As the title says, I tried to convert my phpbb 2.0.21 board to SMF 1.1.1 and I didn't get any errors, but when I look at the converted board, everyone's signature are now missing the first character. I used the phpBB2 converter from this page.
http://www.simplemachines.org/download/?converters
Any advice? Any other information needed?
It appears this still works for me.
http://smf.person-lab.net/phpbb2_to_smf_2006_09_21-utf8.zip
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=107868.msg738192#msg738192
Perhaps you might want to consider updating your converter? I don't know.
Hi, I had this same problem when I did this same conversion earlier this week (phpbb 2.0.21 -> SMF 1.1.1), using the script from the website. I fixed it by making one minor change to the phpbb2_to_smf.sql file, line 122.
The original reads:
$row['signature'] = substr($row['signature'], 1, 65534);
I changed it to:
$row['signature'] = substr($row['signature'], 0, 65534);
Seems to be a bug in the conversion script, unless earlier versions of phpbb put an extra character in front there, or something...
Yes, this is a known problem, and that change in the code is also documented here ;)
Oh, sorry, I searched the site and the forums and didn't find anything specifically about this (besides this thread).
I also updated the script. phpBB 2.0.19+ (http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=142124)