"link contgained in the text"? I'm not sure that I understand... The new forum software has completely new urls, I don't believe they mirror that used of either Classic or the previous Threads. The URL's will be differant, id's will be differant, etc.
however, the redirectors that come with the importer will read the data inserted in the import_map table and forward users to the new location based on what the old id's where.
The new software simply copies your old data, it doesn't delete it for you, so your old "stuff" will remain where it is; there is both a cgi and php redirector with the import file which you can send users to the new location based on if they come in from either script.
Just to re-itterate, the message numbers, user numbers, forum numbers, category numbers, etc WILL change, there isa 99% chance that they WILL be differant for everything; as they'll be re-indexed as they're inserted into the MySQL database; the redirectors however can read the values inserted into the import_map table and can forward users linking to the OLD location to the NEW but ONLY if you're using the redirector files.
