[@halo-diehard Participant 13 years, 10 months ago]

Ok, it looks like it’s converting. Here is what I had to do for 1and1 hosting:

In Import Forum settings, make sure your “Database Server” is filled in, use the Database User attached to your database, not your FTP User Name, and you should be good to go 🙂

Now to have someone take a look at my first forum page and tell me if that’s what it’s supposed to look like…

Thanks for your encouragement, Stephen, the “well, it’s supposed to work” is what kept me at it!