long story short.....
was running 2rc3 & site crashed due to bad mod & made mistake of doing backups thru smf acp instead of sql database with host. [lesson learned] so since backups had dropped tables & such couldn't get running right.
was offered help to restore site, phpbb3 was recommended, I knew no better said go ahead.
phpbb3 was installed, all posts & membership, etc was installed into phpbb
I HATE PHPBB3! I can't do simple mod installs, automod screws up every time......I have been a slave on my own site to someone I don't know, who has been refusing to talk to me or give any info, or finish.
site is up and running but not like I want......told him want smf back, said no and refuses to talk to me.
I installed another sql database, installed smf 1.1.13
installed phpbb3 to smf 1.1.13 convertor
I cannot get the correct "path to phpbb daatabase to do conversion?
he has one folder pointing to another where to phpbb is installed and I cannot find out what the "path" name is to put into the "convert.php step 1" to even get going & see if all our posts, membership, etc will transfer over and work.
can anyone help?
Not sure why you want to use SMF 1.x
but I would look here for help first http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?board=133.0
Yes, you should by all means convert to 2.0.9, not 1.1.x (especially to a version as old as 1.1.13!)
Edit: use this converter
http://download.simplemachines.org/index.php?thanks;filename=smf_2-0_phpbb3_converter.zip
And of course, read the instructions on how to convert to SMF
http://wiki.simplemachines.org/smf/Converting