04-30-2020, 10:51 PM
XenForo is a paid Forum script - comes with a license fee. However, looks like another Forum I'm a member off is thinking of changing from myBB to XenForo.
I'm curious to know if there are members at post4vps who have gone through the experience of changing from a myBB Forum to XenForo Forum? What were the challenges that stood out the most? For example, I see there is a tool in XenForo to import a myBB Forum. Have you tried to do that, and what are the challenges to watch out for when you import myBB Forum to XenForo?
I'm also wondering if one has a myBB database, if one would be able to import it to XenForo via phpmyadmin? Like I was wondering whether one could create an empty database in phpmyadmin, install XenForo with that empty database, and then import the myBB database content into the empty XenForo database? Wishful thinking?
Something neat I learned through quick research was that many XenForo users are creating the XenForo forum with a WordPress Website. I checked through a tutorial where one database is used for both WordPress and XenForo. WordPress is the Website, and then through WordPress Menu is linked to XenForo Forum sharing the same database. However, can't help but wonder how secure that would be - probably better to stick with a static Website along side the Forum:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUicFhUl4Zo
I'm curious to know if there are members at post4vps who have gone through the experience of changing from a myBB Forum to XenForo Forum? What were the challenges that stood out the most? For example, I see there is a tool in XenForo to import a myBB Forum. Have you tried to do that, and what are the challenges to watch out for when you import myBB Forum to XenForo?
I'm also wondering if one has a myBB database, if one would be able to import it to XenForo via phpmyadmin? Like I was wondering whether one could create an empty database in phpmyadmin, install XenForo with that empty database, and then import the myBB database content into the empty XenForo database? Wishful thinking?
Something neat I learned through quick research was that many XenForo users are creating the XenForo forum with a WordPress Website. I checked through a tutorial where one database is used for both WordPress and XenForo. WordPress is the Website, and then through WordPress Menu is linked to XenForo Forum sharing the same database. However, can't help but wonder how secure that would be - probably better to stick with a static Website along side the Forum:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUicFhUl4Zo