@stephen, a couple things to know:
– I am using a backup from SMF. I no longer have access to the server that SMF was installed on. I don’t know if a backup and an export are the same thing. I feel like they probably are not.
– Assuming they are not, I am looking at instructions on how to install SMF on a temp server so I can import the backup, and then export the database.
– Assuming I get the export done, what I feel like you are telling me is that I need to import that file into the MySQL running on the server WordPress is on. I am assuming that I create a new database to import the data into. Once that is done, i run the converter on that new database.
– Does this convert that new database, or create a new database that has the bbPress info in it?
I hate to sound like a newb, but I am one when it comes to this.
As you probably guessed, I’m trying to convert a SMF database file over to bbPress.
I looked at the db, and it appears to be fine – I can see tons of old stuff in it. It’s about 122mb. I copied it into the same folder as the converter, and I think I had everything set up correctly, except that the converter does not appear to be finding the database. Here is what I’m seeing:
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All I have been able to guess is that I have the database in the wrong folder and that is why the converter is not starting?
Any help is appreciated. Thanks!
