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Hey there everyone, I was wondering if anyone knew a method to convert an IP.Board 3 database to be used on phpBB3. I currently host an IP.Board 3 community and we're looking to move to phpBB3, as it's an open source board software. However, we do want to keep our existing posts and users, losing th...

Hey nneonneo, I'm using your crawler converter to convert from IPBfree to SMF 1.1.5 (the very version it is tested with, according to Instructions.txt) and I'm running into a problem. The crawler itself works fine, but when I attempt to upload the .sql files to the database, no posts appear in the f...

Ok, getting this when I try and import it into my MySQL database: SQL query: INSERT INTO `phpbb_forums` ( forum_id, cat_id, forum_order, forum_name, forum_desc ) VALUES ( 2, 3, 20, 'SOS Brigade Archives', '' ) ; MySQL said: Documentation #1054 - Unknown column 'cat_id' in 'field list' Edit: Oh, I kn...

Thanks for the quick response. I'll try that soon and let you know if it works. Edit: It seems to be working fine now. The odd topic returns an empty topic error, but those are topics that have been deleted at one point or another. ;) Edit again: Using relative timestamps (eg: Yesterday, 2:10pm, 53 ...

I must say, nice job. I like it.

I'm in favor of simple mathematical problems, written in words, as a replacement for CAPTCHAs, because some of the designs for the CAPTCHAs are quite difficult to read even with perfect eyesight. Something like: "Jack has six apples. Jack then gives three of those six apples to Paul. How many a...

crock_2 wrote:This makes this forum even more kinda interactive. I think it's a good idea.
Much more personal too.

I agree. This allows the phpBB team to be something more than just the Invisible Overlords and actually interact with their userbase.

Good job.

I find that the best way to gather a community is to find something that will appeal to a specific group of users to be targeted.

Thankyou, phpBB team, for this fantastic, and importantly, free forum software.

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What I've used.

BASIC (Commodore 64)
Windows 3.1
Windows 95
Windows 98 SE
Mac OS 7 (I think it was 7)
Windows Me (at school, brrr)
Windows 2000 (also at school)
Windows XP
Windows Vista
Windows 7 RC1
Ubuntu

Have you changed the settings in your profile and switched to the default iPBfree skin? If that doesn't work, PM me the board address; because of local variations among boards, I cannot recommend a general fix for this problem. Yes, I've changed the settings in the profile and switched the skin. I ...

Hi, I am attempting to use your IPBfree crawler converter to move my IPBfree forums to phpBB. However, when I attempt to do so, I find the following error upon executing the topics_posts_phpBB.py file: Topic ID 1 ... Error: Topic is empty! Topic ID 2 ... Error: Topic is empty! Topic ID 3 ... Error: ...