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Instructions :
1/ Do a backup of your vBulletin Board tables via PhpMyAdmin for example

2/ Install EasyPHP on your pc so that you will have a local Web server with Apache, PHP, MySQL and phpMyAdmin.

3/ In PhpMyAdmin, import your vBulletin Board tables ; the one you have just saved.

4/ Install phpBB on your local Web server

5/ Copy the vb3_2phpBB folder to your phpBB root folder.

Ex : If your phpBB forum is at C:Program FilesEasyPHPwwwphpBB2, then vb3_2phpBB must be copied there : C:Program FilesEasyPHPwwwphpBB2vb3_2phpBB

6/ Open vb3_2phpBBconf.php with a text editor (Wordpad, Notepad, etc) in order to set the prefix used with your vBulletin Board tables. The default value is : vb3_ . Save and quit this file.

7/ From your Browser, run http://localhost/phpBB2/vb3_2phpBB/index.php and follow the different steps in numberical order.

8/ Once the forum is converted, open PhpMyAdmin, and update the phpbb_config table as follows :
- the field server_name : replace the value localhost by the one you will use on your webspace like yoursite.com or subdomain.mysite.com if you use a sub-domain.
- the field script_path if needed : replace phpBB2 by the path you use : ex use forums if your forum is at http://www.monsite.com/forums/.

9/ Export your phpBB tables with phpMyAdmin and import them to your website's databse.

10/ Edit phpBB2config.php and replace the different values by the one you will use on your website.

11) Edit the phpBB2 login.php file if you want your vBulletin members to be able to log in with their vBulletin passwords.

12/ Upload all the files from /phpBB2/ to your Webspace.

13/ That's all Folks. Enjoy your new forum !!