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Re: Proboards/Invisionfree/ActiveBoards converters

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I have a problem. I tried teh convertor for invisionfree. So far the categories and the posts dump seemed to work fine, but for the life of me I can't get the username script to work. I get "member doesn't exist" errors at each line.
Here is the settings for the users...

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# ---MEMBER SETTINGS---

# A random number, used to seed the passnumber generator. You'll want to keep this a secret! CHANGE THIS.
# Keep this the same across runs, because this ensures that the same passwords
# are assigned to the same people.
RANDOMNUMBER=07723071

# Make this value at least as high as the highest member ID, if not higher. Check by noting the ID of the member with the most recent join date.
NUMUSERS=200

# MAP THE GROUPS AND POSTGROUPS ACCORDING TO YOUR FORUM SETUP
# Mapping: for groups, map the "special" groups to their group #s, and the "nonspecial" or post-based groups to 0.
groups={'Admin':1,
'Subadmin':0,
'Validating':0,
'Members':0}

# Here, define the postgroup based groups.
def postgroup(posts):
	if posts>=5000: return 8 # Hero Member
	if posts>=2500: return 7 # Sr. Member
	if posts>=1000: return 6 # Full Member
	if posts>=500: return 5 # Jr. Member
	return 4 # Newbie
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Re: Proboards/Invisionfree/ActiveBoards converters

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So it says "Error: Member doesn't exist!" on each line? That is a little strange. Have you tried using a default skin, and checked the date/time settings?

If you can't get it to work, PM me the board URL and I will take a look.
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Re: Proboards/Invisionfree/ActiveBoards converters

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nneonneo wrote:So it says "Error: Member doesn't exist!" on each line? That is a little strange. Have you tried using a default skin, and checked the date/time settings?

If you can't get it to work, PM me the board URL and I will take a look.
I'll try the default skin. What date/time setting should I use?
The board is a private one, so i'll have to ask the owner about that...
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Re: Proboards/Invisionfree/ActiveBoards converters

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"Jul 12 2008, 07:36 PM" is the time format to use.
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Re: Proboards/Invisionfree/ActiveBoards converters

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Well that did not work... The layout seems the same as it was before the skin is aplied, so I dunno what to make of this. What is supposed to be the default layout for a typical IF board?

The first upper link I have is portal,(on the left) the rest seems the same as all other IF board I've seen...
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Re: Proboards/Invisionfree/ActiveBoards converters

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nneonneo wrote:"Jul 12 2008, 07:36 PM" is the time format to use.
In the general board settings?
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Re: Proboards/Invisionfree/ActiveBoards converters

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nneonneo wrote:"Jul 12 2008, 07:36 PM" is the time format to use.
That is what I have.
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Re: Proboards/Invisionfree/ActiveBoards converters

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The default skin is called "Invision Blue".
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Re: Proboards/Invisionfree/ActiveBoards converters

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Got it fixed, tried it on another computer with a new config file. Thanks for the help! 8-)
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Re: Proboards/Invisionfree/ActiveBoards converters

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Another question! :P

Although the user dump worked like a charm, the script created no groups, so I have no admin group and no users that can enter the admin cp... How would I go about fixing that?
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Re: Proboards/Invisionfree/ActiveBoards converters

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If you set user_rank and user_level to 1 for a specific user, that user should be able to enter the Admin CP.

Note that this doesn't completely install them as an admin, it just lets them use the Admin CP.
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Re: Proboards/Invisionfree/ActiveBoards converters

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PPV wrote:Another question! :P

Although the user dump worked like a charm, the script created no groups, so I have no admin group and no users that can enter the admin cp... How would I go about fixing that?
Was this to phpBB2?
phpBB2 does NOT use groups for admin access anyway.
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Re: Proboards/Invisionfree/ActiveBoards converters

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ric323 wrote:
PPV wrote:Another question! :P

Although the user dump worked like a charm, the script created no groups, so I have no admin group and no users that can enter the admin cp... How would I go about fixing that?
Was this to phpBB2?
phpBB2 does NOT use groups for admin access anyway.
The Admin Toolkit (link in my sig) allows you to promote any member to be an administrator.
Thanks! I am most proficient in phpbb 3, i am using 2 just for the conversion! I am most grateful!
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Re: Proboards/Invisionfree/ActiveBoards converters

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@ric323: What a marvelous tool. I think I will run it on my archived phpBB2 board to clear the spammers off. Thank you for letting me know about it!
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Re: Proboards/Invisionfree/ActiveBoards converters

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nneonneo wrote:If you set user_rank and user_level to 1 for a specific user, that user should be able to enter the Admin CP.

Note that this doesn't completely install them as an admin, it just lets them use the Admin CP.
I saw your response after! :oops: Thanks! I must say the community here is really helpful! 8-)
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