Help on profile picture after importing from vbulletin

blueyonder

I have a vbulletin 4.0.8 that uses a file system for its avatars and profile picture. I wanted to import my vbulletin forum to a vanilla forum..done with the importer tool, done with uploading it in my server, the users and all the posts are now there.. the only problem is the avatar not showing. I know i havent downloaded it from my vbulletin yet but where do i download it and where should i upload it in a vanilla forum? thanks so much!

Linc

It's in the comments for VanillaPorter: https://github.com/lincolnwebs/VanillaPorter/blob/master/class.vbulletin.php

Quoting:

1) Avatars should be moved to the filesystem prior to export if they
are stored in the database. Copy all the avatar_* files from
vBulletin's /customavatars folder to Vanilla's /upload/userpics.
IMPORTANT: Make /userpics writable by the server BEFORE IMPORTING.

2) Attachments should likewise be moved to the filesystem prior to
export. Copy all attachments from vBulletin's attachments folder to
Vanilla's /upload folder without changing the internal folder structure.
IMPORTANT: Enable the FileUpload plugin BEFORE IMPORTING.

422

Is it userpics? Not 100% on that though

blueyonder

any thorough guide on importing from vbulletin 4 to vanilla 2?

422

http://vanillaforums.com/blog/help/importing-data/

May help

blueyonder

i followed that but theres no specific instructions about userpics..

422

Message @Lincoln hes the vb import guru

Linc

It's in the comments for VanillaPorter: https://github.com/lincolnwebs/VanillaPorter/blob/master/class.vbulletin.php

Quoting:

1) Avatars should be moved to the filesystem prior to export if they
are stored in the database. Copy all the avatar_* files from
vBulletin's /customavatars folder to Vanilla's /upload/userpics.
IMPORTANT: Make /userpics writable by the server BEFORE IMPORTING.

2) Attachments should likewise be moved to the filesystem prior to
export. Copy all attachments from vBulletin's attachments folder to
Vanilla's /upload folder without changing the internal folder structure.
IMPORTANT: Enable the FileUpload plugin BEFORE IMPORTING.

422

Thanks Lincoln

blueyonder

thanks for that reply! im going to re-import the file to vanilla after placing the avatars and attachments in the upload folder and ill post if im successful! thanks!

blueyonder

nice! it was successful! thanks linc! awesome support!

422

Sweet !