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Old Dec 25th, 2007, 08:53
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Editing Downloaded Forums

Hi Forums,

I have this forums that I have downloaded and installed here but I don't know how to edit it to look like my website. Please help coz I know its a long way to make my own. Thanks

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Old Dec 25th, 2007, 09:51
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Re: Editing Downloaded Forums

Vbulletin is easier to customize but it costs money.
Daniel may help you with PHPBB when you know.. it's not christmas
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Re: Editing Downloaded Forums

I'd get rid of that forum for a start and download phpbb3
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Re: Editing Downloaded Forums

I have got the phpbb3 but I cant upload the previous version database. Thats a big problem

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Re: Editing Downloaded Forums

I now have the vbulletin forums. is there a way to backup the users, passwords and posts that are in the phpbb to the vbulletin?

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Re: Editing Downloaded Forums

That's a lot or work to do..
First thing first: Backup your MySQL database!
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Download impex from the vbulletin.com site, it's in the same place you download vbulletin.
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Re: Editing Downloaded Forums

will this help from importing users from other type of forums eg from phpbb to vbulletin?

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