VB > XF

I have come across a little problem when we did a test convert from vb 4.2 to xF. I noticed that [MENTION=503]Tyler[/MENTION] in a lot of posts. Does anyone have an idea on how to change it to @ or something similar on all those posts? Or should I just uninstall it before we convert?

 

There's probably a better way, but there's a mod for xenForo that allows you search and replace text in posts. In theory it should work for what you want.

 

You are going to want to use the mod above and change every instance of [MENTION=userid]Username[/MENTION] to [ USER=userid]Username[/USER ]. Just mention that in that addons thread. Lot's of knowledgeable people monitor it and can help you with the regex.

Note: I had to put the space by the brackets to keep it from parsing.

 

Thanks heaps for your help!

 

i thought this topic was called "VB (is greater than) XF"

when i read it on the topic list, lulz

 

maybe this would have been better

vB ≠ xF

 

@Brandon I did that last night and got a reply but the server is throwing out an error which is in that thread on xf.com.

 

Did you go back to that thread and did you do what was suggested to resolve the error?

 

Yes very fast surprisingly compared to vBulletin. Turned out to be a memory issue causing it not to function right, added something to the file limiting it and it worked. Thank you for the suggestion.

 

No problem. There are lot's of brilliant minds over there.