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• Started 7 months ago by Thomaschaaf
• Latest reply from dimadin
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• convert
• migrate
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• wbb
• woltlab burning board

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Convert Woltlab Burning Board to bbPress

1. • 
   • Thomaschaaf
   • Member

   • Posted 7 months ago #

   We've got a forum at http://vsphp.de/forum which doesn't have alot of entries but does have quiet a few. I'd like to find out, whether there is a way to port the entries from an existing Woltlab Burning Board to bbPress. I'd be glad if you could help :)
2. • 
   • Michael
   • Member

   • Posted 7 months ago #

   Firstly, I don't know of any converter out ther for it - so the chances of getting it done may be very slim.
   Secondly, it seems that package has multiple forums in a single board package, which is completely different to bbPress.

   Do you not like the current software you have?
3. • 
   • Thomaschaaf
   • Member

   • Posted 7 months ago #

   The main reason I consider switching ist that I would like to use WordPress in the future for our website and would love a close integration of both.. that is the only real reason.

   Thomas
4. • 
   • Michael
   • Member

   • Posted 7 months ago #

   I see - I'm assuming you'd have to move everything manually using PHPMyAdmin - though you would need to know the format of the bbPress MySQL Database.

   Is it a big issue to restart with a blank, fresh forum?
5. • 
   • Markus Pezold
   • Member

   • Posted 7 months ago #

   Hi Thomas,

   if you have some deeper knowledge in php, mysql and regular expression - you can use the phpbb3 converter and make some change to the code. The code of the phpbb3 converter is understandable - you only must change the tables and row to match the database structure of the Woltlab Burning Board. Its only the question of understanding ...

   http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/phpbb3-gt-bbpress-converter-beta-release

   Greetz
   Markus
6. • 
   • Thomaschaaf
   • Member

   • Posted 7 months ago #

   Thanks a lot! I will look into it and if I do write a converter I will post it here :)

   Thomas
7. • 
   • dimadin
   • Member

   • Posted 7 months ago #

   Another thing to consider is to find converter that converts from Wotlab to some other software like phpBB and then use existing converters for bbPress. This is how I converted on SMF forum.

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