Invision Power Board 1.1 Importer needs testing

The importer is now available in the Members Area at

http://www.vbulletin.com/members/imports.html
or
http://www.vbulletin-germany.com/members/imports.html

I have heard all the requests for an Invision Power Board 1.1/1.2 import script and now it is done (I hope).
It is possible that it could work with all vB 2.2.x versions but I have tested it only with vB 2.2.9+. I don't know how much bbimport.php changed over the versions and if it will work with older ones.

It imports users, custom avatars, usergroups, buddys, categories, forums, threads, posts, attachments, polls, private messages, private message folders, subscribed forums and subscribed threads.

To make it easy to use it is written as a plugin like all the other official importers.


Requirements: vBulletin and IPB 1.1/1.2 on the same MySQL server. It doesn't matter if they are in the same or in different databases (but different databases need the same MySQL user/pass).


Sucsessful imported IPBs
http://www.aximsite.com/boards


01/30/03 imports usergroups

[blakkboy]

sounds cool im going to try this out today

[maxboost107]

I like to test it
green_eyed_prican@yahoo.com

[maxboost107]

ok , i think i have downloaded it but , how do i run it ?

Warning: main(./../admin/bbimport.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /opt/lampp/htdocs/db/1/bbimport_invib.php on line 4

where is this file @ ?
sorry for newbie questions

[pogo]

You have to copy it in a directory called importers inside your vbulletin directory.

[MaxScript]

Originally Posted by pogo

The importer is now available in the Members Area at

http://www.vbulletin.com/members/imports.html
or
http://www.vbulletin-germany.com/members/imports.html

I have heard all the requests for an Invision Power Board 1.1/1.2 import script and now it is done (I hope).
It is possible that it could work with all vB 2.2.x versions but I have tested it only with vB 2.2.9+. I don't know how much bbimport.php changed over the versions and if it will work with older ones.

It imports users, custom avatars, usergroups, buddys, categories, forums, threads, posts, attachments, polls, private messages, private message folders, subscribed forums and subscribed threads.

To make it easy to use it is written as a plugin like all the other official importers.


Requirements: vBulletin and IPB 1.1/1.2 on the same MySQL server. It doesn't matter if they are in the same or in different databases (but different databases need the same MySQL user/pass).


Sucsessful imported IPBs
http://forum.gamewizards.net/
http://www.aximsite.com/boards


01/30/03 imports usergroups

worked great ... thanks

[MkJnr]

I have tried to convert my Invision Board using this script and it does all the posts and members and everything it should, just the problem is that it's not converting quotes used:

e.g

This is what a quote shows like in my vB:

<!--QuoteBegin-Mark+Nov 12 2003, 01:36 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Mark @ Nov 12 2003, 01:36 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->

It seems as if it hasn't converted it correctly? Also member's signatures just show up as html rather than BB Code as I was expected. I have Invision Board version 1.2 and the vB 2.3.2 is the one I was converting to.

Thanks for any help,

Mark

[pogo]

Try this to convert the quotes correctly:

Open bbimport_invib.php and change in line 47

PHP Code:

$post = preg_replace('#<!--QuoteBegin--([^"]*)\+([^"]*)-->([^"]*)<!--QuoteEBegin-->#siU' 


to

PHP Code:

$post = preg_replace('#<!--QuoteBegin-{1,2}([^"]*)\+([^"]*)-->([^"]*)<!--QuoteEBegin-->#si' 


Are specific html tags not converted in the signatures or are all tags affected?

[MkJnr]

Hi,

Cheers for that I'll try it out when I try and convert again

Here's an example of how a signature shows on the forum:

<img src='http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/38275000/jpg/_38275077_juventus_ap300.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /><img src='http://diem101.ing.unibo.it/personale/marra/image/italian_flag_a.gif' border='0' alt='user posted image' /><img src='http://sport.supereva.it/omartin/on.gif' border='0' alt='user posted image' /

So the [IMG] tag hasn't been converted properly I'm guessing?

When there was URL code used it has been converted correctlty however.

Mark

[pogo]

Ok, change line 37 from

PHP Code:

       $post = preg_replace('#<img src=\'([^"]*)\' border=\'0\' alt=\'user posted image\'>#siU', '[img]https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/[/img]', $post); 


to

PHP Code:

       $post = preg_replace('#<img src=\'([^"]*)\' border=\'0\' alt=\'user posted image\'(\s/)?>#siU', '[img]https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/[/img]', $post); 


[CdaKnight]

I have a question: This hasn't been modified to work for Invision Board 1.3 has it? Or does it have the same database schema as 1.2x? I forget. I administrate another vB, and have been looking to get one for myself, but I have IPB 1.3 and would want to move everything (users, attachments, etc) over to the vB when it's purchased.(bloody piece of ++++e PIB is).

So if anybody knows, please reply!