YaBB ==> VBB

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Originally posted by memobug
Thanks FireFly. I found that post using the search tool. I'm also a YaBB user who sincerely wants to migrate to VBulletin too, and a new poster here.

The problem is: I don't have access to that board to read the post and to know if it's going to work for me, so its kind of a catch-22. I get a popup telling me to post here or...

If there is a converter, I should think you'd want to publicize that info rather than keep it a secret to people that already own vBB and presumably, don't require a converting.

Therefore, if it doesn't bridge any copyright restrictions, or make someone feel really bad or irritable, I would sincerely appreciate it if someone would take it upon him/herself to quote or summarize the posting here where the lepers can read it. We are waiting to be healed!

I have almost pulled the trigger on a vBulletin purchase twice already. The problem is I am looking at a user database of almost a thousand, and the prospect of dealing with a manual migration keeps me back.

Thanks in advance

Matt

Matt,

If you are fairly computer savvy and can handle working manually in mysql the conversion process, while a bit thorny, works just fine.

And as a note, I have only about 200 users on my system, but they are all ACTIVE users. I woke up this morning to 52 "good job" posts in my mail box....

It's worth it if you are willing to work through it. You also will learn a lot while doing it.

Also note:

The conversion for me was a cathartic experience.... now we have usenet on the system, which I had sucessfully hacked into YaBB. However the hack that is provided here is much more complete, and I get the feeling I would get better support from the vbulletin team, since I was paying them, and they seem more professional....

When I asked about a usenet hack (or additional technical information about doing one), I was ignored by the YaBB team. Since that time I chucked the hack I made for YaBB, which was based on some nice GPL code, bought vbulletin, and hacked my own converter process.

Don't get me wrong- I love GPL software... but it's only as good as the people backing it. The YaBB team, is always in flux, and I've had a hard time getting their attention.

At this point, as the admin of the aswp system, it was my call to go to a commercial package. And apart from one minor irritation (I do not like how the read/unread system works) it's the best move we could of made...

Just my thoughts and good luck...