Hi – I’m planning to import data from an existing SMF forum to a new site built with WP/buddypress/bbpress which is being developed in a subdirectory of the existing site.

I’m not super tech savvy, but I just want to make sure that the existing forum on SMF keeps running smoothly as I import the data. I’m assuming nothing will be deleted after import.

Can anyone confirm this?

Thank you!

[@robin-w Moderator 10 years ago]

bbpress does not delete any area from which it is importing.

But I would strongly suggest that you have a good backup of the SMF forum before you start, and that when you have migrated, you run a test site for your new WP setup

https://codex.bbpress.org/creating-a-test-site/