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YaBB 2.5AE to SMF2.0.1 instructions

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West Coast:

The modifications on the YaBB, I didn't have any so I am unable to advise but less mods the less likely things go wrong...

But in any case, please do take a full backup of all files and folders before you proceed, in case of the unexpected.

Good luck with the migration. ;)  Things are so much better here at SMF.

Westwegoman:
Thanks for the info. As far as backups, I think I have OCD when it comes to them.

As for the mods. I'll most likely just go ahead and remove them just to ease the mind of them possibly causing a problem.

I keep hearing how much better it is and how much easier it is to mod a forum. Spent the morning going through SMF mod downloads, so I can try to have everything how I want when I'm ready to go live after the switch.

My plan:
Place both forums in maintenance mode.
Backup both.
Convert to SMF.
Play with template to suit my eyes.
Add mods.
Go live with SMF.
Redirect old forum to SMF via htaccess.

Hopefully it goes as smooth as my list sounds.

Fingers crossed :)

IamTheBoy:
I left my old YaBB up, but removed ability to post. Template adjusted to say it was old site.

This allows links in to still be valid

Westwegoman:
Worked perfect. Thanks for the info.

SIGNO.38:

--- Quote from: IamTheBoy on October 31, 2011, 03:51:16 PM ---
Firstly, the gotchas:
1) My site never supported attachments, so that is not covered here (yet)


--- End quote ---

Has anyone had any success converting attachments?  ???

What about polls?  The last test conversion I did of Yabb to SMF didn't convert the poll information.

Would really love to get away from YaBB.

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