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Any Of You Technical People Know How To Do This?

by Bryan Zimmerman
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I want to take a forum I have on SMF and move it over to V-bulletin, but I don't want to lose any of the information I already have over there as far as people being able to login without having to register again. All the posts and boards and stuff I want to just move over there too.

Anybody have any experience with this? I'm going to pay to have this done as well as set up a few new things over there, so if anyone knows how to do this, give me your rates
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  • Profile picture of the author RGallowitz
    You'll need to outsource it to someone who has database experience. It's actually just a simple database transfer and sync.



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    Reinhardt
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    • Profile picture of the author Bryan Zimmerman
      Originally Posted by RGallowitz View Post

      You'll need to outsource it to someone who has database experience. It's actually just a simple database transfer and sync.



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      Reinhardt
      Nothing is simple when it comes to me and technical stuff unfortunately

      James can vouch for that. lol
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      • Profile picture of the author TheRichJerksNet
        Originally Posted by Bryan Zimmerman View Post

        Nothing is simple when it comes to me and technical stuff unfortunately

        James can vouch for that. lol
        LOL .. Come on Bryan give yourself more credit dude ...

        As for forum software I went with SMF myself.. Any idea why you are wanting to upgrade to VB ??

        James
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        • Profile picture of the author Bryan Zimmerman
          Originally Posted by TheRichJerksNet View Post

          LOL .. Come on Bryan give yourself more credit dude ...

          As for forum software I went with SMF myself.. Any idea why you are wanting to upgrade to VB ??

          James
          LOL, come on man. You know what I do to this kind of stuff.

          There's just some stuff I want to do with it that I don't think I can do with SMF. There's some features on this forum that I would like to put on mine, and I'm pretty sure I cant do it with SMF.
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          • Profile picture of the author TheRichJerksNet
            Originally Posted by Bryan Zimmerman View Post

            LOL, come on man. You know what I do to this kind of stuff.

            There's just some stuff I want to do with it that I don't think I can do with SMF. There's some features on this forum that I would like to put on mine, and I'm pretty sure I cant do it with SMF.

            LOL .. SMF is limited and some things are not as nice as VB ... Was just curious why you wanted to switch ....

            I would do the transfer for you but I have no time.. Maybe go make a post in the webdesign forum ..

            James
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            • Profile picture of the author Bryan Zimmerman
              Originally Posted by TheRichJerksNet View Post

              LOL .. SMF is limited and some things are not as nice as VB ... Was just curious why you wanted to switch ....

              I would do the transfer for you but I have no time.. Maybe go make a post in the web design forum ..

              James
              LOL, come on man. You tell me you know how to do it then you tell me you have no time? That's like tap dancing on a landmine

              No worries, I'll get it.
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  • Profile picture of the author TheRichJerksNet
    Bryan,
    This would require matching up the database which is built 100% different.. It can be done but would require some time to do. A script would have to be created (unless you get a coder that has already created one for this purpose) and then the accounts would have to be transfered.

    Best bet is to find someone that has already created a script for this, otherwise it may end up cost you $100 or more just for the accounts to be transfered. If you are looking at transfering all post and etc then it will get into a more cplex script and cost a great deal more...

    James
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  • Profile picture of the author xiaophil
    Hey Bryan,

    What you're looking for is vBulletin's ImpEx Import System.

    This is what it can import from SMF.

    It even has it's own support forum.

    Looks pretty straightforward, take a backup and follow the manual.

    Funny thing though, a lot of people seem to want to go the other way. :confused:

    Cheers,
    Phil.
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    • Profile picture of the author Bryan Zimmerman
      Originally Posted by xiaophil View Post

      Hey Bryan,

      What you're looking for is vBulletin's ImpEx Import System.

      This is what it can import from SMF.

      It even has it's own support forum.

      Looks pretty straightforward, take a backup and follow the manual.

      Funny thing though, a lot of people seem to want to go the other way. :confused:

      Cheers,
      Phil.
      Awesome, thanks Phil.

      Now I just need to find someone to do it for me, cause I will screw it up

      Why do you think a lot of people want to go the other way though? Can't you do more stuff with v-bulletin than SMF?
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  • Profile picture of the author AverageGuy
    as far as I know, that import tool from VB is pretty good. and VB is not free, but it is the best forum software, that's sure. many people want go from VB to SMF? maybe you are confused by VB with phpbb?


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  • Profile picture of the author InternetM39482
    vBulletin has something called Import/Export (ImpEx).

    It'll help you do that but if you're not good at the technical sides, I'd recommend outsourcing it to someone.
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    • Profile picture of the author Bryan Zimmerman
      Originally Posted by Swastik View Post

      It'll help you do that but if you're not good at the technical sides, I'd recommend outsourcing it to someone.
      Yea, I know better than to try and do it myself. there's a 100% chance that I will screw it up beyond repair. I've learned not to screw with stuff that has anything to do with anything technical.

      Anybody done this before that knows how to do it? I'd rather outsource it to someone here, than going to rent a coder or somewhere else.
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  • Profile picture of the author Anup Mahajan
    Whatever you do, take multiple backups before you start the export process
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