hello guys i got a question
currently i am using mybb 1.6 but i want to go over to SMF
was wondering if i can keep the topics, members etc of my current forum when i switch to smf will i keep it?
or lose them .. i mean dont wanan follow any risks of losing them
Hi and welcome to sm.org ;)
Yes, the idea behind conversion is that you can change softwares while keeping content.
Have a read on this
Converting to SMF (http://wiki.simplemachines.org/smf/Converting)
And let us know if you have any questions ;)
thank you for the fast reply i will try it now and post the results here
making a backup of my system now incase something goes badly wrong
will keep you guys updated in here
amnezia did everything go ok?
Hello, I m friend of Amnezia the converting didnt worked for me.
Sorry, the database connection information used in the specified installation of SMF cannot access the installation of MyBulletinBoard 1.6. This may either mean that the installation doesn't exist, or that the Database account used does not have permissions to access it.
The error that was received from the Database was: SELECT command denied to user 'forum_smf'@'localhost' for table 'forum_users'
Please help me how to solve this problem
The MySQL user that you set up for SMF's database should be able to access your original database, that's what that error means.
Thank you for your fast reply, should i create 2nd user for data base also 1 database with 2 users?
It depends on your hosting control panel... In most setups I've seen you have the possibility to add several users to each database. So you need to add the user that is now attributed to SMF's database to MyBB' database, so that the converter script is able to access its data ;)
I did it now i got the error message: Converting members...Wrong value type sent to the database. Date expected. (birthdate)
Ahhhh the joys of converters :P
Let me look at that in the computer...
ok :D
Please answer how can i fix it
So, I had to read something as I have never used that converter myself and I found out some answers around here.
Try the .sql file attached to this post
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=404303.msg3690189#msg3690189