Johann Sebastian Konrad Laski UGA

I installed wordpress on a folder in my site. And then installed the bbpress plugin version.
Then I tried this bbpress conversion plugin.

Voila. It worked.

However, I hate the way this is set up and looks. Anyone can read the forums. You only need to login to reply. I like the standalone version much better and I feel like I had better control over the settings, too.

I wonder why the conversion plugin works, but converting for standalone doesn't...

For the record, using the plugin version with wordpress retained both my wordpress and phpbb3 passwords/usernames. Converting using standalone erased both, it seems, rendering any login impossible.

I wonder if I can now convert from plugin version to standalone version...

There is also a thread about it here:
http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/introducing-bbconverter-convert-your-current-forums-for-use-with-bbpress-2x

users, including myself as admin/keymaster, aren't able to reset passwords. the emails never arrive. it says an email with a new password was sent, but it never arrives.

so basically, after i make this conversion, i'm unable to log in AT ALL. not as admin/keymaster or any user.

I've just checked phpmyadmin console again after a new install: I can no confirm that my installation keymaster login completely disappears after the conversion. the username is gone entirely, leaving me only with the 4 usernames from my original phpBB3 board. the issue is that those passwords don't work and resetting apparently will not send me any emails to reset.

i'm so lost.

On the keymaster account there was a trick to that which I do not recall at this moment. However, I do believe you can edit the database itself.

I believe it changes the role to admin instead of keymaster and then you will have to also change the password to something else.

Did you use the converter noted in this thread?
The first link I posted was a very good step by step process that could also give you the info you need.

If I find anything I will post here to further help out. Good luck.

Here's what I've done:
(1) Install bbpress standalone to same database/sql username/pass as phpBB3 forum
(2) Convert phpBB3 tables using this converter
(3) Go back to bbpress to try to log in as keymaster and it doesn't work. i try other usernames from the phpBB3 and they don't work. Mind you, my phpBB3 board only had for users. This board was only set up for my band to discuss new song ideas back and forth while we're away.

Any help? I'm kind of a novice. I've gone into phpmyadmin console and see only 4 users in the bb_users file. In fact, it appears as if after I do the conversion, it's overwriting my original keymaster login. that one is no where to be seen...

hmmmmm

Any help? Why can't I login with my bbpress password? Or any password/login for that reason?

I used the updated script provided by Abdessamad Idrissi at http://code.google.com/p/phpbb3-to-bbpress1-converter/downloads/list on my phpBB3 forum.

The conversion went smoothly and I could see the posts from my old forum appear in my bbpress forum.

However, all the posts had the authors listed as Anonymous, which means none of the users accounts were ported over.

Can someone help with this please? How did this happen and how can I fix this?

Tried once to go back and restart the process and when it came to the same point he says now I have a duplicate. Makes sense if it had already added some info to the database.

If anything has some ideas I would appreciate the help.
Thanks.

Any help?

1. Export phpbb3 SQL from the old location
2. Import phpbb3 SQL to the new location.
3. Install bbpress with the same db info where I imported the phpbb3 SQL.
4. Called the script from root folder of bbpress, but I get 500 Internal Server Error.

I can see that there are some hooks to phpbb3 root folder.
I don't know what is being called there, but maybe I could define DB settings manually somehow?

define('IN_PHPBB', true);
$phpbb_root_path = (defined('PHPBB_ROOT_PATH')) ? PHPBB_ROOT_PATH : './';
$phpEx = substr(strrchr(__FILE__, '.'), 1);
include($phpbb_root_path . 'common.' . $phpEx);

// Start session management
$user->session_begin();
$auth->acl($user->data);
$user->setup();

So can this be done without phpbb3 installation?

Btw, I did the conversion on a shared server, and each conversion was instant. Of course, my forum is not that big, but worth mentioning ...

Remember! Make backup!

I have a question, though. I've spent three days looking for some info (at google, wordpress, etc) and I think this is the right place.

Do I have to upload the bbpress files into the same directory where the phpbb files are right now or the new bbpress files can be anywhere? I've read that the database must be the same. My guess is that the files can be anywhere but I just want to make sure.

Numediaweb: thanks a lot for your effort, much appreciated! :-)

I've been fighting with phpbb for a few days now, it's leaking everywhere now and I can't wait to get rid of it :-|

Thanks everybody!

A.

it doesn't parse the bbcode inside posts (meaning that all the links inside the posts are gone)

Is the bbcode still present in the bbPress database?

if so, then there are a few bbCode parsers for bbPress availible. I know Matt doesn't like it, and therefore we are the only forum that won't support it, but i think it only slows adoption

first of all thank you for the script: it does everything it promises and it's easy to use :-)

Non surprisingly it still seems to lack a few feature which are probably very hard to develop: it doesn't parse the bbcode inside posts (meaning that all the links inside the posts are gone) and it doesn't convert the attachments...

I hope someone will find the time to implement those, as I believe they're necessary to properly move a forum from one software to another.

Our forum is here

But thanks again anyway :-)