Hello,

I want to import a phpbb forum to bbpress, i know there is a tool in Tools>>Forums. My question is about the theme. In Phpbb we have a particular theme, can we adapt the theme to Bbpress ? Is the theme imported with the database ? Or we have to re-create the theme for WordPress and bbpress ?

Thanks in advance !

[@angelheart29 Participant 12 years ago]

Another question :

When the database is imported from phpbb to bbpress, do the old database stay put or she is erased ?

Because i want to keep the old forum one day before migrate to the new forum.

[@lynq Participant 12 years ago]

You will have to recreate the theme for bbPress.
You might find this helpful for getting started: https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/i-have-created-a-bbpress-starter-theme-with-a-phpbb-look-and-feel/

Good luck!

[@angelheart29 Participant 12 years ago]

Thanks for you’re response.

I have another question. I have an issue with importation. After 5 hours of loading, the importation is still in progress.

Is this normal ?

[@netweb Keymaster 12 years ago]

Now its ~12 hours since your post above and depending on the size of the phpBB forum you are importing from it could take a couple of minutes to days if you have millions of posts to import.