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How to convert YaBB Gold 1.1 to SMF 1.0 Beta 5 Public ?

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Ravey76:
Hello everybody,

I´ sure this topic has been discussed already somewhere - but I found no answer .... maybe some can help me?
(this is my first thread in this forum)


I have following problem:

-> I am an absoulte "database-newby" and I just got my first databased forum installed
(have a look:  http://www.bmw-einzylinder.de/YaBBSE/index.php ;don´t mind about the YABBSE-folder; it is SMF1 - I just mistyped it during installation)

I am running an older forum, which is a YaBB Gold 1.1
(have a look:  http://www.bmw-einzylinder.de/cgi-bin/YaBB/YaBB.pl )

Now I´d like to convert somehow my members and postings to the new forum.

How can I do that?

I found already some converters mentioned in this forum here, but no one
seems to work (they are all for YaBBSE 1.5.1 a.s.o.)

Does anybody have any instructions / hints / tools for me?

Thanks in advance,
Ravey

Grudge:
Hi,

Unfortunatly we don't have a direct converter at the moment. What you are going to have to do (I'm afraid) is install YaBBSE 1.5.5 as well, and use the converter that exists for YaBBSE  to convert it, and then up to SMF afterwards, as detailed here:
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=433.0

Basically, you need an extra step :)

[Unknown]:
Actually, that ancient topic will not help you as much as this link:

http://www.yabbse.org/community/index.php?thread=27367

Or this:

http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=10700.0

-[Unknown]

Ravey76:
Hi again,

thanks a lot for your quick answer.

Can you tell me if there will be a converter Yabb > SMF in the near future?

If not, I will give the "Two-Step-solution" - as described in the links - a try.

Another question:

- If I have to install YaBB SE 1.5.x, do I have to create another Database?
Please don´t laugh  :D  -  can I install this "older" forum (YaBB SE) within
this database (for example as another instance?). My problem is that my provider
(to be more detailled: my web-package) contains just ONE MySQL-database.
In case I can install both forums within one database - do they interfere somehow,
or can I de-install the YaBBSE-forum afterwards without any problems?

As I mentioned ... my first steps in database´ing   ;)

Thanks a lot for your help   :)

Ravey

[Unknown]:
No, what you'd do is just use one database that will eventually only hold SMF.  The SMF upgrade package takes that database (the YaBB SE one) and upgrades it for SMF.

-[Unknown]

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