Looking to merge two boards together. Thoughts?
 

So myself and another administrator are in talks of merging our two boards as we both cater to thesame niche market. I was curious if anyone has ever done this before and if so what sort of issues have you run into?

What was the best way to got about it? He suggested I download one table at a time and import it using SQL (INSERT INTO..etc) instead of using ImpEx. Sound reasonable?

Right now I am on 3.6.5 and he is on 3.6.0 (might be upgrading to 3.6.8).

Thanks!

I would make sure you are both using the same version to avoid any extra headaches you might get.

GO THERE: http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=92 it is the official forum for IMPORTS

1- you upgrade both sites to the latest version, for security and speed
1a- put all attachments in database instead of files, for compatibility and ease
2- you install both forums in the same sql server

3- IMPORT the older one or the smaller one into the other.

never use sql functions to merge both. the ImpEx system from vBulletin will take care of everything.

Manually importing tables will NOT work. Do as suggested and use ImpEx, setup a testboard first to test the import.