phpbb3 to VBulletin

[schuhby]

Hello

I currently have an active phpbb3 for with almost 400 members and 12600 posts - Can I port all the member information, and the posts over if I change to VBulletin? Also, can you give me an idea of the benefits should I decide to buy.

Thank you

[bahoginbill]

Yes you can import from phpbb3 to vbulletin.
More information here.

[schuhby]

I will be purchasing vBulletin 4 soon but would like to know if I need to build an exact copy of my phpBB 3 forum in vBulletin before I transfer my files? or does the whole thing including cats and forums copy over?

Thank you

[Steve Machol]

You only need the phpBB database in order to do the import, plus the directories and files for any attachments and avatars.