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[SMF Converter] Invisionfree/ActiveBoards/iPBfree
nneonneo:
They're looking for a full database backup.
Either
a) import into a local SMF installation (use XAMPP or something to install a local webserver), or
b) tell them to just import those into a blank board.
neojin3:
Dear nneonneo, how long does this installation take usually, and how complicated is it? He hasn't gotten back to me in 2 days..
neojin3:
The host is asking me what version of SMF the SQL files convert to..
nneonneo:
1.1.x.
DJ Omnimaga:
It seems your script for Invisionfree might need to be updated for a few reasons:
1) All topics ends up being assigned to category #0.
2) The cookie script no longer works. It says it was unable to get the cookies. I thought this was because of the new Guest Welcome box feature IF added recently like the one on Zetaboards, but even after disabling it it still didn't work. As a result, before converting I had to manually create a blank cookie.txt file.
3) Would it be possible to allow parsing posts that has attachments in them? Your script choke on them and won't convert any topic containing attached images. It gives the following error:
--- Code: ---ValueError: unconverted data remains: <br />
<br />
<strong><span class='edit'>Attached File ( Number of downloads: 6 )</span></strong>
<br />
[url=http://z9.invisionfree.com/omnimaga/index.php?s=15c41ace77fe66124b05d32519c9af1b&act=Attach&type=post&id=13584907' title='Download attachment]<img src='http://209.85.48.10/html/mime_types/quicktime.gif' border='0' alt='Attached File' />[/url]
[url=http://z9.invisionfree.com/omnimaga/index.php?s=15c41ace77fe66124b05d32519c9af1b&act=Attach&type=post&id=13584907' title='Download attachment]GAME01.8xg [b](3.87 kb)[/b][/url]</div>
--- End code ---
Invisionfree has no option to make attachments invisible and I don't want to delete those attachments completely already (for historical/nostalgia reasons, after the posts are converted, I want to keep the original board online, intact, as it has been since our move). I don't mind if it doesn't include the actual attachments, but just so it at least parse the post content above the attached files.
Note, I tried this on both SMF 1.1.5 (the required version) and 1.1.16 (the latest), after following all instructions to import topics and posts correctly, and it didn't work correctly. The Zetaboards conversion worked fine, though.
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