sunster13 Posted January 7, 2007 Share Posted January 7, 2007 Hey,I was wondering if it was possible to merge vb 3.6.x to IPB 2.2? Is there any possible way, even whereas I have to convert to IPB 2.2 then merge? By merging I mean combining my posts and the others forums' posts so they are all on the IPB board.Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mat Barrie Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 There is no stock method to merge two seperate forums together. You're either installing a new forum, upgrading an existing IP.Board forum, or upgrading a competing board into a blank database. You should probably actually email them though - the conversions team might be able to do something with this (be aware that conversions are an EXTRA $60 USD on top of the price though!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunster13 Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 There is no stock method to merge two seperate forums together. You're either installing a new forum, upgrading an existing IP.Board forum, or upgrading a competing board into a blank database. You should probably actually email them though - the conversions team might be able to do something with this (be aware that conversions are an EXTRA $60 USD on top of the price though!)Alright, looks like I might be out of luck. I'll try emailing them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErwinB Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 As said above, the best thing to do is to contact the conversion team. It *may* be possible to merge two IP.Board forums running the same version, but here you'll have to convert your vB to IP.Board before trying to merge them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C_ind Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 I believe it's possible the other way around though, importing IPB to vB and then merging two vB boards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RawkBob Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 I believe it's possible the other way around though, importing IPB to vB and then merging two vB boards.I'm sure it is, but the topic originator said he wanted them both to run IPB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunster13 Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 I believe it's possible the other way around though, importing IPB to vB and then merging two vB boards.Possibly, but like Bob said, I'd like to run on an IPB. Thanks for informing me though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uratoh Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 Use Impex. It's vBulletin's conversion software, and it's quite useful for more than just conversions. Unlike most converters, it doesn't clear the database before it imports the new data, it actually IMPORTS it, so any data in the database to begin with will still be there.My advice is to use Impex to import the IPB database into the vBulletin database, then use IPS's converter to convert the vBulletin into IPB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunster13 Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 Use Impex. It's vBulletin's conversion software, and it's quite useful for more than just conversions. Unlike most converters, it doesn't clear the database before it imports the new data, it actually IMPORTS it, so any data in the database to begin with will still be there.My advice is to use Impex to import the IPB database into the vBulletin database, then use IPS's converter to convert the vBulletin into IPB.Actually that's a great idea. Never thought of that.Now, will the 3.5.x converter also work with 3.6.x? Because as far as I know there is no converter for 3.6.x. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davy Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 Our converter will convert from 3.x (Both 3.5 and 3.6) to IPB 2.2.http://community.ipslink.com/board/convert.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 I believe the passwords aren't converted though (not possible since vb uses also a one-way algo for storing them, anyway just thought I'd mention it...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elj Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 I believe the passwords aren't converted though (not possible since vb uses also a one-way algo for storing them, anyway just thought I'd mention it...)I'm sure it will, I think the vB convertor is one of the most used so they'll have ironed out any bugs in it quite a way back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 It would highly surprise me, the password isn't stored in plain text so there's no way to rehash it with the ipb algorithm. Anyway someone who already did the conversion can probably shed a light on this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mat Barrie Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 It would highly surprise me, the password isn't stored in plain text so there's no way to rehash it with the ipb algorithm. Anyway someone who already did the conversion can probably shed a light on this...To my knowledge, the first time you log into a "migrated" installation, you are required to set a new password. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange_Will Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 I'm sure it will, I think the vB convertor is one of the most used so they'll have ironed out any bugs in it quite a way back.It's not a bug, it's security. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XtremeBrain Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 Howcome this tool does not work for me?I run vbul 3.6.7 and in the converter tool i can go till the screen to fill up all details, but after that it doesn't do anythingSo plz help me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfarber Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 As for the passwords, the first time the user logs in after converting from a software with a one-way password scheme, if the authentication passes that application's scheme we know the password is valid. We then take the raw password, perform our own hashing, and store the password in IPB in our own format. Just for those curious.@XtremeBrain, I'm afraid we don't provide support via our company forums here. I recommend submitting a ticket for assistance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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