[BETA] SMF 1.1 to phpBB3 Convertor

hope · Post by **hope** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 1:53 am

quick question, when I download this converter where do i put in the phpbb one

sorry I am new to this

thanks in advance! extaclly

D¡cky · Post by **D¡cky** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 3:38 am

hope wrote:quick question, when I download this converter where do i put in the phpbb one

sorry I am new to this

thanks in advance! extaclly

phpBB3 has to be on the same server and in the same domain as SMF. This topic will explain more, Convert How To.

Da Gamer · Post by **Da Gamer** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 3:53 pm

Now I am in the right topic the same thing happpens:
My old forum is http://www.forumguider.com/forums and my new one is http://www.forumguider.com/forum so the path should be ../forums should it? But that is not working. What should I do?

D¡cky · Post by **D¡cky** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 4:59 pm

Da Gamer wrote:Now I am in the right topic the same thing happpens:
My old forum is http://www.forumguider.com/forums and my new one is http://www.forumguider.com/forum so the path should be ../forums should it? But that is not working. What should I do?

You haven't uploaded the SMF convertor or it is uploaded to the wrong place. You should see the SMF convertor listed as well as the phpBB2 convertor.

Da Gamer · Post by **Da Gamer** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 7:33 pm

D¡cky wrote:
Da Gamer wrote:Now I am in the right topic the same thing happpens:
My old forum is http://www.forumguider.com/forums and my new one is http://www.forumguider.com/forum so the path should be ../forums should it? But that is not working. What should I do?
You haven't uploaded the SMF convertor or it is uploaded to the wrong place. You should see the SMF convertor listed as well as the phpBB2 convertor.

Ok thanks very much, I have now found the source of my error and everthign is alright now. Great support and pretty fast too.

mentorkyrom · Post by **mentorkyrom** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 9:27 pm

So I just noticed one problem.

It converted all of the boards over and they all work but one.

Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in ?/home2/****/public_html/warpigsclan.net/forum/includes/functions.php on line 3200

like I said thats just on 1 board.

any ideas?

Ginza · Post by **Ginza** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 6:04 am

I have an old SMF 1.1 RC3. Do I need to upgrade to higher version of SMF before I could convert it to phpbb3?? Or will I be able to convert it directly to phpbb3?

D¡cky · Post by **D¡cky** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 2:33 pm

Ginza wrote:I have an old SMF 1.1 RC3. Do I need to upgrade to higher version of SMF before I could convert it to phpbb3?? Or will I be able to convert it directly to phpbb3?

I don't know for sure, but I believe there are differences between RC3 and 1.1.1. You can try the convertor and see if it works. It won't hurt your SMF board if it doesn't work.

Ginza · Post by **Ginza** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 5:36 am

Thanks for the reply. I will try it and will let you know if I have any issues.

Ginza · Post by **Ginza** » Mon Aug 03, 2009 1:37 pm

I have a huge SMF database (see below). What would be the best approach to convert it to phpbb3?

Total Members: 1984
Total Posts: 101391
Total Topics: 1011

D¡cky · Post by **D¡cky** » Mon Aug 03, 2009 2:26 pm

The best approach is to do the conversion on your server. The convertor will not modify your SMF board at all, but it is always a good idea to have a backup anyway. If the conversion should fail, the SMF board will still be usable. If the conversion does fail due to your server not having enough resources, the conversion will have to be done offline.

BMercer · Post by **BMercer** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 11:02 pm

I did just converted my mybb board to smf then to phpbb.
The smf board actully works fine, i can do everything.
But in the phpbb i cant log in.
What should i do?

D¡cky · Post by **D¡cky** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 4:35 am

BMercer wrote:I did just converted my mybb board to smf then to phpbb.
The smf board actully works fine, i can do everything.
But in the phpbb i cant log in.
What should i do?

The attached auth_smf file should work
The file has been removed. See http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopi ... #p10416685 for the new convertor.

BMercer · Post by **BMercer** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 8:53 am

I replaced the old auth file with the one attached, i replaced the install folder, and resterted the conversion, all worked fine (the search index was not converted, i guess it is not important) but i still cant log in.

D¡cky · Post by **D¡cky** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 9:01 pm

BMercer wrote:I replaced the old auth file with the one attached, i replaced the install folder, and resterted the conversion, all worked fine (the search index was not converted, i guess it is not important)

The convertor does not convert the Search Index. You need to build the Index in the phpBB3 Administration Control Panel which is in the Maintenance tab.

BMercer wrote:but i still cant log in.

You will need to run the conversion again. The convertor was not transferring the salt field which caused the logging in problem. The new, improved convertor attached to this post now does this and it has new additional features

Custom BBCodes are added to phpBB3 so that most of the SMF BBCodes are converted.
This convertor will now convert the Gender field. You do need to add evil<3's Genders MOD BEFORE running the convertor.

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