(2012-03-11, 07:42)jmarshall Wrote: Things are going well - da-anda has been doing great work getting the convertor scripts up and running and actually converting useful stuff across to the new system.

Great job da-anda

(2012-03-12, 09:10)paavor Wrote: Good job with this forum conversion! Even my subscribed threads are saved!

I would say this vB3 to MyBB conversion was the best of it's kind I've ever seen.
It sure would take alot of time and superb php knowledge to accomplish it.

(2012-03-12, 18:25)theuni Wrote: Now that the new forum is up and running, we had to some mysql tuning to accomodate. Looks like we're much better off now.

Running quite well as I use it today.

(2012-03-15, 14:59)JoeLouie Wrote: I really like the look of MyBB. I currently run a forum using vBulletin, and I was debating switching to a free alternative, either phpBB (which I'm familiar with, and have used in the past) or MyBB (which I've never really used), and I think I've made up my mind after seeing this!
Good work guys!

da-anda: Thanks. The theme you see here is a mod of the default theme - so you won't get it "officially" somewhere. I also did some "hacks" using myBBs hook system to get the topbar working as intended etc. - but the theme is not the biggest issue for a conversion. If you would like to migrate EVERYTHING that myBB supports and you currently use in vB like we did (subscriptions, banned users, custom user fields, buddies, signature pics, spammers, blocked ips) then you have to mess around with the converter script. I had to write 8 custom converter modules and modified pretty much all existing converters to perform better. Also if you like to keep the IDs so that links work again you have to mess with the converter scripts. If time allows I'll try to contribute my modifications to the official myBB converter - but I'm not sure if they would accept my hacks.

@JoeL: I would be worried you would not be able to replicate the expert migration witnessed here. MyBB might require more resources than you are currently using and thus might be more costly to host. Do your homework before migrating !

(2012-03-18, 21:38)da-anda Wrote: we had some performance issues lately (probably because of the ATV3 post in the forum) and tried to lower the load by disabling some stuff - might come back again in a few days.

Hopefully with your skilled admin ability you can keep forum.xbmc.org going strong.
I also hope it isn't too much work for you. !
Fantastic work thus far !