Hello, Stephen,
In your last post you indicated a reasonable solution. Was I supposed to provide more info? I know you’re probably busy, but was wondering what that solution was? <nervous smile>
Also, if you can write a script, perhaps I can pay you? I have several forums just like this to convert and a script I can run for importing would be a great help, especially since I have so many other things to accomplish. Right now I am stuck.
At your mercy, with gratitude,
Lisa
I may be getting in over my abilities now, but will try to digest your last post. Thanks.
To clarify about Forum_Parent and Forum_Ancestor, notice in the original post, the two records. The first is the parent with a record ID of 19261. In that first record shown, notice the Forum_Parent=0, and the Forum_Ancestor=19261 (since it is the top of the thread).
The second record is a child of the first (a reply), and you’ll notice it inherits the first records main ID as the Forum_Parent=19261, and is also part of the same family, so Forum_Ancestor=19261 also (If there were a reply to that reply, the Forum_Parent would change, but the Forum_Ancestor would stay the same since it needs to be grouped in the same “family.”
Not as difficult as I probably made it in the explanation, but nothing changed or was missing from the original post.
Hope this clarifies a bit more… If not, I apologize.
Thank you, Stephen, for taking the time to create a mapping graphic. Much appreciated!
One question: In my Forum code, the Forum_Parent, which is “0” (zero) identifies it as a thread starter, and because the Forum_Ancestor is not “0” (zero), lists it as a reply, underneath the parent, and multiples are ordered by date DESC. How does bbPress handle this? If I understand the methodology, I’ll do better at the mapping. Do I simply use the Forum_Parent for ALL?
Hope I am clear in my question…
Lisa
