I had some 900 users already in my mambo database, then I began using aMember for automation. What I wanted to do is export the users from mambo and put them into aMember. So I did the backup sql in mambo and formated it into a comma depleted file with excel, the only problem is the passwords are encrypted. Do I need to 'unencrypt' the passwords before putting them into mambo, simply reset all the passwords (last ditch solution), or is there some other methods... any help from someone that has experience with this would be appreciated. Also do I need to clear my mambo members table in sql before putting the users into aMember or will it overite ok or will it not overite or what?
Hi, i've taken a look around the Mambo/Amember structure. You may be able to unencrypt from Mambo and then import into Amember, but it will take a little custom coding to pull off. Another alternative may be to use the autogenerate password feature of Amemeber, along with a mass mail distro including their new userid/password combination. It's not the most elegent solution, but resetting passwords now and again isn't such a bad idea from a security standpoint anyway When I did my import I did clear the users table, although if you are using the same user names it probably won't matter. BACK UP YOUR DATABASE before you start and take the site offline to make sure that no new content is being added.