Possibly converting from Snitz to Vbulletin

[lionheart53]

I'm looking into possibly converting from Snitz to VBulletin. I know there are a lot of hacks in vbulletin and a lot that can be done (and that I can import a lot of the existing data). What I'm hoping to do is list below the major things in Snitz that I have and see if someone here can help point out if they are available in Vbulletin (built in or add-on) or if they'd need to be custom built (in which case I'll have to find out the best way to hire someone to build them for me). Some of these things I'm pretty sure are available but I just want to confirm as best as possible. Thanks.

Hopefully I'll catch all the major things so here goes .

* Email subscription to recieve posts via email (can subscribe to entire forum, specific sections, or specific threads)

* Post messages via email (I've actually got a program I could recode to do this if I can insert into the correct tables and know what items need to update with a post)

* Ability to join specific areas of the forum so they won't have sections appear unless they choose to join (and they can do so without moderator intervention)

* Page to display recent threads with activity

* Page to display ALL recent messages from all the areas they have joined or have access to

* Ability to have custom fields in their profile, at least a few with defined choices (select drop downs)

* Add-on or built in layout to allow advertising on top or right side similar to google adwords or other ads.

* Spell check

* IP Address blocking

* Moderated sections that don't show the post until approved (I'm sure this must be in there but I just want to get it all down) along with requiring joining the forum before even viewing a thread (sure this is probably there as well)

* Ability to split existing topics into additional threads

* Google Map integration (not required but saw this as an option I can add on to Snitz to show member locations)

There's probably more but I think those are probably the most critical. I know some of this is probably all nicely documented and the rest may be found in the hacks here, but I'm in a time crunch and really anxious to figure out if I want to switch.

Thanks.

Don

[rlamego]

You should post this in the pre-sale questions forum at vb.com's site.

[Delphiprogrammi]

Originally Posted by lionheart53

I'm looking into possibly converting from Snitz to VBulletin. I know there are a lot of hacks in vbulletin and a lot that can be done (and that I can import a lot of the existing data). What I'm hoping to do is list below the major things in Snitz that I have and see if someone here can help point out if they are available in Vbulletin (built in or add-on) or if they'd need to be custom built (in which case I'll have to find out the best way to hire someone to build them for me). Some of these things I'm pretty sure are available but I just want to confirm as best as possible. Thanks.

Hopefully I'll catch all the major things so here goes .

* Email subscription to recieve posts via email (can subscribe to entire forum, specific sections, or specific threads)

* Post messages via email (I've actually got a program I could recode to do this if I can insert into the correct tables and know what items need to update with a post)

* Ability to join specific areas of the forum so they won't have sections appear unless they choose to join (and they can do so without moderator intervention)

* Page to display recent threads with activity

* Page to display ALL recent messages from all the areas they have joined or have access to

* Ability to have custom fields in their profile, at least a few with defined choices (select drop downs)

* Add-on or built in layout to allow advertising on top or right side similar to google adwords or other ads.

* Spell check

* IP Address blocking

* Moderated sections that don't show the post until approved (I'm sure this must be in there but I just want to get it all down) along with requiring joining the forum before even viewing a thread (sure this is probably there as well)

* Ability to split existing topics into additional threads

* Google Map integration (not required but saw this as an option I can add on to Snitz to show member locations)


There's probably more but I think those are probably the most critical. I know some of this is probably all nicely documented and the rest may be found in the hacks here, but I'm in a time crunch and really anxious to figure out if I want to switch.

Thanks.

Don

yes to all questions

but carefull here the importer ONLY works if you used snitz on a MySQL database

[lionheart53]

Thanks, I'm using MS SQL so that may cause an issue. Do you know if I can copy the data from my MS SQL to to a Snitz MY Sql database and if it would transfer correct? I have to ask.

[Delphiprogrammi]

Originally Posted by lionheart53

Thanks, I'm using MS SQL so that may cause an issue. Do you know if I can copy the data from my MS SQL to to a Snitz MY Sql database and if it would transfer correct? I have to ask.

there is software which can convert mssql to MYSQL here is one this is a vbscript a google search on "convert mssql to MySQL" might bring up other ones

[dkoepke]

Actually I am in the process of doing an import from an ooooolllllddddd version of snitz using the impex from a MSSQL database and its working great. Modifying a little, but most of it worked outta the box. PM if you need help.

[webvan]

Probably a long shot, but can you shed some light on the "the impex from a MSSQL database" ? Is that a vbulleting feature ?

[Marco van Herwaarden]

ImpEx is the import script available to our customers. In the case of importing from Snitz it can handle both importing from a MySQl or MSSQL database.

More information in our manual: Snitz

[webvan]

Thank you, it seems the import does not lose any data, I will give it a try. Does it handle redirection of search engines too, so as not to loose existing referencing?

[Marco van Herwaarden]

No it doesn't, but there is a sample 404.php script included that you can setup for this purpose.