[Tanya]

The import didn’t end up going through as the file size is too big (394mb). I’ve gotten in contact with my host as I’m unsure how to get it to import.

[Stephen Edgar]

Yep, once you are done and have checked that the import worked and are happy with it just delete the phpBB tables.

[Tanya]

I’m guessing I will wait for the import to go through, then go through all the tables and delete all the phpbb ones. Please correct me if I’m wrong!

[Tanya]

@netweb Ah crap, I just started importing it into my database. I will see what I can do…

[Stephen Edgar]

Export the database but don’t import it into your WordPress database you are going to use, import the phpBB database is its own separate database as once the data is imported you will be able to remove/delete that database as it will no longer be needed (just make sure you do keep a backup).

Other than that it looks like you are good to go.

[Tanya]

Thanks @netweb. From what you’ve said, I gather this is what I’m going to do:

1. Export the current forum’s database, then import it into my own.
2. Use the Tools>Forums>Import Forums.
3. Repair the forums Tools>Forums>Repair Forums.

Wish me luck! I will report back to say how I went if this does ever help anyone else in the future.

[Stephen Edgar]

You should export the entire phpBB database using from the current hosting provider and import it into your new hosting provider, remote migrations are not supported. Each of your hosting providers should have some documentation on how to import and export the MySQL database. You will not need to instal phpBB on your site to import the data, you only need the actual database.

This should also help https://codex.bbpress.org/import-forums/

The ‘default’ phpBB MySQL table prefix is “phpbb_”

[Tanya]

I am going to start importing the forum from the current phpbb3 site, which is on a different hosting account, to my site and I have a few questions.

• Do I have to export the database from the current forum and then import it?
• I am on the Tools>Forums>Import Forums page. When it says Database Server, what do I type in here?
• Table prefix – what do I write here?

[q5sys]

Current site:
Wordpress V 3.4.2
bbpress V 2.1.2
Buddypress V 1.6.1

Old site:
Wordpress 1 user
phpbb v 3.10 40 users

I converted my forums over to bbpress. Everything went fine.
All the threads and users where there.
I installed buddypress as well and that works fine.
buddypress automatically synced up with all of the existing users.

I’m building the site up though so the activity on the site is low. However I’ve noticed something. All of the buddypress features work perfectly. However with bbpress no one can post or reply. In fact the only way admin can do anything is to do so through the dashboard. If admin is broswing the forum he cant reply or create a new topic.
The edit box is there, but when you click ‘submit’ it just reloads the page and nothing happens. I’ve tried this with users at all levels.

I wanted to integrate bbpress into buddypress, but the only way I can do that and retain my existing data is to choose group forums with existing install, but that wont work because i dont have a bb-config.php

I have completely disabled buddypress and the problem still exists. Somewhere something in my bbpress configuration must be messed up. any help?

[Stephen Edgar]

bbPress 2.1 includes a conversion tool to import forums/topics/replies/users from some of the popular forum packages eg. bbPress or phpBB

There is an ‘example’ file also included as a ‘reference template’ that if your forum software is using a SQL database then you could easily modify this to be a custom importer by matching the correct database tables/fields etc

The file is called ‘example.php’ and is located in /wp-content/plugins/bbpress/bbp-admin/converters

[jeeni]

I’d love this feature too. Our forum is coming from phpBB and the unread posts is dearly missed. Where can I donate to support this plugin/update? Where is the download of the plugin in progress? I’d be happy to donate and test if it’s of any help.

[Buovjaga]

Watch out for the lack of this: Strip phpBB bbcode, bbcode_uid and magic urls during import

[tiberiusCA]

yes, in last version have a tool fot that

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[Dark Aqua]

Is there a way to import users, posts and PM’s from phpBB 3 into bbpress?

[pablolobo]

I am looking to migrate our phpbb installation to bbpress. However after looking at the activity this will be beyond our current staff’s capabilities. Are there any recommended groups that provide a migrating service?

Website is http://thefwoosh.com, forum is here http://thefwoosh.com/forum

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[Stephen Edgar]

bbPress 2.1x includes the import tool now to import from bbPress Standalone, phpBB, vBulletin & Invision.

To get started importing forums have a look at this

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

[digitalXCESS]

Can I just ask is bbPress compatible with WordPress 3.4.1 and Buddypress Version 1.6.1?

I’m having a nightmare installing bbpress, i’ve setup many forums before using software such as phpbb and even with all the file editing, database changes etc – it was never this difficult 🙁

I’ve followed the guides with various levels of success, sometimes I get ‘unauthorised to view this page’ sometimes I get no link to the forum page – sometimes I get a page with no forum topics.

So, just wondered if I’m wasting my time? lol

[tiberiusCA]

I need this fix, when new version will be release?

[tiberiusCA]

Can you give mr this fix or next version will be in few days?

[capsx]

i understand that phpBB truncate those urls

the problem is – BBPRESS CANT SHOW THOSE URLS

WP CAN …

p.s. maybe we can talk in IRC ???

[Stephen Edgar]

@capsx Those are phpBB ‘magic_url’ and phpBB by default will truncate/shorten all URL’s to 55 characters. It does this so there are not extremely long URL’s in posts. eg. This URL is 63 characters in length, phpBB will leave the ‘href’ in tact but shorten the displayed URL to 55 characters.

<a href="http://www.example.com/directory/directory/directory/directory/">http://www.example.com/directory/directo ... directory/</a>

phpBB SQL DB stores this in the posts table with the following code

<!-- m --><a href="http://www.example.com/directory/directory/directory/directory/">http://www.example.com/directory/directo ... directory/</a><!-- m -->

There is more info on ‘magic_url’ here and here.

Thanks for posting your example code above.You may also want to look at https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1884

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[Stephen Edgar]

Thanks, very happy it went well for you (and us?)

• Obviously my vB was set up with a ton of permissions we now dont have.
  At this stage that would be quite tough to migrate those 😉
• Also not sure if deliberate, but forums that were childed are now not and I had to spend an hour re-organising all the forums.
  It is a ‘known issue’ also with phpBB, hopefully in the future we can fix this.

[kriskl]

hi, I am sure, I am not the only one, but I do think ‘Reply” button (and maybe also “quote” button should be added by defult in every post, so users do not have to go to the bottom of the page to reply to given topic,

threaded comments are available in WordPress and it is great feature, so I think it should be nr1 new feature in bbpress 2.2

it is especially useful when replies to a topic take more than one page… especially for new users who never used bbpress.. but different forum software, this would be really great

we are using buddypress forums (after moving from phpbb, and the number of replies is now dramatically lower, because users can’t always find an easy way to reply.. and just give up…

and considering that forums are normally used for “support” – volunteers who would like to reply just give up! 🙁

[capsx]

those was RAW data from MYSQL DB …

i actually DON’T NEED to convert BBCodes – i need original post texts, and that is the problem, cause bbpress converter convert [quote] to DIV

temporary fix was – to get original text from the phpbb_posts table via wp_postmeta key _bbp_post_id

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[Stephen Edgar]

Have a look at the raw data in your MySQL database not the rendered HTML output, apart from some ‘line breaks’ (<br />) you will find this data is identical.

phpBBv3: phpbb_posts.post_text   bbPress: wp_posts.post_content 

If you are actually wanting the importer to convert phpBB’s BBCode during import that is being worked on for future versions of bbPress and the import/conversion tool.

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