Hi,

I am quite new to WordPress and definitely new to forums. I am trying to export a forum using SMF on one site and importing into bbPress on another site within WordPress. How do I go about doing this?

Thanks.

[@netweb Keymaster 10 years, 11 months ago]

Is your SMF database on the same database server that your WordPress instalation is setup with?

If not your webhost should have some docs on how to export/backup your database.

Then follow the similar docs on your new webhost to import the database if needed.

Then follow the basic steps outlined here https://codex.bbpress.org/import-forums/

There are also a couple of topics here on bbPress.org relating to SMF that you should be able to find pretty quickly.

[@chapeauvert Participant 10 years, 11 months ago]

Thanks Stephen!

I think I can manage that.

[@netweb Keymaster 10 years, 11 months ago]

Cool, let me know how it goes 🙂

[@chapeauvert Participant 10 years, 11 months ago]

I exported the database from the old host and imported into the new host I then tried importing the forum in WordPress using the bbPress plug-in. No forum seems to be created.

Am I missing a step?

[@chapeauvert Participant 10 years, 10 months ago]

Hi Stephen,

Any ideas?