Good afternoon,
I have, until very recently, had a Facebook page that got out of hand, switched to a 'news forum' and found that very unsatisfactory. I have a database of almost 5,000 posters who want to participate in an online forum. Is there anyway of taking, with their permission, the data we hold and populating a message board so that all they have to do is log on?
I am very new here, but if there isn't a solution then we may be forced to ask all 5,000 to reregister and will lose some in the process.
Any help gratefully received
Uncle H
What software are you currently using for the forum?
(2010-09-18, 06:57 PM)AJS Wrote: [ -> ]What software are you currently using for the forum?
The data is currently on the web but I have extracted it as an XLS file so it is capable of being used in a variety of ways, it has all the 'normal stuff, name, surname, email etc.
Uncle H
Moved to Merge Support as this is sort of what this is, Dylan is probably the best person to help you with this.
(2010-09-18, 07:06 PM)uncleheFTy Wrote: [ -> ] (2010-09-18, 06:57 PM)AJS Wrote: [ -> ]What software are you currently using for the forum?
The data is currently on the web but I have extracted it as an XLS file so it is capable of being used in a variety of ways, it has all the 'normal stuff, name, surname, email etc.
Uncle H
Ok, but what software did that come from? We have a Merge System that will take information directly from several different databases and put it into MyBB. Also, for things MyBB does not intend to support with the official merge system I write custom modules for on Skin City Designs, for reasonable rates. Directly from an Excel file like that is going to require a lot of manual work on your part to set it up for import into a MyBB Database.
(2010-09-19, 04:29 PM)Dylan M. Wrote: [ -> ] (2010-09-18, 07:06 PM)uncleheFTy Wrote: [ -> ] (2010-09-18, 06:57 PM)AJS Wrote: [ -> ]What software are you currently using for the forum?
The data is currently on the web but I have extracted it as an XLS file so it is capable of being used in a variety of ways, it has all the 'normal stuff, name, surname, email etc.
Uncle H
Ok, but what software did that come from? We have a Merge System that will take information directly from several different databases and put it into MyBB. Also, for things MyBB does not intend to support with the official merge system I write custom modules for on Skin City Designs, for reasonable rates. Directly from an Excel file like that is going to require a lot of manual work on your part to set it up for import into a MyBB Database.
Thanks for responding, can you give me an idea of what kind of prep work is required - I'm quite proficient (says he hiding his light under a couple of bushels), and then what kind of cost are we talking of?
You can PM me if you prefer.
Ta
Uncle H
I can't tell you anything w/out knowing what database (software) you were using before.
If you want to import it by hand, its a matter of adjusting the schema to match MyBB's. For example we don't have a "Surname" field in the db.
(2010-09-19, 04:45 PM)Dylan M. Wrote: [ -> ]I can't tell you anything w/out knowing what database (software) you were using before.
If you want to import it by hand, its a matter of adjusting the schema to match MyBB's. For example we don't have a "Surname" field in the db.
OK, I'm having difficulty identifying the fields that I should use - my data has the following:
First Name, Surname, email, postcode, date joined, what do I need to match with?