UBB.threads PHP Forum Software Community Forums UBB.threads Importer Support Import Members but Not Forums

I'm running UBB.classic 6.7.1.

Would it be possible to install UBB.threads and only import the members and not the forums/posts?

Just trying to think ahead. If I run into an import problem with forums, I wonder if I might just start fresh with a clean board.

Last question. After I make the transition from Classic to Threads, can the Classic board still exist as a read-only archive?

The importer works fine, but it takes time. With a large Board you may reckon that it takes 1-2 days.

If you have enough space at your webhost, you can backup the /cgi-bin and /ubb directory to secound directory, configure the vars_config.cgi with the new absolut and relative paths, then just delete all Forums and start the import progress (make sure that all Forum* directorys are deleted). Just a work around but it may works

Hmmm, is think thats can be a problem with the licenes. But maybe Rick can give you a answer

I've run the importer from classic to threads 7 more than 50 times, you shouldn't have any problem.

For any forum with less than a million posts and on a decent server you can do an import in less than 8 hours, I'd figure maybe an hour per hundred thousand posts for a educated guess.

If you really don't want to import posts, back up your non-cgi folder and prune the forums of all posts prior to today. That would be a waste, really... import

Thanks for the reassurance. I'm sure I'm going to import it all when I'm ready.