First off I figured out what the problem is. It seems that when you have a self-contained plugin folder installed into the bb-plugins and my-plugins folder the link to that plugin in the Admin area to active (and I imagine de-activate) has a double backslash between the plugin folder name and the actual file
Example:
…. plugins.php?plugin_request=all&action=activate&plugin=user%23smiley-choice\bb-schoice.php&_wp ….
as you can see there is a double backslash between the ‘smiley-choice’ folder name and the actual file ‘bb-schoice.php.
Now @Nightgunner5 I had a look at the patch file code .. my question is what file is this added to?
as someone fresh to bbPress one of the things that has amazed me has been the contribution that _ck_ has obviously made to the community. The number of plugins alone with her name attached is nothing short of amazing and if she did not return that would be a definite loss to all of us, and future bbPress converts.
I know the moment I see anything posted by her to show that she is still a part of the community I’ll be making a good donation in recognition of her contribution.
being a Win Server the permissions are 755 IIRC. As I said if it is a single file plugin and dropped in the my-plugins folder there is no problem activating them the problem only occurs when it is a plugin in a self-contained folder dropped into the my-plugins folder (see screencap http://screencast.com/t/OTNiZGNlND )
I am going through the same process and it isn’t easy and definitely is more than just running a script. I’ll be documenting the whole process when I finally complete the conversion but don’t expect anything for at least a week.
Does anyone have a copy of the files provided by the originator of this thread (wmnasef) and originally found here?
For some reason the file is no longer available from that link.
Failing that does anyone know of any working methods to convert from phpBB 3 to bbPress 1? I am really trying to get from an SMF 2RC1 install and have no problems moving to phpBB3 but stalled at now migrating to bbPress.
