Upgrading from PHPBB3 to VB

[Xboxer360.com]

Is it possible for VB to import all my data from PHPBB3? I ask because I'm worried that I'll loose everything if I change software!

[Brandon Sheley]

you'll get the post, forums, members, attachments, groups, avatars, pm's and polls

pretty much everything, do u have more?

it is called Import, not upgrade... you will have all the informations in that forum (the official one):

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=92

[Alex LD]

You'll get alot of what you had there may be some problems with member functions or forum permissions but all your members, posts, threads etc will be imported. Its the collision with some of the files in phpbb that arent carried over to vBulletin that will be lost. vBulletin is a more advanced and better user interface script anyway.

Nexialys. To some Going from PhpBB3 to vBulletin is an Upgrade. No need to be picky about his choice of words.

Good Luck,
Alex

[Dismounted]

A phpBB 3 import is a Tier 1 system. See the manual for what is imported.

http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/impex_phpBB3

[Dekard]

I made the switch from phpbb 2 and there were a few hassles in the beginning but it was well worth it. Its a huge upgrade and you'll be very happy. So will your users.

[Johan Hiemstra]

Originally Posted by Dekard

I made the switch from phpbb 2 and there were a few hassles in the beginning but it was well worth it. Its a huge upgrade and you'll be very happy. So will your users.

Same here, major improvement, hardly a comparison.

It's actually important for the original poster to realize it is 'not' an upgrade but a migration. It's not merely a difference in choice of words, upgrading and migrating are two very different things, as different as a Boeing 747 and a bus and you wouldn't want people to confuse those two either

It means the phpBB data is considered foreign to vBulletin and will need to be imported (using the Impex importer that comes free with the vBulletin license). Additionally it means the original poster doesn't need to worry about losing anything, because there's no upgrade needed (that said he should make backups anyway). Instead, he should do a clean install of vBulletin and use the importer to import the phpBB data. The process doesn't involve changing the current phpBB installation or database.

[Atlantean]

Interesting to read the above posts! How do the posts and signatures from phpBB look when imported into VB? I am not just talking about smilies but the rather how does VB handle phpBB formatting of text and images etc.

[Dekard]

As far as I know, they are properly updated by VB so they look fine.

[Atlantean]

Really! That sounds good!