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Frequently Asked Questions about forum migrations

Oct 16
Q. Is my forum shut down during the migration?
A. During a portion of the migration process, the old forums must have registrations and postings turned off. This is so there is a "frozen" state on the old forums that will be consistent with the new forums.

Q. How long is my forum turned off during the migration?
A. That's like asking how long a piece of string is! On a serious note, there's no way we can give a firm time span because of different forum sizes, web server speeds, database speeds, free RAM on the system, and so on. As a general rule, smaller forums under 1 million posts can expect about an hour, while larger...
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Scheduling your forum migration

Aug 27
After we've discussed forum migration, and you've filled out the migration information sheet, you'll need to schedule a time for the initial import at least one week in advance. Rush orders are available in some cases, and there are rush fees that vary depending on your forum size, addons, etc.
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VBulletin to Xenforo Migration Data Sheet

Aug 05
For VBulletin to Xenforo forum migrations, we'll need you to fill out the following information sheet (after you've hired us):

https://driven2services.com/vbulletin-xenforo-information/
For other form migrations, we will let you know what information we need.
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Read this if you are moving to a new server as part of your upgrade

Jul 30
If you are moving servers as part of your forum upgrade, we consider this to be two separate projects, and each process is done independently. It is done one of the following two ways, depending on the set up of each server:

1. The old forum software is migrated to the new forum software, then the site is transferred to the new server.
or
2. The site is transferred to the new server, then the old forum software is migrated to the new forum software.

While combining them into one step can be done (and we've done it), it is far more time consuming, and there's a greater chance it will run into unforeseen issues.

Can we make exceptions...
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Xenforo Migration Requirements

Jun 18
(Updated September 23rd, 2019)

We need the following information from you before we do any migration work. We will request this via email or private conversation - never post this information public.

Requirements:

- You must have run and passed the Xenforo compatibility checker: https://xenforo.com/purchase/requirements-zip

- We need the ability to make backups, create databases, and copy/extract archive files. This requires CPanel, CyberPanel, WHM, CWPanel, DirectAdmin or hosts with modified CPanel such as GoDaddy. If you do not have one of these, you must supply us with SSH login information. SSH access is our...
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New Support Forum

Jun 07
Hello everyone!

Due to our business growing, and a growing number of emails, conversation messages, support tickets and questions we're now launching our support forum.

We'll be creating FAQs, articles and more to answer your questions in advance to help provide you with better service by reducing the number of back and forth emails/messages.

Before contacting us privately please check out relevant FAQs.
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