Wondering what version of phpbb was current when the script was written. It might matter.
As it stands now, this is a no go.
S
Sometimes downgrading phpbb might work, have you tried this ?
i will soon try invision to bbpress, but i’m afraid the last version of invision is not supported
I am attempting to convert a PHPBB3 forum to BBPress. Obviously it is failing (thus this post). It seems to run, and did change the name of the the admin account on the PHPBB forum. However, the rest of the process is as such:
Import Finished.
17.No threaded replies to import
16.No anonymous reply authors to import
15.No replies to import
14.No favorites to import
13.No topic subscriptions to import
12.No topic tags to import
11.No closed topics to import
10.No super stickies to import
9.No stickies to import
8.No anonymous topic authors to import
7.No topics to import
6.No forum subscriptions to import
5.No forum parents to import
4.No forums to import
3.No passwords to clear
2.No users to import
1.Skipping sync-table clean-up
Starting Import…
Ready to go.
What I am working with:
PHPBB3 = 3.2.11
BBPress = 2.6.9
Neither the old forum nor the new have any mods installed. BBPress is a virgin install on a virgin install of WordPress.
I am at a loss as to what to do next. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
If I end up with 2 similar posts, I apologize. I *think* my first post fell into the bitbucket, but if not it may appear as well.
Thanks in advance for any help!
Tommy
Hi,
I have about 89000 posts in forum phpBB
I want import to bbPress but the script run and run and run without ever endling.
I have params the timeout of php script to 3600sec and check the connexion to database.
All is correct.
I haven’t error message.
How I can see the problem
Ps : I have test CMS2CMS and the demo work fine but the price is little expensive for me.
I don’t understand why the native doesn’t work.
Hi all, i have been trying to import from my old Dragonfly site…
I chose phpBB but not sure if it’s the correct one.
When i run the import it goes through the 17 steps failing all 🙁
Im using the latest version of WP 5.8.1
Host is paid shared hosting on a LiteSpeed setup
Hi there
It’s the end of Sept 2021 and I’ve been trying to sort out an old PHPBB conversion to BBPress.
WP: 5.8.1 and BBPress 2.6.6
I can confirm I’ve done this seemingly successfully. It took a few tries but with this thread I’ve got it working.
I just wanted to share what worked in 2021.
1. I exported my old PHPBB database (.sql file) and then set up a new database on my current host and imported the PHPBB to it.
This just simplified any server timeouts and other connection issues.
2. I obviously had BBpress installed within WP, but the included PHPBB converter doesn’t work (why??) so copied two files from this thread.
a. Firstly, I had the ‘annonymous user’ loop mentioned above so copied @davidmanch great code (a couple of comments above) into:
/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/admin/classes/class-bbp-converter.php
This fixed the never ending loop but the built in converter didn’t import any users, so …
b. I copied @a8bit excellent code (3 posts above this one) into:
/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/admin/converters/phpbb.php
This added many more steps to the import which completed without errors. I’m thinking this code might also have fixed the annonymous user loop too but didn’t try it on it’s own?? I’d already change the code in a. above. If you do this, maybe just try this code only and see if it works.
So, if you find this now, it does work (for me at least) so hopefully you don’t have to hunt around for solutions.
The BBPress guys need to look at these two pieces of code and see why their packaged converter doesn’t work. It’s very frustrating and shouldn’t be left to users much smarter than me to fix … but I’m glad they did.
Cheers
Hello all,
I have a question i am testing a migration from phpbb to bbpress. but now for a while i get a repeat of step 8, how long does this take? i have about 60 times step 8 now and counting.
And i do not see any users from the original forum, i still have to do the repair as mentioned above to see if that works.
Ran through a seemingly easy migration from phpBB v3.18 (php v7.3.23) into a new install of bbPress v2.6.6 and I’m immediately drawn to the fact that no attachments made it over. There are images showing from online services, but nothing that was directly attached to a post.
Wondering if perhaps bbPress is looking for these in a certain spot and they’re located elsewhere (different table, etc).
Can point me in the right direction to confirming this or somehow begin troubleshooting?
Many thanks!!
Mark
I tried in every way but I couldn’t …
I have a large vbulletin forum that is no longer online that I would like to get back online and switch to bbpress.
On-line I have found various articles that suggest switching first to phpbb and then to bbpress but nothing seems to work.
I also found 2 sites that offer paid migration but the figure is very high.
Is there anyone who could help me?
I can also pay for something but since it is a forum that will have very few users, I cannot give much.
Thanks
Hi Guys, If someone is still having problems importing data due to looped ‘Converting anonymous topic authors’ AND if you don’t need anonymous topic authors at all then I found a solution (in my case: bbPress 2.6.6 importing from PHPbb)
1) find this file: /wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/admin/classes/class-bbp-converter.php
2) TAKE A BACKUP
3) Replace the content of the file with this: https://pastebin.com/cRGQiLWs
4) Save and enjoy.
Please remember, this will ignore anonymous topic authors so only use this solution if you don’t need them.
I hope I could help. David
Unfortunately, the importers give many problems and no one ever knows how to correct the bags.
Try converting the forum to phpbb3 and then to bbpress
Hi, I’m looking to create a site that mimics this site’s functionalities: https://guitarpatches.com/index.php
So what I need is to be able to let people upload specific file types without being logged in.
Listing all the files with whatever description/categories/tags and having the possibility for people to leave a rating, like a 5 stars style rating system, and leave comments.
Or do I even need a BB type plugin to be able to do that?
Thanks
Hello everyone.
I do realize that Nick’s question was topical more than 6 years ago, but still want to share one more way of moving phpBB content over to bbPress. Probably, someone will find it useful.
I personally always try to avoid manual actions, because there’s a risk to miss something important, moreover, if a forum is scalable.
That’s why I do suggest going the automated migration route and use forum migration service for that.
Here’s what I found – https://cms2cms.com/cms/supported-cms/phpbb-to-bb-press-migration/. Quite naturally, that the migration will need some custom edits, but I do know that the cms2cms tech team can investigate any migration case and do some additional settings.
According to the video tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sobBd64J_ro it really looks quite simple. At least, Free Demo is worth trying, I guess.
Hello,
Yes it will always be the same image.
Members of my old phpBB forum that I am remaking on bbPress are familiar with this image that I want to reuse on my new bbPress forum.
When the user clicks on the link it takes them to the last posted message, just as if they were clicking on the date and time.
Hello all,
I am in the process of migrating a phpbb forum to a bbpress forum.
In my phpbb forum, I have a forum for each group of students. and only they can see that forum.
(about 160 forums)
also I have a group of admins who can see all forums.
Is that possible in bbpress?
Thanks
Mickey
Hello Robin,
in another forum (based on phpBB) they have a very useful feature to keep spammers out: It is not allowed to place links before someone has made 30 postings.
I suggest that the owner of this forum has made a script himself, because it does not work very good – the error message “Links not yet allowed” appears also when answers with quote are started. But I find the idea very good!
Do you think that something like this might be implemented in bbPress?
Best wishes
Hannelore
I originally migrated the forums from phpBB, but that was a over a year ago so I would think that would not be relevant anymore. I don’t know what the converter has to do with anything anymore.
Maybe the ‘phpbb 3.2.9 fix bbpress import’ is broken? I get 404…
I have some issue about phpBB 3.3.1 import, everything is okay, except the users, the users and password not imported… :/
Hi,
I experienced the same issue when I tried to import from latest phpBB forum, the users and the password didn’t come through the import… :/
Maybe the user related tables changed in the 3.3.x phpBB?
Bye,
Gábor Auth
Hi, I’m curious what plugin you are considering to switch to? I’ve purchased and tested several including trying to get “support” from commercial options, and have not found a very good/comprehensive forum solution with good support. The best forum for wp that I found was simple press but they were bought out a few years ago and since then the support is terrible. Any question will be answered with a pitch to get you to hire them to customize. Before that I tried wpforo but it is lacking a lot of features especially on the admin side and I had problems communicating with their support.
There just does not seem to exist such a plugin for wordpress that has both good support (either commercial or community) and comprehensive features needed to run an active forum. (I’ve used a bunch of non wp forums such as vb, phpbb, smf etc)
I’ve come to the conclusion that if you have to use WP and need a forum with comprehensive features and administration tools, then bbpress is the best option and you may need to hire a developer to get it to do what you need. The next option would be a non-wp forum that you could bridge. But again, if you have a legitimate WP forum plugin option to consider, I’d love to hear it.
Importing from phpBB ver 3.3.1 into bbPress ver 2.6.5 –
I get a “2. No users to import” warning.
I also get a loop, “8. Converting anonymous topic authors (100 through 100 of 100)”
Is anyone able to help? How much do you want?! I have deliberately not included the URL. If you can help I will provide it.
4000 users will be eternally grateful… (they do exist!)
Thanks,
Stewart
Hi Heroyouwi, I hope you are happy to answer this. I have tried your phpbb 3.2.9 fix bbpress import script and sadly it failed. I am using phpBB 331 and the latest bbPress. What is the likely issue?
Many thanks.
I need a little help with the BBpress converter. I am importing data (4000 users) from a phpBB (latest version) database in the locahost database. The converter consistently just goes straight to ‘Stopped’ no matter what I do.
Where is the log for this utility so I can debug?
Thanks,
Stewart
It is extremely disappointing not to have had any reply to this question. I have reached the point where I have upgraded phpBB to the latest version and moved the original phpBB data to the new server so I can run the import to and from the ‘localhost’, and still it fails. I am 100% confident that everything is correct.
What really gets me is the lack of feedback. The application just says ‘Stopped’ every time I try something. Every time. Is there a log somewhere?
If I don’t get some sort of help or guidance soon I will simply give up on BBPress and WordPress. Surely there is someone who knows what’s going on?
Thank you in anticipation.
