migrate from drupaltin

[dindon]

is there any instruction to migrate from drupaltin to vbdrupal?
did i miss it?

Thanks

[sifuhall]

Drupaltin is a different product from a different developer.

The migration from drupal may work.

[dindon]

where's the guidance about migration from drupal 5.x ?
can i revert back from vbdrupal to drupal itself vice versa?

Thanks

[sanlouisfeng]

where's the guidance about migration from drupal 5.x ?
can i revert back from vbdrupal to drupal itself vice versa?

Thanks

We are in the same satuiation!

I want to transfer my 5.2 installation from drupal to vbdrupal 5.2.2, and I just don't know how!
I've spend a whole day working on it, but still can't get it work without problem!

Could elmuerte write something about it?

>>Sorry for my english! :)

[Goddess]

look in the install directory readme.

if i understand drupalitn correctly, you should be able to uninstall it and have your vb install intact and you're drupal install intact, but seperate. you can install vbdrupal over that, but i don't know about the drupal side content you got while running drupaltin, though.

you may have to recreate that part...

[sanlouisfeng]

Drupaltin is a different product from a different developer.

The migration from drupal may work.

I am grade to hear this!

Could you tell us how to migrate!
What's the difference in the database with both default installation of drupal and vbdrupal!
what will be added? and which table will be altered?

Thanks a lot! ;)

[sanlouisfeng]

look in the install directory readme.

if i understand drupalitn correctly, you should be able to uninstall it and have your vb install intact and you're drupal install intact, but seperate. you can install vbdrupal over that, but i don't know about the drupal side content you got while running drupaltin, though.

you may have to recreate that part...

I find it!

Changes from Drupal

The code base of vbDrupal does not differ much from the Drupal code base, we tried to keep it as much as compatible as possible. However, there are some important changes to the Drupal code that might result in a Drupal module not being compatible with vbDrupal.

The following important changes were made:

User module
Since user management is performed mainly from vBulletin certain parts of the user module have been edited.
Forum module
The Drupal forum module has been removed. Modules dependingon the forum module therefor do not work, then again, these modules might not have any use anyway.
Comment module
vbDrupal has it's own comment module that makes use of the vBulletin software. It does not identify itself as the drupal comment module. We still provide the original Drupal comment module and you can active it anytime you want. However, the Drupal comment module and vbDrupal comment module conflict with eachother and therefore should not be activated at the same time. Modules making use of the comment module should work in the same manner as if the comment module was simply noy activated.
Database support
The database functionality is completely handled by the vBulletin database subsystem. Therefor only the databases that vBulletin supports are supported by vbDrupal.
Session management
Session handling is handled by vBulletin and subhandled by vbDrupal. It should be fully compatible with Drupal's standard session handling. Drupal sessions only exist in the Drupal space. While the vBulletin session exist in both the forum and Drupal space. vBulletin plugins that modify the session behavior will also have an effect in the Drupal space.

So how to migrate? I am in the default drupal 5.2 installation with lots of post.

[Goddess]

this is the section of the readme i was referring to:


Conversion from Drupal

Conversion from Drupal is possible, yet very experimental. Check the vbDrupal website (http://www.vbdrupal.org/) for updates on his subject.
Conversion to Drupal

vbDrupal is constructed in such a way that you can convert it to a stock Drupal installation without too much effort. In fact the only thing you will have to do is copy or move the Drupal database tables. The tables used by vbDrupal have the following naming convention: <vbulletin prefix>drupal_<table name>. For example if your vBulletin database prefix is vb_ then the vbDrupal user table will have the name: vb_drupal_users.
Install a stock Drupal installation that has the same version number as the vbDrupal installation you are currently using. Do not install any database tables for it, just set up the database access. Now copy the vbdrupal tables to the right location using phpMyAdmin (there are other ways to do it but it might be much more difficult). If your Drupal database configuration is correct the site should be in a working state right now.


However, it doesn't hit conversion from both an active drupal and an active vbulletin. and when you say you have lots of posts, are you talking about vb posts or drupal posts or both?

[Goddess]

i'm wondering if you couldn't set up a test site with your current vbulletin database. uninstall drupaltin. install vb drupal over that and look at the possibility of copying content from your live drupaltin install to your new, vbdrupal install? i don't know what complications might come up with that, though.

[sanlouisfeng]

i'm wondering if you couldn't set up a test site with your current vbulletin database. uninstall drupaltin. install vb drupal over that and look at the possibility of copying content from your live drupaltin install to your new, vbdrupal install? i don't know what complications might come up with that, though.

Posts on the drupal!

That's really painful!~ But I am sure that there is a way to make it!

I'll try it out tomorrow! see you!:)

[Goddess]

if it were me, i would head over to drupal.org and look for info about moving a drupal install. that's sort of what you're doing, but not exactly. that's how i personally would approach it, but i'm a little leary of giving you direct advice because i'm not certain enough of the implications to know i'm not steering you wrong.

[Goddess]

and realize that i'm not talking about moving your drupal post manually. they are in the database, along with what i would expect to be the same authors that you have in the vb database and would, therefore, have in drupal. the info is all already there. it's figuring out how to move it that's the trick.

also, this is usually a lot easier if you are using some kind of database utility. i like navacat a lot...

[sanlouisfeng]

I quit the migration from drupal5.2, that's rather hard for me! Thanks Goddess! ;)