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The Developer. About Developer. Category: 4. Version: 4. I will use this to keep the most recent impex master build hosted here. We suggest reading it before getting started. User Documentation Installation The basics of the installations are as follows: Download the package from github and extract the files from the zip. Rename the vbimpex folder to impex.

Rename the ImpExConfig. Upload the ImpEx files to your server in the same folder as your vBulletin file s. ImpEx passcode Since ImpEx is no longer distrubuted though the vBulletin build servers, a passcode feature has been added. This allows you to secure your installation. We highly recommend you set a good and secure password.

This will be the password you use to get into the impex system. By default it is set to Code:. Does it support Mybb most up to date version 1. Why is this post not a Sticky? All the other Impex threads reference Xenforo. This is required to fix a bug in the code- if any attachment contains a single-quote ' character you would get a database error without this fix.

Edit 3 is only necessary if you are importing CMS data. This is because the word NULL must be explicitly stated if the value in question is blank, empty or zero. Last Update: January 1, Find all posts by final kaoss Likes Received: Well that is interesting. I guess they wanted to keep that under their hat a little bit instead of telling paying customers about this new development.

Find all posts by HM Likes Received: IB Staff. Nobody wanted to keep anything "under their hat". There wouldn't be much point emailing existing customers about ImpEx. ImpEx is designed for new customers. B's homepage! Find all posts by Mark. B Likes Received: All of the community sourced fixes are in the impex from ib, i'm going to continue working on fixing stuff, or at least making it work well enough for the time being. I'm going to do my best to maintain it long term. There is already a beta build which is disabling strict notices.

The following members like this post: ozzy47 , HM , Princeton. Originally Posted by Mark. B Nobody wanted to keep anything "under their hat". The following members like this post: Brandon Sheley , Max Taxable. Digital Jedi. Does that mean we'll be getting an Impex forum in the Open Source section?

Find all posts by Digital Jedi Likes Received: Brandon Sheley. Find all posts by Brandon Sheley Likes Received: Why would vbulletin email users to let them know about this, there is no way for vbulletin to make money off it.

End of the story. The following members like this post: HM Originally Posted by Brandon Sheley Why would vbulletin email users to let them know about this, there is no way for vbulletin to make money off it.

That's true but it's also not the main point of the discussion so far either. I probably would've been interested in it had I been emailed about it or notified about it via announcement on.

The following members like this post: Brandon Sheley. Originally Posted by Zachery To be fair, we didn't have to open source the software. The following members like this post: Max Taxable , final kaoss. I'm not really a developer, so anything going forward will probably be slow on my end. If people log issues in my repo, I'll do my best to help work though them, or hopefully get community help.

I'm going to do my best to maintain the project on myend anyway. I've reached out to Andreas to see if he is okay with me including his xenForo importer in the package.

I believe I've also applied a workaround to fixing an issue with his code. I just can't publish it yet without permission from him. Since its not marked as re-useable code, and there is no included license otherwise. All times are GMT. The time now is Contact Us - vBulletin. All Rights Reserved. User Name. Impex is Open Source now.