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Importing large'ish forums into bbPress 2.0

    • Posted 11 months ago #

    Have any of you tried importing large/medium sized bbPress 0.9/1.0 forums into bbPress 2.0? If so, did the migration go successfully, or were there a few hiccups in getting the data to port in one chunk?

    I attempted to migrate a reasonably big forum this afternoon and it didn't go particularly well. It threw an error (can't remember what it said - need to attempt again) and locked me out of WordPress. The automated database backup worked well, so I was able to get it back up and working just fine though.

    There's around 115,000 posts and 44,000 users in the forum I was attempting to migrate.

    • Posted 11 months ago #

    I had the same problem and could not log back into my wordpress. Not only am I locked out but when I go to the myphp admin, the tables have been modified and I cannot figure out how to get everything back to normal. Any suggestions?

    • Posted 11 months ago #

    When it comes time to migrate the bbPress.org forums, we'll likely have similar issues. Whatever solution we come up with, I'll be sure to make available.

    • Posted 10 months ago #

    I've been researching for hours, trying to find a way to import bbpress standalone to bbpress 2.0 in wordpress. First I imported posts from phpBB to bbPress standalone, looks like it worked, then I installed the WP plugin.

    I came across this topic but it was closed so I can't post a question there:

    http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bbpress-standalone-to-plugin-converter-beta-2

    In the last post you said:

    Closing this topic, as the importer is now bundled with bbPress 2.0

    I can't seem to find an importer there anywhere, I checked the Settings under the Settings > Forums menu, and all I can see are the main forum settings. Checked the Readme file with the plugin, there's no mention of it.

    Can you tell me where to find the Importer? I need to get this huge site up and running by 7/1 and I don't want to use the Standalone version because that means 2 admin pages.

    Thanks!!! :)

    • Posted 10 months ago #

    @malawimama - The importer is located at /wp-admin/import.php or Tools -> Import from the admin panel.

    • Posted 8 months ago #

    Has anyone figured out how to get back into the admin panel? I tried to import bbPress via the tools menu and immediately got locked out of wordpress. I have no idea how to get back in and I'm freaking out!

    • Posted 8 months ago #

    have you tried to login with your bbpress login? It probably changed the database.

    • Posted 8 months ago #

    Yes, I have tried to login with the bbPress login and it didn't work.

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