Is it possible to import the user accounts, boards, and posts from my old SMF forum? I saw that there are some WP plug-ins that automate this, but they require that the forum be in a sub-directory. Currently, my WP installation and integrated BBPress forum (beta) is http://leftcoastlogic.com/blog/forum, but the current active forum is http://leftcoastlogic.com/forum

[@gautamgupta Participant 13 years, 8 months ago]

These links might help you:

1. https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/successfully-convert-smf-20-rc1-to-bbpress-10#post-64815
2. https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/successful-convert-smf-gt-phpbb2-gt-bbpress

ps. Deleted your bumps.

[@gautamgupta Participant 13 years, 8 months ago]

These links might help you:

1. https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/successfully-convert-smf-20-rc1-to-bbpress-10#post-64815
2. https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/successful-convert-smf-gt-phpbb2-gt-bbpress

ps. Deleted your bumps.

[@justmichael2 Member 13 years, 8 months ago]

Thanks. The first link is one year old and the link to the converter is broken.

The second link is three years old.

[@justmichael2 Member 13 years, 8 months ago]

Thanks. The first link is one year old and the link to the converter is broken.

The second link is three years old.

[@gautamgupta Participant 13 years, 8 months ago]

A quick search leads me to this: http://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/converter/smf_1.1.x_to_phpbb3/

Which version of SMF are you using?

[@gautamgupta Participant 13 years, 8 months ago]

A quick search leads me to this: http://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/converter/smf_1.1.x_to_phpbb3/

Which version of SMF are you using?

[@justmichael2 Member 13 years, 8 months ago]

I am using 1.1x. I was able to successfully convert to phpBB. You can see the converted forum here:

http://leftcoastlogic.com/forum/phpbb/

I have full admin access to this, and checked that the tables, topics, posts and users were all successfully converted to phpbb.

I then downloaded the phpbb-to-bbpress script from code.google.com (per other posts here):

http://code.google.com/p/phpbb3-to-bbpress1-converter/

Following instructions, I began the conversion and it stepped through the process. It appeared to have completed the “converting posts” step, although the last step had some strange text:

View post on imgur.com

I then proceeded to the next step, “convert users data”, and got this error message:

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I then tried to run the script a second time, and got this error message:

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So, I guess I’m not having much luck converting my phpBB forum to bbPress. Any suggestions?

[@justmichael2 Member 13 years, 8 months ago]

I am using 1.1x. I was able to successfully convert to phpBB. You can see the converted forum here:

http://leftcoastlogic.com/forum/phpbb/

I have full admin access to this, and checked that the tables, topics, posts and users were all successfully converted to phpbb.

I then downloaded the phpbb-to-bbpress script from code.google.com (per other posts here):

http://code.google.com/p/phpbb3-to-bbpress1-converter/

Following instructions, I began the conversion and it stepped through the process. It appeared to have completed the “converting posts” step, although the last step had some strange text:

View post on imgur.com

I then proceeded to the next step, “convert users data”, and got this error message:

View post on imgur.com

I then tried to run the script a second time, and got this error message:

View post on imgur.com

So, I guess I’m not having much luck converting my phpBB forum to bbPress. Any suggestions?

[@justmichael2 Member 13 years, 7 months ago]

Just checking – any suggestions?

[@justmichael2 Member 13 years, 7 months ago]

Just checking – any suggestions?

[@gautamgupta Participant 13 years, 7 months ago]

The first image looks fine to me. Probably some post text is showing up before the proceed statement.

In the second image, there is an error saying that there was a url that was long and is not allowed in bbPress. You would have to probably remove those manually and re-run the script.

The third is also an error. Please delete all topics and posts from the database, not from the front-end as it doesn’t actually deletes them.

[@gautamgupta Participant 13 years, 7 months ago]

The first image looks fine to me. Probably some post text is showing up before the proceed statement.

In the second image, there is an error saying that there was a url that was long and is not allowed in bbPress. You would have to probably remove those manually and re-run the script.

The third is also an error. Please delete all topics and posts from the database, not from the front-end as it doesn’t actually deletes them.

[@justmichael2 Member 13 years, 7 months ago]

#2 How do I remove the long URL? I have no idea where to find that.

#3 How do I delete topics and posts from the database?

Sorry, I’m not a developer.

[@justmichael2 Member 13 years, 7 months ago]

#2 How do I remove the long URL? I have no idea where to find that.

#3 How do I delete topics and posts from the database?

Sorry, I’m not a developer.

[@justmichael2 Member 13 years, 7 months ago]

hello?

[@justmichael2 Member 13 years, 7 months ago]

hello?