How hard is it to transfer vbulletin from one domain to another.
 

I want to move my exisiting forums on one domain to another domain. I've never attempted this, nor was i even the one who installed vb in the first place. Just wondering how difficult it will be and if i will be able to keep everything as is, posts, users, ect.

Nothing on their site about it?

Shouldn't be too difficult but just technical.

Do a dump of the mysql db ( in zip format ).

Install the script on the other domain, including the new database. Then drop ( delete ) the tables of the new database. Then import the dump of the old database...
Site will be as it was, unless you have mods on the original domain.
If so, copy the mods to new domain.

Warning This is very dificult and requires highly advanced expertise.

Simply backing up the database and importing it again will require a full reinstalation of your forum.

I am most willing to help you with it (I have a lot of experience with it), you could however also request paid support from vBulletin.com.

It's not difficult.

You have to export the .sql file then upload it to another server. Then via telnet you import the sql file to the MySQL servers. Copy the files from one server to another and change the options and voila.

There's detailed instructions at the VBulletin site, just check their manual there's a whole tutorial dedicated to this. :thumbsup

If you need some assistance ICQ# 168048147

thanks for the advice. i don't even have to move the files from one server to another. all i need to do is change the domain name, if thats possible.

Yes, it is ...

Just make sure that your config.php file ( or similar appellation ) reflects the new domain name. You can edit that with notepad, and FTP it back to the server.

BTW, do you have a control Panel ? If so, it should allow you to rename your domain name to another domain name. Then do as I said above.

As hard as limestone, but not as hard as steel.

If you are using a control panel of some sort, you can change this very easily. If there is no control panel and it's just running a web server (ie. apache), it's actually just editing one file and restarting. Either way, you have to contact your host (or whoever has admin access) to get it changed.

I really hope this was a joke. :1orglaugh

It isn't, the latest vBulletin versions (3.6.x) aren't just moveable to a difrent server without the right preperation. If you would do that you will most likely loose your forum requiring you to reinstall it again.

The datastorage engine is really super advanced.

First: The original question was moving a vbulletin forum from one domain to another. This does not require moving to a different server nor a different account even. And yes, if it does require moving a forum between two different server, it does require some preparation but I bet an 11 year old can do it very easily.

Second: I've used vBulletin since v1.3. vBulletin does not have its own "datastorage engine". It requires you to connect it to a third-party database server such as MySQL or PostgreSQL. Read.

Yeah I don't know what that guy is brabbling about... it is really simple and even if someone finds it hard, it's explained in detail on the VB tutorial. :1orglaugh

Super easy.