http://bbpress.org/forums/ bbPress Support Forums Tag: export en Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:44:36 +0000 http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/how-to-move-a-forum#post-21867 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:16:02 +0000 Ipstenu 21867@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>@staats - If you have access to your SQL database (like through phpMyAdmin), it's much the same as moving any databased app, like WordPress :)</p> <p>The first set of directions I put in the post above are mostly right. I've updated them here since there's a couple things that should be explained differently than my copy replace from WordPress's directions (why reinvent the wheel?). If you've got WP and BB integrated you'll have to make all the changes to the files (wp-config and bb-config AND the admin settings changes) <strong>BEFORE</strong> you backup your database. </p> <p>First, backup your database - <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Backing_Up_Your_Database" rel="nofollow">http://codex.wordpress.org/Backing_Up_Your_Database</a> (obviously the bb database, not the wp one for your case) No matter WHAT you want this copy! If you screw everything up (and we've all done that) you need a fall back plan.</p> <ol> <li>Download a copy of the main bbpress files from your OLD forum to your hard drive and edit b-config.php to suit the new server.</li> <li>Go back to your OLD forum and go to settings and change the bbPress address (URL) to that of your new site. (You may want to change your email addy here, but you don't have to just yet).</li> <li><em>IF</em> you've integrated bbPress and WordPress, go to your WordPress Integration page and change any domain information there that has changed.</li> <li>Download your database (but keep the old backup just in case), upload this new database and the copy of the forum files with the edited bb-config.php to your new server. </li> </ol> <p>Again, if Wordpress and bbPress are integrated and sharing a database, do steps 1-3 for bbpress, and then steps 1 and 2 <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress#Moving_WordPress_to_a_New_Server">here</a>, and THEN do the last DB download step just once.</p> <p>And if it's all confusing ... yeah, it's a lot of fruit to be juggling at once. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/how-to-move-a-forum#post-21866 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:57:41 +0000 staats 21866@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>@ Ipstenu:</p> <p>Can you offer an exporting/importing solution for those working with the 0.9.0.3 stable release. I wish to move the forum to a new domain name, and have not found much discussion about the most efficient way to do this.</p> <p>Thank you</p> <p>Rich </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/forum-exporter-plugin#post-21546 Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:10:05 +0000 johnnydoe 21546@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>ill give this a try, thanks </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/forum-exporter-plugin#post-21545 Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:06:23 +0000 Ipstenu 21545@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>You could probably do it with RSS. If you're using wordpress, you can do this (I have it as a sidebar widget).</p> <pre><code>&lt;?php require_once (ABSPATH . WPINC . &#39;/rss-functions.php&#39;); $today = current_time(&#39;mysql&#39;, 1); // insert the feed URL here $rss = @fetch_rss(&#39;http://www.domain.com/forums/rss&#39;); if ( isset($rss-&gt;items) &#38;&#38; 0 != count($rss-&gt;items) ) { // set the number of items from the feed to display (6) $rss-&gt;items = array_slice($rss-&gt;items, 0, 5); foreach ($rss-&gt;items as $item ) { echo &#39;&lt;h1&gt;&#39;; echo wp_specialchars($item[&#39;title&#39;]); echo &#39;&lt;/h1&gt;&#39;; echo &#39;&lt;p&gt;&#39;; echo wp_specialchars($item[&#39;description&#39;]); echo &lt;a href=&quot;&#39;; echo wp_filter_kses($item[&#39;link&#39;]); echo &#39;&quot;&gt;(Read More)&lt;/a&gt;&#39;; echo &#39;&lt;/p&gt;&#39;; } }; ?&gt;</code></pre> <p>The main (all posts) RSS feed is: <a href="http://www.domain.com/forums/rss" rel="nofollow">http://www.domain.com/forums/rss</a></p> <p>All subsequent forums (fori?) are: <a href="http://www.domain.com/forums/rss/&lt;whatever&gt;" rel="nofollow">http://www.domain.com/forums/rss/&lt;whatever&gt;</a></p> <p>Like this subforum would be: <a href="http://bbpress.org/forums/rss/forum/plugins" rel="nofollow">http://bbpress.org/forums/rss/forum/plugins</a><br /> This page would be: <a href="http://bbpress.org/forums/rss/topic/forum-exporter-plugin" rel="nofollow">http://bbpress.org/forums/rss/topic/forum-exporter-plugin</a></p> <p>If you don't have wordpress, look into MagpieRSS </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/forum-exporter-plugin#post-21542 Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:10:20 +0000 johnnydoe 21542@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>hello, </p> <p>im looking for a plugin to get the ability to export all topics from a particular forum (ID) to a html page , so just the topic name plus the excerpt like:</p> <p>1. &lt;/h1&gt;lorem1 ipsum sit amet dolor &lt;/h1&gt;</p> <p>&lt;p&gt; bla bla bla bla bla ... (read more)&lt;p&gt;</p> <p>---------</p> <p>2. &lt;/h1&gt;lorem2 ipsum sit amet dolor &lt;/h1&gt;</p> <p>&lt;p&gt; bla bla bla bla bla ... (read more)&lt;p&gt;</p> <p>---------</p> <p>3. &lt;/h1&gt;lorem3 ipsum sit amet dolor &lt;/h1&gt;</p> <p>&lt;p&gt; bla bla bla bla bla ... (read more)&lt;p&gt;</p> <p>...etcetera.</p> <p>is there such a plugin around?</p> <p>thanks a bunch. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/phpbb3-converstion#post-21335 Mon, 08 Dec 2008 11:30:14 +0000 wmnasef 21335@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>i used phpbb for like 5 years now, it's a great forum software, but i have to say that i admire the simple/plain approach of bbpress.<br /> so, am working on a phpbb3 -&gt; bbpress converter. so far i figured all i need to convert forums, topics, posts, user info. i only have a problem moving user passwords, so does anybody know of a way of importing user passwords from phpbb3 to bbpress ? the problem is that phpbb3 doesn't use plain md5 anymore, and i don't know exact details about the new hashing method.<br /> am thinking about importing all users without passwords- or even with unified password, then generate new passwords for them all through bbpress admin panel and send it to their emails, but if i can import passwords it would be far better.<br /> anybody interested in helping me ? </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/phpbb3-converstion#post-21113 Fri, 28 Nov 2008 22:20:00 +0000 sidisok 21113@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>I am also curious as to when a converter would be available. The only thing holding me back from switching to bbPress is the lack of an easy way to import a phpBB3 database into a bbPress installation. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/phpbb3-converstion#post-21060 Thu, 27 Nov 2008 02:14:02 +0000 bryan868 21060@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Is there an ETA on the converter? </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/phpbb3-converstion#post-20865 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:10:24 +0000 mxadness 20865@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>A simple phpBB3 to bbPress converter would be great. I really hope this gets done soon -- bbPress + Wordpress absolutely rocks. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/how-to-move-a-forum#post-20437 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 02:10:07 +0000 Ipstenu 20437@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Those plugins come default for 1.0alpha2 under the plugins tab, you have to turn them on. I suspect it's POSSIBLE if you downloaded the alpha version, they might work in a non-alpha install, but it's untested.</p> <p>But really, if you're just moving your domain, you can pretty much do what you'd do for Wordpress or any other PHP/SQL driven site. You have two basic options.</p> <ol> <li>Download a copy of the main bbpress files from your OLD server to your hard drive and edit wp-config.php to suit the new server.</li> <li>Go back to your OLD forum and go to options and change the url (both of them) to that of your new site.</li> <li>Download your database (but keep the old one just in case), upload this new database and the copy of the wordpress core files with the edited bb-config.php to your NEW server. </li> </ol> <p>Or...</p> <ol> <li>Install a new forum on the new server.</li> <li>Export the forum content from the OLD server into a BBXF file</li> <li>Import the data into the new forum.</li> </ol> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/how-to-move-a-forum#post-20434 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:48:21 +0000 Vadi 20434@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Won't be changing the domain name, just moving to a new host - but for the time being, the domain name will change temporarily.</p> <p>Unfortunately I couldn't find any import/export plugins, and I searched for them again just now... was hoping for a more fail-safe solution than exporting and importing the databases :/ </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/how-to-move-a-forum#post-20427 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:07:18 +0000 Ipstenu 20427@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>There's a BBXF Export and Import pair of plugins that come with the site.</p> <p>I'm assuming you're changing your domain name, because otherwise you could just export your database and save it, and your html to your own computer, and then copy them up to the new host. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/how-to-move-a-forum#post-20426 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:04:34 +0000 Vadi 20426@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>I need to move bbpress forums to another host. I've looked about for an import/export function in the Admin area, but didn't find one.</p> <p>Is there any solution besides manually tinkering with the database?</p> <p>Thank you. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/phpbb3-converstion#post-20315 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 06:02:52 +0000 bryan868 20315@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Just realized I can't do it, the phpBB3 -&gt; phpBB2 converter doesn't bring over the users. And I don't want to lose my userbase.</p> <p>So it looks like I'll just be waiting until a phpBB3 -&gt; bbPress converter is finished! Whenever that'll be! </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/phpbb3-converstion#post-20158 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:54:51 +0000 yazerty 20158@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>It seems not to work for my phpbb3 board :(. Perhaps the 13000 messages are for something in this... ?</p> <p>If you succed, tell us bryan868 :) !</p> <p>And will passwords be "ok" ? </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/phpbb3-converstion#post-20107 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:18:38 +0000 chrishajer 20107@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>I don't know of a better way right now. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/phpbb3-converstion#post-20106 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:53:35 +0000 bryan868 20106@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>I guess I'll try the phpBB3 -&gt; phpBB2 -&gt; bbPress method. Yikes! </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/phpbb3-converstion#post-20070 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:07:31 +0000 chrishajer 20070@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>phpBB3 &gt; phpBB2<br /> <a href="http://www.arvystate.net/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.30" rel="nofollow">http://www.arvystate.net/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.30</a></p> <p>phpBB2 &gt; bbPress<br /> <a href="http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/a-phpbb-to-bbpress-database-converter" rel="nofollow">http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/a-phpbb-to-bbpress-database-converter</a></p> <p>I don't think there's any how to written for the complete process. You could be the first. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/phpbb3-converstion#post-20069 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:24:18 +0000 yazerty 20069@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Oh, it seems this will take a very long time to have a convertor for phpbb 3 :'(.<br /> Is there another way to convert a phpbb 3 to bbpress (tutorial ?) :) ? </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/phpbb3-converstion#post-19945 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 06:51:11 +0000 _ck_ 19945@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>bbxf if the work in progress - it's in it's infancy however and you'll have to look at previous work by others on the phpbb2 convertor. There is no 1 minute way, it's going to take some time and effort.</p> <p><a href="http://bbxf.org/" rel="nofollow">http://bbxf.org/</a><br /> <a href="http://code.google.com/p/web-forums-standard/" rel="nofollow">http://code.google.com/p/web-forums-standard/</a></p> <p>You are much better off following this tag:<br /> <a href="http://bbpress.org/forums/tags/phpbb" rel="nofollow">http://bbpress.org/forums/tags/phpbb</a> </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/phpbb3-converstion#post-19944 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 06:48:36 +0000 wonen 19944@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Not very likely Bryan. It's a good thing to things like this are spoken about though. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/phpbb3-converstion#post-19943 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 05:58:56 +0000 bryan868 19943@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Is the phpBB 3.0 converter included in bbPress 1.0 alpha 2? Just curious, I'm interested in testing it out. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/transferring-forum-to-another-host-server-intranet#post-19354 Sun, 21 Sep 2008 05:45:16 +0000 RossB 19354@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Thanks, _ck_ - that's what I figured (but without being able to express it in tech terms!).</p> <p>Cheers, and thanks for your help, as always. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/transferring-forum-to-another-host-server-intranet#post-19308 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 07:57:10 +0000 _ck_ 19308@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>If you didn't hack the core and just templates, all they need to do is install the same version of bbPress you have installed, send them your custom theme files to install, and then send them a full export of your bbpress db to replace their default install. Then it should be identical. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/transferring-forum-to-another-host-server-intranet#post-19264 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 02:31:55 +0000 RossB 19264@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>I am making this enquiry on behalf of the tech guy who is supposed to be migrating over to a uni intranet a bbPress forum I customised. </p> <p>I originally hosted it on the server of my own web host, and all was working fine. There were also a few posts by various members of the uni faculty I was designing a website and the forum for.</p> <p>The tech guy has been having trouble getting the customised version of the forum working on the uni intranet. I know very little technically, but I was thinking maybe it would be easier for him to simply download a new version of bbPress then copy and paste my customised pages. </p> <p>Not sure how he'd get the posts to show up with the posters' names and dates of their posts etc, though. I did email him the database of the bbPress forum I customised for them. Would this be all he needs?</p> <p>I can't recall for certain which pages I customised, but I can look back through this forum to find out, I guess. Anyway, interested in the advice of techies here as to the easiest way for this uni tech person to approach the migration task.</p> <p>Cheers! </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/phpbb3-converstion#post-18922 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:23:38 +0000 chrishajer 18922@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p><a href="http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bbpress-initiates-importexport-standard-for-web-forums" rel="nofollow">http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bbpress-initiates-importexport-standard-for-web-forums</a> </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/phpbb3-converstion#post-18918 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:31:10 +0000 bryan868 18918@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>So what was the outcome from the Summer of Code? Did we get a phpBB 3.0 converter? </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/exporting-bbpress-to-phpbb2#post-18830 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 05:38:29 +0000 sambauers 18830@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>If you upgrade to the latest bbPress trunk you will have access to the new BBXF exporter. There is also a standalone BBXF importer for phpBB, but I have not tested it yet. You will have to do some work to get it running at this early stage of development, this should be a lot easier as we move forward with this idea.</p> <p>For more check here <a href="http://bbxf.org/" rel="nofollow">http://bbxf.org/</a> </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bbpress-initiates-importexport-standard-for-web-forums#post-18829 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 05:33:48 +0000 sambauers 18829@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Check the new project here.</p> <p><a href="http://bbxf.org/" rel="nofollow">http://bbxf.org/</a></p> <p>Thanks to GSoC student Dan Larkin for his work over the Summer.</p> <p>BBXF is now available for review and testing in bbPress trunk and we plan to make it a bundled plugin in bbPress 1.0 </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/exporting-bbpress-to-phpbb2#post-18722 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:52:19 +0000 chrishajer 18722@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>I tagged this for Sam Bauers, the developer who posted the original information at the GSOC page. Maybe he will stop by and add some insight. </p>