Quick question...

[DoKoK]

I currently host a 3.x.x Vbulletin forum and I'm looking to upgrade to 3.5 sometime in the next weeks.

What I want to do is install a fresh copy of 3.5 (on a test location) and customize it to my liking (about 15-20 hacks at least)... When it's ready I would like to transfer the members, posts, threads and attachments from the old 3.x.x site...

Would this create a lot of problems? Given it's done based on the instructions?
If so is there an easier way to achieve what I want (having a fresh 3.5 with the old info, and a few new hacks)...?

Thanks for your time.

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Use ImpEx to create a clean copy of your 3.0 first. Then use the new copy to upgrade to 3.5.

Don't go try selectively copy things from 1 database to another.

[Andreas]

I would suggest not to use ImpEx, as this could break existing links (because of changing IDs)

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Yes it does break links that are linking to other topics on the board. But unless you know what you are doing, it still is the best option.

[Andreas]

Right. It's the easiest way for sure.