[Stephen Edgar]

Categories are currently only imported as a forum type and each of these can be changed in WP-admin forums panel.

Sub-forums in phpBB and bbPress are all just forums with a parent forum for the forum hierarchy, these can be changed re-ordered etc also in WP-admin forums panel.

Your forum title ‘Obutto’ is just a title name for the site, you can set the title of your WordPress site title in WP-admin.

https://codex.bbpress.org/getting-started-with-bbpress/

https://codex.bbpress.org/import-forums/phpbb/

[cdapex]

Hi,

First I would like to say well done to the folks at bbPress. It was a breeze migrating the site, and while it’s different then what I’m used to using (phpBB type forums), I’m really diggin the integration it has with our new WP site.

Anyhow, after I migrated the forums everything is working, but in bbPress all my subforums are now individual forums. The title of my phpBB forum was Obutto, but it appears I don’t need this Obutto forum anymore, is this correct?

If it is correct, how do I remove it? So far I just have it listed as a Category. So far I tried sending it to the trash but then I couldn’t view the other forums. I almost went to delete it permanently but was afraid I might lose data, so thought it may be a good idea to get some proper advice.

Thanks for your time!

Chris

[Chris Cash]

Stephen, if you want admin/test access to a mostly working import from vbulletin to phpbb to bbpress, let me know if it would be helpful. There are quite a few users that have import_ in from of their usernames and duplicate users.

[gphp]

thanks @netweb

[Stephen Edgar]

No there is not, bbPress does not support attachments.

Edit: If the image was part of the original post with using the BBCode [img] then that IS imported as part of the post, if the image was an attachment to the post then it is not imported.

[gphp]

there’s no way to import attachment (images) from phpbb3 forum?

[Nitac]

I’d like to know if you have any success with this, i posted a similar issue here but i havent had any luck rectifying it.

The last time test i tried i got to >300k (forum has ~400k) posts after the convertor stalled and requiring a restart a couple of times, until the most recent time tried to restart I got this error in the output window:

Repair any missing information: Continue
WordPress database error: [Table 'db_name.pbpbb_posts' doesn't exist]
SELECT convert(posts.post_id USING "utf8") AS post_id,convert(topics.topic_id USING "utf8") AS topic_id,convert(posts.forum_id USING "utf8") AS forum_id,convert(posts.topic_id USING "utf8") AS topic_id,convert(posts.poster_ip USING "utf8") AS poster_ip,convert(posts.poster_id USING "utf8") AS poster_id,convert(posts.post_subject USING "utf8") AS post_subject,convert(posts.post_text USING "utf8") AS post_text,convert(posts.post_time USING "utf8") AS post_time FROM pbpbb_posts AS posts LEFT JOIN pbpbb_topics AS topics USING (topic_id) WHERE posts.post_id != topics.topic_first_post_id LIMIT 304200, 100
Starting Conversion

Im currently running this on AWS (Amazon Servers) and had upgraded to the server to something with a bit more grunt but its not helping.

Ive also discovered, not sure if this is related, that none of the replies that are imported are assigned to a forum or a topic and when viewing a topic only the first post appears and none of the related replies.

looking forward to response.
mchl

[Chris Cash]

I had a larger vbulletin forum that I tried to import from and ended up having to migrate from vbulletin to phpbb and then from phpbb to bbpress.

[nvsemin]

Sorry guys, cannot help it
I tried mingle forum, easy to setup, but kinda rawish still
I believe that bbpress is better in this regard, but … why this forum
looks so … lamish? Maybe I used to phpBB based forums too much.

Please enlighten me

[nvsemin]

Hello,

I just set up a basic forum:
http://www.sugarboxing.com/forum/

I would like to ask you gimme some tips on where can I look for solutions to my problems.
I do not mind you writing the solution here, but caring of your time, this is not really expected. Just links would do just fine:

My problems:
Basically I want my forum look more like this one:
http://www.rosstraining.com/forum/ (this gues use phpBB though).

I want
1. all forums (main and single) pages be without a sidebar
2. I want to change the skin somehow, please suggest where can I get some neat custom css I guess
3. I want all sub-forums listed line by line, not like now when they clustered in a line separated by commas
4. Maybe some extra plugins suggstions

I use WP Mantra theme just in case

Thanks in advance!

[manuxel]

Sweet, I tried to make an importer based on the example and the phpbb but I couldn’t make it work, thanks a lot for the effort, I’m going to try it right now…

[SickSquirrelTwo]

Using bbPress (not current version, one back), WordPress 3.5.1. Need 2 plugins:

1. Want to receive eMail on every post, whether new topic or reply.

2. Want a “See New Posts” link in the header. I had this with phpBB and am used to it as are users.

If I don’t need a plugin, and the script(s) can be edited, that’s ok. Just quote me a very reasonable price to do it or provide all the coding and details for me to do.

[watracing]

I changed things and removed the page with the short code and just linked to a higher catagory called “forum”
It still shows the sub forums on seperate pages and with the (0,0) on the main page
I would really like the forum to look similar to a phpbb style forum
Watracing.com

[SickSquirrelTwo]

… or words to that effect. I had it and another error.I panicked but could not log in here to post (the “lost password” link never showed up) so Googled the error; it brought me back here! But I read the first thread in the search results and it ed me to a plugin conflict with Spam Destroyer. Deactivated it and viola! People have been telling me for weeks that they posted but I could not find anything.

I’m used to phpBB and the “new posts” button. I had to go through more than two dozen topics in the sidebar to look for new posts. This feature would be nice for those using bbPress and WordPress.

This is a thank you for the help and a suggestion

[mpesgt01]

I have a phpBB (3.0.11) forum since many years. After a good clean up, I am down at these stats
1 200 members
18 000 subjects
52 000 answers

My urls looks like this
http://www.mysite.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=27944

In Google i get 280 000 results if I type this
“mysite.com/forum/viewtopic.php”

I am feeling this forum software (thanks for all these nice years!) gets behind the actual social life these years so I am looking to change for another forum (hopefully with Facebook login!)

What will happen if I decide to switch to installing bbPress into my actual WordPress ? I have read the codex, but doest my urls and so my results in google would all be lost (as I can’t see how a rewrite redirect url could work here anyway) ?

[SickSquirrelTwo]

I run WordPress 3.5.2 with bbPress and the Members plugin. I need a plugin that sends me email on every post, not just comments

I previously ran phpBB which had this feature, and I need it.

I just had to click 15 separate categories to find a new post, which I didn’t find, even though the author emailed me to say he posted.

[Stephen Edgar]

bbConverter is out of date and no longer updated.

bbPress includes a phpBB importer and details on how to use it and any phpBB import issues can be found in these links:

https://codex.bbpress.org/import-forums

https://codex.bbpress.org/import-forums/phpbb

[PinkishHue]

Is there a converter from myBB to phpBB? You may be able to convert it to phpBB and then convert that to bbpress

(I’m quite new to bbpress so apologies if this is the wrong answer, this is just what I have seen recommended in similar circumstances)

[MartinS87]

Hey there!

I used PHPbb3 the last 4 years now. The Foums is grown.
But now I created a new Website with WordPress and want something what is
integrated in there. I found bbPress and bbConverter. I installed both in my
WordPress but I cant run the bbConverter. Is there anyone who could give me some Detail
Information?

Thanks.

[Nitac]

Firstly i’d like to say great work on the plugin (well, from what i can see so far) really appreciate all the time and effort you guys must put into something like this.

Ok… I’ve been running some migration tests from a phpbb forum and I seem to running into issues with the migration stalling with no indication as to where or why it might have failed.

The migration has successfully brought across user, forums and topics but has stalled on replies, last test I ran i think it got through ~90k rows, I’ve tried stopping and restarting the migration, but eventually it stalls again, plus I had an issue where it started duplicating all the content and another where console was just outputting just dashes (——) instead processing info.

The forum is about ~150mb which doesnt seem all that big. Is there anything i could be doing to improve performance or potentially something I could be doing wrong?

WP: 3.5.1
BBP: 2.3.2

Looking forward to response. Thanks

[Stephen Edgar]

Firstly this thread is about an old plugin that is no longer being updated, the core of this code is actually now in bbPress core.

@jooda Yes phpBB import is fixed 100% in bbPress’ built in import tool

@LevyImage You can take a stab at modifying the included ‘Example.php’ included with bbPress to try importing your MyBB forums just as @vogelsang did here for importing from Drupal. There are some basic instructions here on creating your own custom imports for bbPress.

Further information on importing existing forums into be bbPress can be found here:
https://codex.bbpress.org/import-forums

(I’m going to close this topic now, if you have any questions regarding importing please create a new topic)

[jooda]

is the phpbb3 fixed?

[jooda]

Can someone convert my phpbb3 forum for me to bbPress? Im having trouble doing it, and could really use some help!

If you can my skype is zubzstep

[jooda]

Can someone convert my phpbb3 forum for me to bbPress? Im having trouble doing it, and could really use some help!

If you can my skype is zubzstep

[Daniel J. Lewis]

I’m also interested in this, especially with allowing my forum members to use some BBcodes, like spoiler, b, i, and others. (I transitioned from a phpBB board, so I want to make a smooth transition for my users.)

I’ve been looking for a plugin to do this, but haven’t found anything. I’m thinking of making a simple plugin to do this by popping up a window (via jQuery) that will take the content of their post editor and display it with my CSS and processing the shortcodes. It sounds easy to me, but I could be really wrong.