Convert my exsisting board?

[Entity]

HiFolks,

I have this msg board using a free service so it has pops ups and I cant add hacks and stuff to it. Basically it looks a bit crappy.

I now have like over 250 members with awuite a few regular posters, so i thought Id maybebuy a VB board for them to use.

I want to know if I can convert all the old posts etc into the new VB board?
Link to exsisting board (http://paulvandyk.hyperboards2.com/index.cgi)

thanks for the hellp.

greets
Entity

[EchoHype.com]

what type of board is it? I see hyperboard but never heard of it.

Most likely you'll be able to.

Take alook here- http://www.vbulletin.org/hacks/index.php?s=&action=showcat&catid=8

[Entity]

yeah its a hyperboard :/ kinda same as EZ boards I think

[EchoHype.com]

yep, there is an ezboard imported I believe

[filburt1]

We currently offer a set of scripts that will allow you to import posts, threads and users from the following programs: Infopop Ultimate Bulletin Board 5, Infopop Ultimate Bulletin Board 6.0, 6.1 and 6.2, Infopop UBBThreads 5.4 (formerly wwwthreads), vBulletin Lite, Infopop OpenTopic/UBB.x, Ikonboard 2, Ikonboard 3, phpBB2, DC Forum, XMB, and ezboard (posts only, not members for ezboard).

Unofficial importers for UB2k (Ultraboard) are available from vBulletin.org.
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*phew - wipes sweat from brow* here is my Ikonboard -> VBulletin Post Convertor
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[Entity]

thanks for that :)

I see it works for EZ boards, but i dont think hyperboards is exactly the same as them ?

[Davey]

The devs over at vbulletin.com are looking for more boards to make converters for so that more people can convert their forums to vbulletin with no hastle.
I would wait to see if they clarify that hyperboards will convert to vbulletin using the EZ boards converter.
If not, they should begin coding a converter for hyperboards also :).

Dave.

[filburt1]

Either way there will be no more official converters until 3.0.0, and they'll instead first update all the existing converters to work.

[Erwin]

There is no actual "converter" for ezboard - the vB Team actually manually imports the THREADS and FORUMS from ezboard for you - you can't do it yourself. They CANNOT import MEMBERS for you. It takes them around 2 days to do it.

[Entity]

sorry if this sounds a bit thick, but if they import the threads but not members then are all posts just logged as "guest" ?

I asked about a convertor on vb.com forums and they told me to ask here :)

[Entity]

heres my thread on vb.com forums :)

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=64646

[Erwin]

Yes, all the members are "guests", but there is a hack released that automatically link ezboard members to their posts when they register with the same username. Look for it.

[Entity]

sounds good, altho no point me looking for it if It only supports EX boards and not hyperboards :(