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Title: mybb to smf language error (Solved)
Post by: decas on March 15, 2008, 05:31:13 PM

hi people!

i converted my mybb forum to smf and everything went fine except of the posts in Greek language.

they appear as "????" and "smiles" both in forum and the new database , even though that both forums are utf8

any recommendations on how to fix this?
thanks in advance

(a friend of mine fixed it)

Title: Re: mybb to smf language error (Solved)
Post by: Rumbaar on March 16, 2008, 05:53:21 AM

You might want to share, for that that search how you solved your issue?

/index.php?action=convertutf8
You should run the Convert HTML-entities to UTF-8 characters maintenance routine first.

Title: Re: mybb to smf language error (Solved)
Post by: decas on March 18, 2008, 01:47:59 PM

hi and sorry for late response!
it is solved by converting directly from phpbb3 to SMF. i just wanted to avoid modifing the php file as described in another post, this is why i went on the mybb first!

by the way, after swiching to SMF i dont want to return back. :)
the only option i miss from phpbb is the restoration of database through the AP

Title: Re: mybb to smf language error (Solved)
Post by: Rumbaar on March 18, 2008, 05:28:42 PM

Nice to hear you experience with SMF has been a pleasant one so far :)

Title: Re: mybb to smf language error (Solved)
Post by: decas on March 20, 2008, 11:31:51 AM

just to add that a friend of mine had the same problem. i reccomended him to do the
www.hispage.com/smffolder /index.php?action=convertutf8

and everything went well!

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