UltraBoard 2.2.x importer released!

Please do not contact me via ICQ, Email, PM or anything other way than this thread any more!

Okay... this is my UB2k 2.2.x to vBulletin 2.0.x importer. It can import styles (= skins), users, forums, moderators, posts and private messages.

This Importer has been created for vBulletin 2.0.3! The most things work correctly with 2.2.x (it will import the styles, users, forums, moderators, posts and private messages) but some features like setting new passwords for admins doesn't work. I don't want to create a new version as I don't think there are many UB2k users left who could import...

This script does not work with the vB import system as I wanted to have it independent of the vB directory (some servers are not able to read files in directories like ../../ub2k/). You can upload the script to any directory where you can access the UB2k directory and the vBulletin database.

A manual is in the zip file. Please do not email or pm me if you have questions or found bugs. Please simply answer the thread.

Known bugs:
- On some servers you need to chmod the directory "ubimporter" to 777...

[flyguy]

When I put the ubimporter.php and ubimporter directory in the location where the UB files were (cgi-bin/UB), I got Server errors trying to run the php.

I then created another directory (see below) and got the following error...


Forbidden

You don't have permission to access /vbimport-temp/ on this server.

Apache/1.3.19 Server at <host> Port 80

[coelho]

Hey GameCrash,

I also took long to change from my UB2k, as I still think it is a great script, but due to the unprofessional behaviour of the UB2K development Team and checking vbulletin I finally bought a license from vbulletin and imported my UB2K without any problems with your import utility

Some things got lost as you said, but all forums, users, styles etc got completely imported. Some of the stuff required some final adjustments but my Forum runs great now on vbulleting.

Thanks a lot for this great utility

[GameCrash]

Originally posted by flyguy
When I put the ubimporter.php and ubimporter directory in the location where the UB files were (cgi-bin/UB), I got Server errors trying to run the php.

I then created another directory (see below) and got the following error...


Forbidden

You don't have permission to access /vbimport-temp/ on this server.

Apache/1.3.19 Server at <host> Port 80

You should put the ubimporter.php and the directory ubimporter in any directory which can access the UB2k files. Just try the root dir of you webpage... maybe you can't run php files in cgi-bin.

[flyguy]

Thanks for the reply. I took your advice and moved them to the doc root directory, which allowed me to reach the next step. I filled in the directory information and submitted.

I received this error:

Security Alert! PHP CGI cannot be accessed directly.
This PHP CGI binary was compiled with force-cgi-redirect enabled. This means that a page will only be served up if the REDIRECT_STATUS CGI variable is set. This variable is set, for example, by Apache's Action directive redirect.

:stupid:

It appears to be a nuance of using doc_root. I might try copying files from UB into another subdirectory...

If I copy UB files into the directory I want to run ubimporter from, do I need to copy everything in the UB directory or just certain directories? (I am not sure I could handle a copy of the entire thing)

thanks in advance.

[GameCrash]

It would be the easiest to copy the whole board... if you can't handle this I will try to give you a list of files/directorys you need...

[flyguy]

Your assistance has been incredible, thank you. I used a symbolic link (unix server) to make it appear as if the UB files were in the same directory and that worked fine.

I changed the admin password in the ubimporter tool and for some reason vBulletin control panel will not take that password?

[GameCrash]

As I told you in the mail, the vB 2.2.0 encrypts the passwords so the old way the script works will not help you. Please use the send password function until I have time to release a new version of the importer.

[flyguy]

Gamecrash - YOU ARE DA' MAN!! Thank you very much for your awesome utility and all the consultation.

I am down to a few final tweaks after the vbulletin tech staff helped me with the password encryption problem.

I hope this is the last question - but every post has a "\" at the end of each line of text... did I miss a setting somewhere?

I will be going through the entire process over again over the weekend and the things I learned on the trial run were really valuable. A little painful, but valuable just the same!

[flyguy]

One more concern, but getting closer...

The most important board with over 9,000 posts has vanished.

Actually, the board comes up as saying that it has all the posts but when I run the Update Counters function those threads/posts disappear.

Is there anything I need to do to prevent that from happening?

thanks in advance

[GameCrash]

do the posts exist? If not, try to change the "import x posts once" (I think it's called like this) to a lower value...