It's the same problem for me.

External links are broken. The href="externallink.com" disappear after using the code.

I am not a developer, just a blogger who is looking for solutions, but something seems strange to me In this line :

$text = preg_replace('|]+http\:\/\/))(?!([^>]+'.$domain.'))(.+)>|iU', '', $text);

It seems that all the content of ' a ' is replaced by ' a rel="nofollow" target="blank" '

So, the href="..." disappear

links in new windows an with nofollow
only own url links in same windows without nofollow.

The code is coming through differently in my email, so I posted a link to it making sure I have the syntax right: http://pastie.org/2362857

Internal links are still ok; external links look like this in Firebug:
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Px6V4Z7PfKk6Gpv5x_Uh4Q?feat=directlink

It most probably should be.

So anywhere you do not see a slash in front, add one, ie.

\<

\>

actually to be more clear, try this

$text = preg_replace('|\<a (.*)rel=[\'"]nofollow[\'"]([^>]+)?\>|iU','<a >', $text);	// strip ALL nofollow
$text = preg_replace('|\<a (?=([^>]+http\:\/\/))(?!([^>]+'.$domain.'))([^>]+)\>|iU', '<a  rel="nofollow" target="_blank">', $text);

sorry, don't have time to debug it more, someone will have to throw it into a regex tester and check it against some same sample links

Thanks for the help. I tried what you posted, but it's still not working.

It fixed the broken URLs, but strips the target="_blank" and rel="nofollow" attributes. It looks like the second function (for external links) isn't firing off.

Will keep working on it and post an update if I figure it out.

I really appreciate your help!

(.+)

with this

([^>]+)

which hopefully will stop it from going past the end of the anchor tag

However, I am having the same problem as @cwdnow. Internal links are working as expected: they open in same window with "nofollow" tag removed.

The code is broken when it deals with external links, though. It adds the attributes target="_blank" and rel="nofollow" but the URL is broken. I haven't dug too deep yet, but I think the reg ex is too broad (selecting too much).

Here is the code that I'm using:
http://pastie.org/2361825

Here is what it is outputting:
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Px6V4Z7PfKk6Gpv5x_Uh4Q?feat=directlink

I will post an update if I figure out what it is. In the meantime, do you happen to know what is causing this?

My site also has sub-domains, so I wanted to add a case for that. My reg ex skills are not that great. Do you know how I could do that?

Code I'm using:
http://pastie.org/2361268

Thanks for your help!!

GENERAL ERROR

SQL ERROR [ mysqli ]
Data too long for column 'user_url' at row 1 [1406]

I then tried again (having no idea what to do), and got this error message:

SQL ERROR

Duplicate entry '1' for key 'PRIMARY' [1062] followed by a bunch of text that seems to replicate the key.

If you wanted to use existing bbPress stand alone, I'm not sure where the channels code is to see if it's available to share. Will see what I can did out.

I have to say, I'm sceptical about your conclusions. If "opening external links in the same windows [sic] is extremely foolish" for "someone trying to make money with their site", isn't it foolish to have those external links in the first place?

@Sincever - I think the script will convert the SMF/phpBB users to bbPress users. You could then move all the tables into a single database, but that in itself wouldn't change which table bbPress uses for users. This answers your question, but if you're referring more to WordPress users vs bbPress users and reconciling that, I can't comment as I've not tried the integration before.

But if I understand this tutorial, for the convert SMF to bbPress it's not possible to use the same database?

(sorry for my bad english)

BBpress don't use a wordpress database with the wordpress users?

http://bbpress.org/documentation/integration-with-wordpress/

"bbPress can share user data with an existing WordPress installation. All you need to do is specify the location of that database on installation or afterwards in the “WordPress Integration” section of the “Settings” area in your bbPress admin"

Sure, some people get all self-righteous about it, and you may lose them because of that, but in exchange you won't lose the much, much more numerous amount of people who simply would have forgotten to come back. Sorry, I know it's slightly annoying on the user end, but from the perspective of someone trying to make money with their site, opening external links in the same windows is extremely foolish.

Edit, ah crap this one's old too. My bad

To convert SMF to bbPress, I had to:
-Convert SMF 1.1.11 to phpBB3 (3.0.7)
-Convert phpBB3 (3.0.7) to bbPress 1.0.2

I had SMF setup on a subdomain: forums.mysite.com

• I created a NEW database separate from the SMF database.
• In the root of forums.mysite.com, I created two directories "bbpress" and "phpbb".
• I uploaded the uncompressed files of phpBB3 to the "phpbb" directory.
• I uploaded the SMF 1.1.x to phpBB3 converter script. It can be found here: http://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/converter/smf_1.1.x_to_phpbb3/
• When you install phpBB3, I installed it using the NEW database that I created. I followed the "phpBB Convert How To" guide which can be found here: http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=65&t=1213555
• At this point, your SMF forum should now be converted to phpBB3.

• Next, I uploaded the uncompressed files of bbPress to the "bbpress" directory and installed bbPress using the same NEW database as phpBB3.
• I used the phpbb3-to-bbpress1-converter which is hosted on Google Code. The script is super easy to install and comes with instructions. It can be found here: http://code.google.com/p/phpbb3-to-bbpress1-converter/
• Optional: I logged into phpMyAdmin and deleted the tables prefixed with phpbb_ in the NEW database.
• Success. It is finished. :-)

Honestly, after reading all the posts out there this whole process seemed rather daunting. Let me assure you that it is easier than it sounds.

Thanks to everyone's notes that got me on my way and to the awesome folks out there that took the time to write these scripts to make it even possible.

I'd try here: http://bbpress.org/forums/tags/smf

3rd one down looks like a winner:
http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/successfully-convert-smf-20-rc1-to-bbpress-10

99/100 the best way is to convert from any forum to phpBB3 and from there to bbPress.

Good Luck

Refer to the installation notes you should have got with your download. "

The notes refer to files that dont even exist in the newest release.

ie. there is no "post.php"

;)