Moving from Vbulletin to Xenforo

Mick

Administrator
Staff member
Administrator
Joined
Jan 19, 1999
Messages
32,153
Reaction score
9,217
Hi All,

We are planning a forum move from vbulletin to Xenforo ASAP!

It will either be this weekend or next weekend, this depends on if I can get the downloads sorted.

We have 300,000 members, and almost 3 million posts, 5000 downloads - it will be a big task!

I have managed the forum migration on my DEV BOARD - but the problem we face is our customisation's, I have wrote many of them myself in php, and they will all need to be ported over to Xenforro.

What I would like to do!

Is get the forum and downloads ported over and then run from there.

All other modifications can be done as we go.

I also plan to upgrade our php (front end) server, we have had the same server for around 3/4 years - it is beast of a server anyway but we want a new beast!

Basically I am asking you to be considerate - not everything will be the way you like to begin with and will take maybe a month or so before we get the site looking and feeling like it should!

Thank you for reading.

Mick
 
Nice one Mick hope the move to Xenforo goes nice and smooth

will probs have a few bugs on some of you vb addons but will be loads better when its all sorted out ;)


i have a bit knowledge on VB and Xenforo so if you ever need a bit of a hand give me a shout
 
Hi All,

We are planning a forum move from vbulletin to Xenforo ASAP!

It will either be this weekend or next weekend, this depends on if I can get the downloads sorted.

We have 300,000 members, and almost 3 million posts, 5000 downloads - it will be a big task!

I have managed the forum migration on my DEV BOARD - but the problem we face is our customisation's, I have wrote many of them myself in php, and they will all need to be ported over to Xenforro.

What I would like to do!

Is get the forum and downloads ported over and then run from there.

All other modifications can be done as we go.

I also plan to upgrade our php (front end) server, we have had the same server for around 3/4 years - it is beast of a server anyway but we want a new beast!

Basically I am asking you to be considerate - not everything will be the way you like to begin with and will take maybe a month or so before we get the site looking and feeling like it should!

Thank you for reading.

Mick
A lot of forums are moving across to Xenforo now mick and its a hell of a task to undertake on,Platform is very different and the members will find it takes some time to get used to,I am on a few forums and i must admit it takes a while to like but i much prefer using it now and the features are really good to,I expect the forum will be down for a couple of days at least while change over takes place,Hope it goes well and best of luck
 
A lot of forums are moving across to Xenforo now mick and its a hell of a task to undertake on,Platform is very different and the members will find it takes some time to get used to,I am on a few forums and i must admit it takes a while to like but i much prefer using it now and the features are really good to,I expect the forum will be down for a couple of days at least while change over takes place,Hope it goes well and best of luck

Thanks LES,

I also believe with the new features of Xenforo and the support by developers will mean we will have a much more flexible base to work from.

Yes, Members will think what the ****!!!, we have been online for nearly 20 years and I would say 15+ has been on vbulletin (UBB before that lol). I will do my best to find a skin that will accommodate them!
We will not touch VB5 with a barge pole, and as mentioned earlier modifications and developer support on xenforo is fantastic.

I do not plan any down time though... it should be an easy swap over (lol maybe).

Mick
 
You can allow the members to use a couple off different skins with Xenforo i believe ,I like the black skin as find the white really hard on the eyes
 
You can allow the members to use a couple off different skins with Xenforo i believe ,I like the black skin as find the white really hard on the eyes

We will 100% cater for a dark and light skin.

I personally like lighter skins, I feel they are more professional.

Mick
 
Look forward to seeing it,Members will be in for a surprise though as its nothing like what they are used to
 
Yup thats the Xenforo layout,You a bible basher to then mick ,I just like the darker stuff but that is a matter of choice,No such thing as a pm with this firmware,Its a conversation on the ones i have used unless you have different options to use on the forum
 
Yup thats the Xenforo layout,You a bible basher to then mick ,I just like the darker stuff but that is a matter of choice,No such thing as a pm with this firmware,Its a conversation on the ones i have used unless you have different options to use on the forum

We will have 1 dark skin and 1 light skin.

No Lol, not a bible basher... just liked the skin they use and the USE of the skin!

Mick
 
We will have 1 dark skin and 1 light skin.

No Lol, not a bible basher... just liked the skin they use and the USE of the skin!

Mick

kinda excited about the change! Some of the demo ones you posted above looked very crisp and fresh. The current layout on my monitor means that a 3rd of the screen is not used but with the demo ones it filled the screen. Not sure how relevant that is to you but I liked it. Like most places you will get the haters and the people who go by the rule 'if it aint broken don't fix it'. I for one am not one of those people!
 
black and green one is more of a boy racer skin lol

Wishful thinking, I still think i'm in my 20's. We will find the right skins :)

I will install with the basic xenforo skin and ask the members what they want :)
@Rat you might be VIP but what you saying... you know I wanted to do this for ages!

kinda excited about the change!
Me too @fus10n
Mick
 
Good luck with the port over @Mick hope it goes hassle free for you ;)
 
Last edited by a moderator:
I looked at the skins and the demo you posted @Mick and tbh I liked what I see mate :)
Im another for the light skin and those skins look fresh and modern :)

Looking forward see seeing it all done mate :) good luck and I hope it goes smoothly for you
 
Last edited by a moderator:
I hope there will be an option for an original skin look (blue/grey) or I will be sad :(
 
My preference is the lighter skin but if option is there for both to switch between then that better :)
 
lighter for me looks a good choice
 
lighter for me as well i can see it then , i'm getting old pmsl guys
 
Back
Top