Thinking of downgrading and losing everything

[Zachery]

Originally Posted by RichieBoy67

I bet you could use Impex but I am not positive. Any idea on this if it would work Zachary or anyone?

Just create a new default Vbulletin install of the version you want and import the data from the version 5 forum using Impex.

Nope. Vbulletin 5 isn't a valid source, and there isn't a map for impex for it.

I think time would be better spent identifying the issues that you're having now, and working to correct them.

[discipleinc]

Image and video issues. Users can not upload videos or pictures with out issue.

Sometimes you go back to a thread and images or videos are missing.

Avatar issues.

Mobile issues, even with tapatalk.

Little things like that. But they keep the users from wanting to come back because of how difficult it is to make a post. Even lost a site sponsor because they could not post pictures of their product. Just had one of my moderators vote to downgrade and start over.

I am thinking this is the route we want to take, but is there ANY way to salvage our content? Will all of our users have to RE-register?

--------------- Added [DATE]1394810491[/DATE] at [TIME]1394810491[/TIME] ---------------

Originally Posted by Zachery

I think time would be better spent identifying the issues that you're having now, and working to correct them.

This is what I keep hearing but no one has a solution on how exactly to fix them. I am not a programmer, I am an average Joe who would like to build a forum for a community of people. I believe there is success in this and it will be a very big forum in the future, not with set backs like this though.

[TNCclubman]

how about importing vB5 into another software, then using impex to import to vb4? Theres a vB5 tool to convert to IPB

[Zachery]

Originally Posted by discipleinc

Image and video issues. Users can not upload videos or pictures with out issue.

Sometimes you go back to a thread and images or videos are missing.

Avatar issues.

Mobile issues, even with tapatalk.

Little things like that. But they keep the users from wanting to come back because of how difficult it is to make a post. Even lost a site sponsor because they could not post pictures of their product. Just had one of my moderators vote to downgrade and start over.

I am thinking this is the route we want to take, but is there ANY way to salvage our content? Will all of our users have to RE-register?

--------------- Added 14 Mar 2014 at 11:21 ---------------


This is what I keep hearing but no one has a solution on how exactly to fix them. I am not a programmer, I am an average Joe who would like to build a forum for a community of people. I believe there is success in this and it will be a very big forum in the future, not with set backs like this though.

First, lets start with the images / videos.

You should have no issues uploading either, assuming you had no issues uploading them in 4.

Check your attachment settings: AdminCP > Attachments > Attachment MAnager

Are all of your attachment types setup to be large enough to host the images users want? vBulletin 3/4 will attempt to resize images to fit to the limits, 5 has a bug where it is not. Though this is either corrected in 5.1.0 or 5.1.1, I don't remember which off the top of my head, but I suspect its 5.1.1.

I've never heard of images, or videos disappearing from a thread before.

What specific issue with avatars?

Can you try upgrading to 5.1.0?

[discipleinc]

Originally Posted by Zachery

First, lets start with the images / videos.

You should have no issues uploading either, assuming you had no issues uploading them in 4.

Check your attachment settings: AdminCP > Attachments > Attachment MAnager

Are all of your attachment types setup to be large enough to host the images users want? vBulletin 3/4 will attempt to resize images to fit to the limits, 5 has a bug where it is not. Though this is either corrected in 5.1.0 or 5.1.1, I don't remember which off the top of my head, but I suspect its 5.1.1.

I've never heard of images, or videos disappearing from a thread before.

What specific issue with avatars?

Can you try upgrading to 5.1.0?

Tell me how to upgrade and I will get some one on it.

Avatar issues, it selects what portion of the avatar it wants to and displays it. Certain parts of the image will be cut off or missing and a black box will fill the rest of the avatar area.

Sometimes avatars will upload sideways instead of normal. Some times it will not let users adjust images at all.

[Zachery]

<a href="http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/upgrade" target="_blank">http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/upgrade</a>

I've never seen an avatar upload sideways, that is new.

[discipleinc]

Yeah there are several tricky things happening. Lots of data errors and complications. Mostly with Images.

Hell, I posted an announcement and the entire site crashed. was lucky to open the announcement back up and delete it.

[Zachery]

Yea, that is a bug specific to 5.0.5 that has been resolved in 5.1.0.

[discipleinc]

sent you a PM zach.

[mphensley]

Originally Posted by Zachery

Yea, that is a bug specific to 5.0.5 that has been resolved in 5.1.0.

Which was very welcomed, I must say.