Interesting. Shouldn’t be too difficult to convert & import from any forum to another.
Did you edit the plugin to have your database username, database name and password? The plugin requires that information hardcoded into the space provided.
Trent
Well, dunno…I cant get it to work ;-(
I got this message….
Access denied for user ‘root’@’localhost’ (using password: YES)
I am very new to databases, and I really could use some help here 
«What steps did you take? Did you install bbPress in another database or did you install it again in the current database that WordPress is at. »
I did install bbPress in another database or by itself… separate from WordPress database.
«If you installed in another database and then exported out the bb_ prefix tables and imported them in the database with the wp_ prefix tables, nothing should have happened to WordPress.»
Yes, it’s what my web host support that did the export/import… the exact same steps you instructed me to do or as shown above: export bbPress tables, then import bbPress to WordPress. It seems that I’ve use the same identifier or username (Robert Richard) for the bbPress as it already existed within WordPress (Robert Richard)… both database had the same Admin username or identifier.
«Either way, nothing should have happened to WordPress because bbPress uses the login information from WordPress, not vice-versa.»
I’m not sure of about «either way», but I will ask my web host help desk to re-install backups and start over again with a different identifier or username.
«When I installed bbPress, I chose the ‘key master’ as an account that isn’t the admin in WordPress. That is a pain because I have to login as 1 user to administer bbPress and logout and login as another user to administer WordPress. Of course, I figured all this out after importing my phpBB posts.»
I’m figuring out this stuff hands on and by having you as a support. It seems logical to have a different identifier; I thought about it afterwards. Regretfully, I don’t have the formal training with database and tables to have predicted this dynamic. Luckily, bbPress.org has you.
Thanks a million.
Robert Richard.
Robert,
What steps did you take? Did you install bbpress in another database or did you install it again in the current database that WordPress is at. If you installed in another database and then exported out the bb_ prefix tables and imported them in the database with the wp_ prefix tables, nothing should have happened to WordPress. Either way, nothing should have happened to wordpress because bbpress uses the login information from WordPress, not vice-versa. When I installed bbpress, I chose the ‘key master’ as an account that isn’t the admin in WordPress. That is a pain because I have to login as 1 user to administer bbpress and logout and login as another user to administer WordPress. Of course, I figured all this out after importing my phpBB posts…..
There’s a phpBB importer script available in this thread: https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/3
But it doesn’t convert BBCode yet. I think that feature is in the works, though.
I’ve already had a porn spammer sign up and create a profile just to get a link back to his site. If I mark him a “bozo” will that prevent search engine bots from tracing the link from my site to his? I don’t want search engine bots to track outbound links to spam sites from my site.
If so, the bozo option will be much better than simply deleting them; I know from my old phpbb board, if you delete them, they just come back.
I am so happy that this has been released, and I can’t wait to get knee deep into the templating system. I do have one question, though. phpBB provides converters for people that would like to swtich from say, vB to their script. It would be great if there was a way to switch from phpBB to bbPress. I realize that’s a big request, but it would make my life so much easier. My husband recently told me he wanted to add a blog to his site that is already running a phpBB board, as his webmaster/design/tech-head, my first answer was, “Okay, but it’ll have a different members system. If we could convert his phpBB to a bbPress, I could then add the WP and integrate them.
his site: http://www.emmaus-way.net
my site: http://www.tammyhartdesigns.com
Adding my support… in my old phpBB board i had a section called ‘ftl/n’ (for the lose, or no?) section that I encouraged people to take their flame wars/immaturity to that only registered users could see (so guests didn’t have to see threads descend into madness) and I’d like to be able to get that feature back.
Will bbpress have an option for members to have signatures, where they can add text or links?
I’m looking at starting a new forum, having used SMF & PHPBB forums in the past, but i really like wordpress so have installed a ‘test’ site using bbpress, and am really impressed, but its an important feature that i’m need to be installed.
very nice design. A couple years ago on stumbled onto WordPress and glad I did. I feel the same way about bbPress, but i’m sure it will be rock solid and full of features a lot quicker. I was looking at phpBB, but I’m going to implement bbPress.
take care,
mrj
Three types of forums:
Kind of Active
Very Active
Way too Active
View posts since last visit is how users in most “Very Active” forums keep track of what’s going on, as well as the moderators, so it should be available.
(Compare this to kind of active forums where you can immediately tell what’s changed, and way too active forums where users usually search out/discover and ‘subscribe’ to their favorite threads in the sea of threads.
This will also help people in the transition from an older forum solution like phpBB.
The links you mentioned also still be useful for moderators, especially “posts with no tags.” if they want to go in and clean up after the users. Perhaps resolved/unresolved/not a support question should just be made extensible so users can pick whatever they want to put there, or choose not to use it at all.
PS- If you comment those links out of your front-page.php that should solve a lot of your immediate problems.
Lucky for you, there’s already a thread about this –
https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/3?replies=18
Hi,
I have a forum running on phpbb2.
I’ve reciently got bbpress set up and running in a breeze! So I am wondering if I can transfer all my databases of posts and users from my phpbb2 site into bbpress, so my users can just login agian, rather than re-register? Also I like to migrate all my posts as well.
Please! You’ll have to be patient.. we are lucky we got this phpBB to bbpress importer this quickly.. jeesh! I’m sure brunotorre will probably make up more import scripts then..
If not brunotorre, then someone else I’m sure.. We’ll just have to be patient here.. Just my 2 cents …
I was able to use his script to bring over all of my users, just by modifying the table names that it was calling for from phpBB. But his code got more complicated, especially for the posts.. For someone who has a firm grasp on php, it wasn’t as much to ask as it might seem.. But I ended up bringing over the info by hand via PHPMyAdmin… Nearly everything, minus the dates of posts since PunBB put that info on a different table altogether.
But yeah, I’m not faulting brunotorre for not getting to my issue immediately. The demand for PunBB->BBPress is prolly going to always be small. Kudos for brunotorre’s work, def!
Dear astereo,
Great guide! One thing I would add, however, is what to do when there are errors, ie troubleshooting. For some reason I get stuck at the install.php file telling me “Cannot select DB.” This is despite the fact that I have followed the directions you mentioned (and those included on this website) to a T and have successfully installed WordPress, phpBB, and other php/mysql web programs with no problem. Also it seems like the member n2 is having the same problem. If the solution is found to this, perhaps it could be put in your ultimate guide, so that others do not fall into the same trap. Thank you.
I’ve just installed bbpress and have the same problem – my posts were all -1years “freshness”
I figured out that I needed to configure the config.php with my server time and not my local time. My server runs on PDT, which is 7 hours behind my physical location (on BST, shortly to be GMT). So now my “freshness” is correct, but all my post times are wrong. I’d like to see a mod that allows the user to define their local time zone and operate independently of the board’s installation location.
Apart from that – bbpress looks great and I love the freshness of it after the clutter of phpBB.
What about importing from PunBB?
*sigh*
Please! You’ll have to be patient.. we are lucky we got this phpBB to bbpress importer this quickly.. jeesh! I’m sure brunotorre will probably make up more import scripts then.. 
If not brunotorre, then someone else I’m sure.. We’ll just have to be patient here.. Just my 2 cents …
spencerp
My mistake; you’re absolutely right — it only displays deleted posts.
Marky, I can be wrong, but the only posts which appear on the admin are the deleted ones. That may be why the imported posts don’t show.
Marky, just after posting here I realized I forgot to convert the bbcodes. I’ll try to make it shortly.
About the announcements and sticky, I’ll give a look too.
But I still don’t have a clue why posts don’t appear on the admin. If you or anyone know why, please let me know.
One more quick note: the imported posts don’t seem to appear in the admin interface, even after re-counting everything and such.
What about importing from PunBB?
*sigh*
