Burning Board 2.2.1 (was 1.1 Converters)

[goetzi]

Can you try the attached?  I tested these again (they have been updated) and it seemed fine?

I tried it. It didn't work for me. Maybe because I'm testing it locally (running XAMPP)? I will try it at my webserver, we will see, if it works there.

Also, sorry about the split

Oh, no problem. I was just a little confused, because I didn't find all my posts anymore, but then I discovered this thread.

Edit: Did your trying of the conversion go well with the my backup I sent you?

[[Unknown]]

It did.  The attachments even seemed to transfer just fine.

Please note that you will have to log in to see the attachments.

-[Unknown]

[goetzi]

Please note that you will have to log in to see the attachments.

Wohoo, that was it  . Attachments are working fine now.

There are another small bugs, I will collect and post them today.

[goetzi]

Ok,

here is a list of all things that are not correct at the converted forum. This doesn't always have to be the converters fault, maybe I did some incorrect settings at the SMF-board

1.) Avatars are not converted


2.) The converter seems to have problems with BB-code:


Original:


After conversion:




This was in a signature:

Original:


After conversion:



There are a few more examples, but generally said the converter seems to have problems with

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[B], [SIZE], [IMG], [LIST], [U] tags.



3.) Permissions are not converted

After the conversion everyone (including guests) can see all forums. The permissions are completely ignored.


4.) Membergroups

In the admin panel, every Membergroup appears about 20 times (but only the self-defined)

[[Unknown]]

1. The converter may not yet do avatars completely perfectly (if not uploaded.)  That is to say, it currently only does converted avatars.  I'll try to change this and post an updated converter soon.

2a. Interesting.  Can I assume that [size=...] is for point sizes?  In other words, equivalent to [size=...pt], right?

2b. I just added [IMG]http://www.smilietown.de/smilies/flaggen/flaggen_081.gif[/IMG] to my signature and it went through fine.  Tell me, does it work if the img are lowercase, or is there some other problem?

3. Yes, this is a limitation of some of the converters currently.  With many systems, it's... difficult to map their permission scheme to the one SMF uses.  I'll try to put some work into this, but alas I don't yet know even how wBB stores permissions.

4. It looks like groups aren't being cleared before conversion.  I think I can fix that one pretty easily.

-[Unknown]

[Grudge]

[Unknown],

wbb seems to do all it's bbc in uppercase - and some of it doesn't parse in SMF (Although some does strangely enough). I think we need to update the converters to lowercase the BBC before we put it in the SMF database.

Grudge

[[Unknown]]

[Unknown],

wbb seems to do all it's bbc in uppercase - and some of it doesn't parse in SMF (Although some does strangely enough). I think we need to update the converters to lowercase the BBC before we put it in the SMF database.

Grudge

SMF should parse bbc regardless of case.  I used nobbc there - what are you talking about that doesn't parse?

The only restriction, *in cases*, is that the start tag is the same case as the end tag.

-[Unknown]

[Grudge]

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Testing

Must be a bug then :/

[[Unknown]]

Then I'll fix that.  It's probably just code and nobbc, in that case.  Still doesn't explain this issue about img above.

-[Unknown]

[goetzi]

I just added to my signature and it went through fine.  Tell me, does it work if the img are lowercase, or is there some other problem?

I tried the following 4 possibilities at a post and my signature:

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[img]http://www.smilietown.de/smilies/flaggen/flaggen_081.gif[/IMG]
[img]http://www.smilietown.de/smilies/flaggen/flaggen_081.gif[/img]
[IMG]http://www.smilietown.de/smilies/flaggen/flaggen_081.gif[/img]
[IMG]http://www.smilietown.de/smilies/flaggen/flaggen_081.gif[/IMG]

It worked fine both times. I don't know where the error is, but it seems the converter does something (what?) with the tags 


@[Unknown]
I really have to point out what a superb work you (and your team) are doing! I have worked with a few forum systems but nowhere the (free) support was so good like here! Go on 

[goetzi]

@[Unknown]
How is the development at the converter going?

[goetzi]

Will the work at the converter go on or do i have to finally convert my board with this version?

[[Unknown]]

Sorry, I lost this topic.

Can you tell me, are all the uploaded avatars going across properly, or not even those?

I'll make the pt size assumption.

-[Unknown]

[[Unknown]]

Okay, here are the latest versions, attached.  I tested the avatars again, and they seemed fine?  It looks like you must uploade avatars with Burning Board.

-[Unknown]

[Lizardking]

thank u

really needed a converter for WBB2
P.S.: SMF is awesome!!! 

[goetzi]

So, today, I finally converted my board from WBB 2.2.1 to SMF.
Here is my little report:

- Avatars worked. I don't know why, maybe because it was the first time I did the conversion at my online webspace (Before I always tested locally)

- Smilies didn't work. I had to add them all manually

- Some BB-Codes didn't work correctly. I could fix this with the "forbidden words" (for example: --> )


I have to say again: VERY GOOD WORK! 

goetzi

[[Unknown]]

The next release will probably fix your bbc issues (at which time you can probably remove the censoring.)

-[Unknown]

[goetzi]

Do you mean the next SMF release or the next release of the converter?

[[Unknown]]

The next release of SMF 1.1.

-[Unknown]

[goetzi]

The next release of SMF 1.1.

Ok.

I found one thing what the converter didn't do: Internal links.
Before the conversion, the WBB was at 3ai.net. In the board there are many internal links (e.g. 3ai.net/thread.php?threadid=242&threadview=0&hilight=&hilightuser=0&page=1 or 3ai.net/thread.php?threadid=188&page=2)

The new (converted) SMF board is at 4ai.at. Now this "internal" links are all dead, because they point to 3ai.net and are in "WBB-style". Is there any possibility to fix this automatically? (Fixing about 100 of such by hand links isn't funny)

goetzi