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Grudge:
Hi,

The IPB calendar details aren't converted over at the moment I'm afraid. I'm really sorry but SMF only allows events that are tied to a post, unlike IPB. Until/If that changes converting the events is very very tricky and I don't have a script that could do that for you at the moment I'm afraid. Is it too much to ask for them to be recreated?

Cheers,
Grudge

hshan:
Thanks Grudge for the reply. Bummer i guess. I could reenter events. The reason that I wanted them transferred is because most were entered by my Mom. I'm running a family site of which my Mom was a very active member. She had taken time to put all of my family's friends and relatives important dates for all to access and it was a very nice feature on the board. Unfortunately she died this past December. I wanted to keep her entries and her avatar associated with the events in a way to keep her presence on the board. It is pretty special to me. Thanks again Grudge.

Grudge:
Well. There may be ways around it. For example, I could convert all "events" to be "holidays" in SMF. That would make them appear at the same time every year - is that something like that you mean?

Normally I consider "events" to be one off things (i.e a meeting on the 7th August). If it's other stuff that reoccurs they could be added as holidays (like Christmas etc). I'd be able to write a conversion script for you to convert that over but it wouldn't relate to a member. Alternatively you could convert them as events and make fake posts to attach them to, but as I said they only last on a specific date in a specific year.

hshan:
Grudge, they are reoccuring events and could be classified as holidays so a script as such would work great. It would have been nice having them associated with her, but it would be hokey i think if i were to "fake" enter them again under her name if you know what i mean. If you want to give it a try it would be greatly appreciated! Thanks for your reply and help.

Grudge:
Well - the problem is if they are re-occuring they would have to be a "holiday" and that makes it impossible to associate them with someone. The alternative approach - to make it an event - requires every event to be linked to a different post which means a lot of empty topics. Maybe you could "play" with the calendar and see how you would like to have them displayed. It should be possible for me to write a conversion script for it if you can find a way you'd like them shown.

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