Once the new vBulletin comes out (which will probably be in 10 years at this point), I'm looking to install a clean copy of vBulletin on a new server account, and move over an old forum to it. I know that we can export a vbulletin database right through the admin area, but how do you go about importing it into another one? Also, has anyone experienced any issues in doing so?
You can upload the backup file to your hosting account, and ask your vendor to import it for you. It's a simple task
IMPEX should work... If you use cPanel, you maybe able to do it right through there somehow... or at least I recall someone discussing something like that, but could not tell you how or where.
I'm using a hosting account through my friend's hosting business, so it's basically something I have to do on my own (but I'm clueless about it). I'm guessing there's no way to do it though the vbulletin admin panel? Or by uploading it via phpmyadmin and pointing a vbulletin setting to the database?
if the database is small, you can do it through phpmyadmin. If it's big, ask your vendor as I wrote above.
1- Download your files via FTP to you PC. 2- Download your DB using phpmyadmin to your PC. 3- Upload your files via FTP to your new server. 4- Create new DB then Upload your old DB using BigDump. 5- Update your includes/config.php file. That`s all, Hope it`s useful. Regards