[mrcupe]

I get to this point:

Convert posts (17600 – 17699)-

And it just hangs there forever….

What can I do?

[Stephen Edgar]

Please see the following page in the docs for this issue:
https://codex.bbpress.org/import-forums/import-troubleshooting/

[mrcupe]

So basically it will be a post somewhere with a character that the converter can’t parse?

I should note that the bbpress built in converter has never worked.

I needed to installed BBConverter.

[Stephen Edgar]

More than likely it will be some character, troublesome and annoying but nothing much we can do at this stage.

That old BBConverter plugin is what is now included with bbPress, we merged that code into bbPress core, there are vast improvements in the converter and the phpBB import script in the current release of bbPress 2.5.4 (and more for the next release).

I’d love to know more details on why the built in converter does not work for you and if needed get that fixed. 🙂

[mrcupe]

I’ll post a response with the issue I have when I try again. For now I’ve spent days trying to get it to work and need a break!