Let's Talk About Importer

Hi
I have two problems with vBGallery importer (vBulletin 4)
Import log table name: ? What is?
Table prefix vBGallery: ppgal or ppgal_ or vbppgal or vbppgal_ ?
Thanks....
Antonio

 

Ok
xf_import_log and vb, now it's ok

 

Sonnb, I know that you are planning on doing something with non-image types in a future version. If when that happens, would you change the importer to do two passes, one for photos and another for everything else, or would you still have it as one pass.

Where I am going with that question...

I have a fairly large vBGallery collection that I will be bringing it into XenGallery. What I am wondering is if I import the photos now would then be able to import just the remaining stuff that was ignored the first time or would I have to worry about having the photos that were already imported the first time imported again as a duplicate? Do you think I'd be OK importing just the photos now or do you recommend I wait?

 

Below is a screen grab from the old database. What I would really love to see for the importers is that if the file type is not supported by XenGallery, and is ignored during the import, then instead that the file could be imported into the forums as a thread with the file attached to it with any comments imported as posts in the thread. That way I could bring in all of the content from the old gallery without losing anything. I know, that is asking a lot but I think it would make people pretty happy that nothing gets lost when they convert to XF.

At least for me personally I know I'd be willing to pay for that type of importer above & beyond the cost of XenGallery itself to help offset the cost of development.

If anybody is interested in the query to generate it, try the query below.

Code:

select extension, count(*)
from `ppgal_images`
group by extension

 

If you've got some ideas in mind, feel free to send me a PC with a estimated cost. Maybe we can work something out where others could get some use out of it as well.

 

Hi
I finally imported my vBulletin forum. Now i'm importing my vBGallery photos.
But i have big problem
Categories and albums imported, when importing photos not works...0, 00% loop....
Please help me
Antonio

 

Two minutes but after two minutes the process end with 0 photos imported....the page has loop refresh...0,00% always..

 

Yes, in private message Thanks

 

We have just imported gallery from vb, and I have found a little confusion between albums and categories.

The former carerories are shown in Albums in the admin and former Albums are listed as categories...
On the users side there are 400 something categories which is impossible to load from the menu.

But if I see my own gallery page it seems that only the albums are listed there.

I do not understand it.
Please help! How can I change them back?

 

Well, than nothing to do than...
or?

 

Here is the gallery: http://club.csajokamotoron.hu/galeria/

What do you think.
I see photoes in the ones that are published as categories now.