or the Vbulletin Forum License. What is the difference?


Please Read: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=225369


2. Is there a chat mod I can install on the forum so we can have a chatroom attached?


See this thread on the main board that we were discussing this afternon: http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php/323264-Does-Vbulletin-have-Chat-Room


3. Is there any costs to move all of my threads and posts over from IPB?


I'm sure there is an import script, I can't find a current reference to it, I keep finding 5+ year old conversations about it.


4. About how long would my forum be down during a transfer like that?


Well if you do it right, no down time, but you will likely want to lock the old forum for a while or you will lose data between the time you backup the data and the time DNS is updated.


5. I pay $20 a month for IPB to host my forum. What is Vbulletins costs?


You need to make sure they are willing to export the database in a standard format and give it to you. I think they will on the paid service.

VB doesn't host for you as far as I know, you purchase a license and you use your own choice of web host. Ask on web hosting talk if you need help finding a host.

Jamie