Importing content

This section covers importing content from other forum platforms into XenForo, including configuration, running imports, and post-import tasks.

📄️ Importing data from other software

XenForo has the ability to import information from other forums, including users, forums, threads, posts and private messages, along with various other data.

📄️ Configuring an import

Each importer defines its own requirements, and will present you with a series of forms to complete in order to gather the information it needs in order to proceed. Generally, this will involve the database connection details for the source system.

📄️ Running the importer

After all configuration is successfully completed, the importer will be ready to run.

📄️ Completing the import

Once the import process has run its course, either through the browser or the command line, you will either be taken to the Complete import page, or directed to refresh your browser so that the Complete import page is shown.

📄️ Redirection

Some importers provide redirection scripts, which are designed to sit in the location of your original source software and intercept request for content from that source system.

🗃️ Importer notes

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