http://bbpress.org/forums/ bbPress support forums Tag: SMF en Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:49:06 +0000 http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/chart-to-compare-bbpress-vs-minibb-vs-phpbb-vs-smf-vs-vbulletin#post-18081 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 06:01:33 +0000 _ck_ 18081@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Well each forum matrix is maintained by someone from each project. I recently had MDA update the settings for bbPress but there are still some things that are incorrect due to the limitations on that website (for example "plugin" is not an option on some settings). </p> <p>In other related news, Wikipedia decided to delete the page on bbPress last week which really upset me:<br /> <a href="http://ckon.wordpress.com/2008/08/08/wikipedia-overlords-delete-bbpress-page/" rel="nofollow">http://ckon.wordpress.com/2008/08/08/wikipedia-overlords-delete-bbpress-page/</a></p> <p>Virtually every other forum software is on there, so I don't know why they felt that was necessary:<br /> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Internet_forum_software" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Internet_forum_software</a> </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/chart-to-compare-bbpress-vs-minibb-vs-phpbb-vs-smf-vs-vbulletin#post-18077 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 23:34:50 +0000 himagain 18077@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Posted a year ago and no action!<br /> *I* just found it here.<br /> Not sure who if ever anyone else will see this - but what a job those people did on that chart! </p> <p>Cheers!<br /> Himagain </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/smf-forum#post-17861 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:43:35 +0000 chrishajer 17861@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p><a href="http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/successful-convert-smf-gt-phpbb2-gt-bbpress" rel="nofollow">http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/successful-convert-smf-gt-phpbb2-gt-bbpress</a> </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/smf-forum#post-17853 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:38:34 +0000 Bonesy 17853@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Is there a way to convert my SMF Forum users, passwords, threads, and board to wordpressbb?</p> <p>or users from SMF to wordpress, or somthing? Thanks! </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/successful-convert-smf-gt-phpbb2-gt-bbpress#post-15415 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:21:55 +0000 affacat 15415@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>wonderful! i'm glad to hear my post was helpful! </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/successful-convert-smf-gt-phpbb2-gt-bbpress#post-15386 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 04:24:35 +0000 citizenkeith 15386@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Just want to say THANK YOU!!</p> <p>I gave up converting my phpBB forum months ago:<br /> <a href="http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/a-phpbb-to-bbpress-database-converter/page/2" rel="nofollow">http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/a-phpbb-to-bbpress-database-converter/page/2</a></p> <p>But by utilizing the info here (and buy editing the SQL file by hand), I was able to get my forum into the very latest bbPress... it's even integrated with WP.</p> <p><a href="http://www.judyhenskefan.com/forums/" rel="nofollow">http://www.judyhenskefan.com/forums/</a></p> <p>Now I get to work on a new design for the forum and blog (as well as add lots of plugins to the new forum).</p> <p>Thanks again everybody! :-) </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/successful-convert-smf-gt-phpbb2-gt-bbpress#post-15179 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:45:07 +0000 affacat 15179@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>yet another step.</p> <p>if you want pretty permalinks you'll need to fill in topic_slug in bb_topics. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/successful-convert-smf-gt-phpbb2-gt-bbpress#post-14831 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:10:34 +0000 affacat 14831@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>We realized many of the members seemed to be showing up on the site as 'inactive', despite having a record in wp_user_meta with matching records containing:<br /> bb_capabilities a:1:{s:6:"member";b:1;}</p> <p>I updated a single 'inactive' user to 'moderator', saved, then downgraded them back to 'member', saved... and everyone that was displaying as inactive started displaying correctly as member.</p> <p>I do not know what type of glitch this was, or if it was a result of the conversion but am posting it here in case others converting run into the same issue. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/successful-convert-smf-gt-phpbb2-gt-bbpress#post-14771 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:20:51 +0000 affacat 14771@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>oh, i was actually talking about a separate issue where I can't add/edit tags (well, I can add one per post then I get 'no permission' error:<br /> <a href="http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/no-rights-to-create-forum-as-key-master#post-14757" rel="nofollow">http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/no-rights-to-create-forum-as-key-master#post-14757</a></p> <p>But this issue is not actually related to this thread -- anyone reading this that wants to convert following the instructions above should. i just found it odd that tag management works here but not on my own site. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/successful-convert-smf-gt-phpbb2-gt-bbpress#post-14770 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:11:28 +0000 _ck_ 14770@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>I believe on bbPress users can only edit their own tags.<br /> But that's a good point where keymasters should be able to edit anyone's tags - I'll have to see if that's the behavior in 0.9 and if not, I'll put a ticket in trac.</p> <p>eta: on 0.9 (not sure about previous versions)<br /> keymasters can remove anyone's tags </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/successful-convert-smf-gt-phpbb2-gt-bbpress#post-14753 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:21:34 +0000 affacat 14753@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Tags fixed.</p> <p>Why can I edit tags here and not as keymaster on my own install? Erg.</p> <p>Also -- I reread my instructions. One thing I'd like to clarify:</p> <p>When reorganizing your forum users on phpBB using the mod, make sure to make anyone who exists in both phpBB and WP have matching User IDs. Then, when you delete them from the import script, the forum will still have all posts and topics pointing to the correct user because the record is already correct in your bb/wp user tables. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/successful-convert-smf-gt-phpbb2-gt-bbpress#post-14750 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:03:44 +0000 _ck_ 14750@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Nice work and thanks for sharing...</p> <p>I just knew that using phpbb as an inbetween standard is a good idea...</p> <p>ps. you might want to fix the tags on this to separate words </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/successful-convert-smf-gt-phpbb2-gt-bbpress#post-14736 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:45:47 +0000 affacat 14736@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>I noticed my import didn't import a forum's most recent post time correctly (it was set equal to forum start date instead)</p> <p>i ran this to fix it:</p> <p>UPDATE<br /> bb_topics<br /> set topic_time =<br /> (SELECT bb_posts.post_time<br /> from bb_posts<br /> where bb_posts.topic_id=bb_topics.topic_id<br /> ORDER BY bb_posts.post_time DESC LIMIT 1) </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/successful-convert-smf-gt-phpbb2-gt-bbpress#post-14710 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 02:19:23 +0000 affacat 14710@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>After a day of on-again, off-again effort I have successfully imported my SMF to bbPress - and integrated it with WP.</p> <p>I did this on a local test server, then installed bbPress live, then drop/imported my bbpress tables and user tables (my wp user tables in this case).<br /> Steps:<br /> 1. Installed PhpBB 2.0.23 (legacy version available from phpbb people) and made sure it worked</p> <p>2. Used files within a zip file called convert_smf_111_v1b.zip to convert SMF -&gt; Phpbb. Unfortunately, I can't find the link to the thread right now... I found this<br /> <a href="http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=10&#38;t=306321&#38;st=0&#38;sk=t&#38;sd=a" rel="nofollow">http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=10&#38;t=306321&#38;st=0&#38;sk=t&#38;sd=a</a><br /> but it isn't as new a version.<br /> I believe the file I used is here:<br /> <a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=141446" rel="nofollow">http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=141446</a><br /> sorry I lost the link to the discussion.<br /> NOTE 1 : I had to manually go into the database and upgrade my main account to 'level 1' to become admin again.<br /> NOTE 2 : Your password probably won't work and you probably can't send yourself an email either. I hacked phpbb/includes/emailer.php and included the variable $this-&gt;msg into the error message so that the email appeared on the screen. This gave me the ability to reset my account and get a new password. </p> <p>3. Implemented the following MOD on PhpBB to switch conflicting User Ids<br /> <a href="http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=388155&#38;sid=3d5e8f776a7086b6fec64c3e80c7cbca" rel="nofollow">http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=388155&#38;sid=3d5e8f776a7086b6fec64c3e80c7cbca</a><br /> (this part is tedious! the MOD is a pain to install and rearranging is no fun either)<br /> Here are directions on how to install a Phpbb mod:<br /> <a href="http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=61611" rel="nofollow">http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=61611</a></p> <p>4. installed Jaim3's PhpBB to bbPress converter per instructions<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><br /> This created a .sql file.<br /> NOTE 1: Make sure to create a temp folder where the file wants to be created</p> <p>5. Important edits to .sql file<br /> A) since I did an integrated WP/BBpress install, I needed to search and replace bb_user for wp_user<br /> B) Delete any lines that add users who already exist in BB/WP<br /> C) add a field called topic_resolved to bb_topics<br /> D) Delete the sample test posts and forums in the bbpress tables</p> <p>6. Import the .sql into your database. The above should have solved any conflicts, but if you get an error it should be relatively easy to figure out.</p> <p>7. At this point, since I wasn't doing it live I installed bbPress live, and then drop/created my test tables (all bb tables plus user tables) on my live server and all went well.</p> <p>8. This should be everything. Have a drink. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/import-smf-to-bbpress#post-12814 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 22:00:13 +0000 tvon 12814@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>any progress on importing phpbb3?? </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/transfer-from-another-forum-is-it-possible#post-12501 Sun, 09 Dec 2007 02:28:04 +0000 chrishajer 12501@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>I think the most likely route is to find something that will convert SMF to phpBB format, then import that to bbPress. I think the most work has been done there, on a phpBB importer. If you search this forum for phpBB or SMF you will see some previous discussion. Here's one thread:<br /> <a href="http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/import-smf-to-bbpress?replies=20#post-4541" rel="nofollow">http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/import-smf-to-bbpress?replies=20#post-4541</a> </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/transfer-from-another-forum-is-it-possible#post-12497 Sat, 08 Dec 2007 23:26:27 +0000 wordpressbob 12497@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>I currently have a forum using Simple Machines Forum. Is it possible to transfer that data to a fresh copy of bbPress? </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/import-smf-to-bbpress#post-10599 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 12:58:00 +0000 nolageek 10599@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>I was able to import it perfectly, except now I cant log in with any of the usernames and after I had the new password generated, the admin account from SMF doesn't have admin privileges on the bbpress board. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/chart-to-compare-bbpress-vs-minibb-vs-phpbb-vs-smf-vs-vbulletin#post-8775 Sun, 08 Jul 2007 16:20:42 +0000 _ck_ 8775@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>I had forgotten about this site, they did an incredible job programming it. Facinating to compare:</p> <p><a href="http://www.forummatrix.org/compare/bbPress+miniBB+phpBB+SMF+vBulletin" rel="nofollow">http://www.forummatrix.org/compare/bbPress+miniBB+phpBB+SMF+vBulletin</a><br /> (I picked those top five but you can choose from like 25 others)</p> <p>But I can easily spot some missing things from the bbpress chart that have been added in the core or via plugin, so they need an update... </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/import-smf-to-bbpress#post-7586 Tue, 22 May 2007 14:57:16 +0000 piginzen 7586@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Well I got it converted to phpBB. Then when I did the phpBB-&gt; bbPress convert it got held up. I guess I'll just wait until bbPress comes with an included importer.</p> <p>Thanks! </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/import-smf-to-bbpress#post-7569 Mon, 21 May 2007 19:09:42 +0000 fel64 7569@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>I don't know. Is the phpbb structure identical to the smf structure?</p> <p>Maybe you want to use an SMF -&gt; phpBB converter, and then convert from phpBB -&gt; bbPress. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/import-smf-to-bbpress#post-7566 Mon, 21 May 2007 17:47:58 +0000 piginzen 7566@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>I am a bit confused. Can you use the script here: <a href="http://www.iteisa.com/phpbb2bbpress/" rel="nofollow">http://www.iteisa.com/phpbb2bbpress/</a></p> <p>And just change all the instances of phpbb to smf?</p> <p>I am still trying to convert my SMF to bbPress. I have thousands of messages I'd hate to lose.</p> <p>Thanks! </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/import-smf-to-bbpress#post-5317 Thu, 08 Mar 2007 19:27:05 +0000 lonemadmax 5317@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>From what I see in <a href="http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/856">topic 856</a>, it seems I'm late again. Does your last message mean that everything's OK now? I still don't understand how the cache of 3 different browsers conspired against us, so maybe there's a problem with the script. Maybe a recount is needed after use. Or it does something wrong to the database under some circumstances, I don't know. I can say that I didn't have your problem, but I've only tested with bbPress 0.74 and 0.80, and barely enough to have a feeling that it worked (posting after the import is one of the few things I tried). And all feedback I've had has come from this topic, so if it is something in the script, you were the first to notice. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/import-smf-to-bbpress#post-5245 Wed, 07 Mar 2007 04:57:56 +0000 Stretsh 5245@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Did anyone report strange things happening after the import with this script? Like anonymous visitors not being able to view new posts. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/import-smf-to-bbpress#post-5195 Tue, 06 Mar 2007 01:21:43 +0000 lonemadmax 5195@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Thank you, I'll do that when I clean the script from the references to phpbb and other stuff one day. This one bit me, as I have PHP4, but the script can still be used to import the data directly and not put it in a file. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/import-smf-to-bbpress#post-5182 Mon, 05 Mar 2007 22:58:08 +0000 Stretsh 5182@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>This code is written for PHP5. It works perfectly.</p> <p>PHP4 users will need an extra piece of code, however, because the function file_put_contents does not come with PHP4.</p> <p>So copy this piece of code and paste it on the bottom of the php file, but before the <strong>?&gt;</strong> tag</p> <pre><code>if (!function_exists(&#39;file_put_contents&#39;)) { function file_put_contents($file, $contents = &#39;&#39;, $method = &#39;a+&#39;) { $file_handle = fopen($file, $method); fwrite($file_handle, $contents); fclose($file_handle); return true; } }</code></pre> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/import-smf-to-bbpress#post-4996 Wed, 28 Feb 2007 17:48:24 +0000 Vedmak 4996@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Thank you very match! </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/import-smf-to-bbpress#post-4991 Wed, 28 Feb 2007 04:49:07 +0000 lonemadmax 4991@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>You don't have to know Spanish to send mail :-)</p> <p>I got your script, and it worked for me. That is, after I added an 'l' you deleted with a parenthesis :-). So it seems the problem with your second try was just a typo. In line 521 the original script said:<br /> <code>$import_sql = utf8_encode($import_sql);</code><br /> and yours say:<br /> <code>$import_sql = $import_sq;</code></p> <p>So add back the 'l' or delete the whole line, as it's useless in the utf8-&gt;utf8 version. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/import-smf-to-bbpress#post-4956 Tue, 27 Feb 2007 18:44:11 +0000 Vedmak 4956@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>&gt;&gt;The only thing I can say is: have you deleted all occurrences of ut8_encode? There are more than one.<br /> I deleted all ut8_encode. You can see my script.</p> <p>&gt;&gt;If so, please send it to antiswen at yahoo dot es (yep, es, not com).<br /> I don`t know spanish (yahoo dot es?), that is why i put it on my blog.</p> <p>Download <a href="http://my.opera.com/VedmakNLN/blog/smf2bbpress-ru">my script and SMF db</a> </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/import-smf-to-bbpress#post-4925 Mon, 26 Feb 2007 21:19:33 +0000 lonemadmax 4925@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>I'm very sorry to hear that. The problem is most probably in the script; as I said, I'm a complete newbie to php and databases, and just modified the script without really knowing how much of it worked. The only thing I can say is: have you deleted all occurrences of ut8_encode? There are more than one. Also utf8_decode may give you problems, but I don't think they'd be the ones your seeing.<br /> Is there any chance that I could get a dump of your database? (A fake one, with russian characters in fake posts and fake users from SMF in the same conditions as the real one, so that I can play with it here.) If so, please send it to antiswen at yahoo dot es (yep, es, not com). Oh, and please zip it or something so that yahoo doesn't mess with the text. </p>