I've just been given an oooold Invision Power Board v2.1.7 board to look at, it keeps falling over with db errors.
Not a huge fan of IPB and want to migrate it to phpBB.
However, I really do want to keep all of the old posts/users etc. otherwise I'd just do a fresh setup.
I was thinking migrate to an equally old verson of phpBB and then just follow the upgrade path to the latest version.
Does this sound plausible to you guys or should I be looking for another solution?
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Lumpy Burgertushie
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Re: MiIgrating Forum Suggestion
from what I can find, the best method is to convert your IPB to phpbb2 first and then convert phpbb2 to phpbb3.
ipb 2.1.x to phpbb2 convertors are found here:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/rafphpb ... 1_x_v1.zip
once it is done you can convert to phpbb3:
Information on how to convert from phpBB2 to phpBB3 is here.
Basically, you must have both phpBB2 and phpBB3 installed on the same server. After you have finished installing phpBB3 you will have the option to convert your phpBB2 board using the built in converter. The information it asks you for is related to the phpBB2 installation and can be found in its config.php file on the server. All of your users, posts, forums, PMs etc are converted. However, styles and MODs are not (with the exception of the birthday and attachment MODs which are supported by the converter). The phpBB2 database is not converted per se, it is merely read and converted/moved to the new phpBB3 database, so if it goes wrong your old board will not be affected at all. At the end of the conversion, once you're happy it's all working, your phpBB2 database and files can be backed up and removed if you so wish. They are not connected to the new installation in any way.
robert
ipb 2.1.x to phpbb2 convertors are found here:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/rafphpb ... 1_x_v1.zip
once it is done you can convert to phpbb3:
Information on how to convert from phpBB2 to phpBB3 is here.
Basically, you must have both phpBB2 and phpBB3 installed on the same server. After you have finished installing phpBB3 you will have the option to convert your phpBB2 board using the built in converter. The information it asks you for is related to the phpBB2 installation and can be found in its config.php file on the server. All of your users, posts, forums, PMs etc are converted. However, styles and MODs are not (with the exception of the birthday and attachment MODs which are supported by the converter). The phpBB2 database is not converted per se, it is merely read and converted/moved to the new phpBB3 database, so if it goes wrong your old board will not be affected at all. At the end of the conversion, once you're happy it's all working, your phpBB2 database and files can be backed up and removed if you so wish. They are not connected to the new installation in any way.
robert
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Alex - Arvixe
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Re: MiIgrating Forum Suggestion
You will be looking at a double migration/upgrade I'm afraid. IPB 2.1 -> PHPBB2 (or another software that supports IPB 2.1 & PHPBB3) -> PHPBB3.
First backup your IPB 2 -> Migrate to PHPBB2 and verify everything works -> Once verified everything has been migrated over successfully backup everything again in prep for the PHPBB3 upgrade -> Upgrade to PHPBB3 -> Verify everything is working as it should be again.
First backup your IPB 2 -> Migrate to PHPBB2 and verify everything works -> Once verified everything has been migrated over successfully backup everything again in prep for the PHPBB3 upgrade -> Upgrade to PHPBB3 -> Verify everything is working as it should be again.