Thread: Moving from Phpizabi to Dolphin 6

Don't everyone beat me up for mentioning izabi.

When I first started using it, I was impressed with the look and feel of it. It's well laid out visually. But there were problems that had next to nothing to do with the code of the site.

The fundamental flaw of Phpizabi, is that the database tables aren't very well laid out. Izabi stores most of it's info in serialized arrays, vs database tables. This means, in a nutshell, that the more users you get, the slower it will become, because the script must read the table, unserialize everything, present it, and if you make changes, serialize everything and write it back. It's kind of like the difference between a modem and DSL or Cable.

So I am deciding on whether or not to move to Dolphin 6. I have enough users to give it a thorough testing, but not so many as to make it a chore to convert everyone over.

My question is, has anyone made the transition from PHPizabi to Dolphin? How did you get it done?

Hi,

We have converted many different script databases into Dolphin and aeDating in the last 4+ years... I honestly can not remember if we have done Phpizabi (things tend to blur) but it's really "six of one, half dozen of another" when it comes to database conversions.

Identify what tables (info) you want to convert - usually just the profiles and profile photos is easiest - if you want messages and so on - it's more work... and run some test imports on a development site.

If you want us to do it for you - we can - PM me to make arrangements.

Warm regards,

Smoge