Rapidforum converter?

[johnofchar]

Any chance there is going to be a Rapidform converter for Simple Machines in the near future. The Rapid database will be open March 2, 2009. Rapid shut down for good is Jun 2, 2009.

[ThorstenE]

do you have access to the database then? our converters need database access (mysql) in order to work..

[johnofchar]

This is what has been posted & has gone through a German to English conversion:

John

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Everything has an end times, including Rapid Forum. With nearly 10 years the project has certainly also be the longest running Internet projects worldwide, in spite of legal security crisis, which lately has not improved. After seeing more and more often by courts (greetings from Hamburg, Cologne and Grave Reuth) be personally liable for any actions taken in forums of my customers happened, I see no possibility that the project be continued in Germany. Since the project anyway since some years before hindümpelt, I have decided to completely cease. The roadmap for the careful setting of the service will look like this:

4.11.2008: A message to all the forums and in the footer in the admin area that will soon Rapid Forum is set to link to this post.

1.3.2009: Guaranteed service ends. Complete Datenbankdumps from 1.3.2009 will be in each Adminarea available. Rapid Forum will continue to run. Should there be a disaster dates technical nature, will not be restored Rapid Forum!

1.5.2009: It is again a current database backup available.

1.6.2009: Rapid Forum is finally shut.

It was fun, Rapid forum to create and keep going. A sale or publication of the source code is not in question, as many follow-on projects also partly based on this source code. Meanwhile, other forums as platforms developed long Rapid Forum. I recommend to avoid this.

Frequently Asked Questions:
Q: Why not now Datenbankdumps available?
A hacker can come from a database structure much rauslesen and possibly detect security vulnerabilities, which do not currently known. This risk, I do not. On 1.3. are all on the SQL dumps plunge and write converter.
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[ThorstenE]

thanks for the information. My native language is german and I've contacted Rapidforum via email. Hopefully I have some infos about a converter soon..

[johnofchar]

Thank you very much. Eagerly waiting for reply.

John

[ThorstenE]

I got an answer from the RapidForum Support.. They don't publish any database dumps before 2009-03-01. I also cannot register a testforum because they closed their registration for new users. Maybe you can send me your database dump on 2009-03-01, so I can work on a converter?

[johnofchar]

Sure I can do that. Any idea how long that might take? Got a bit of a time thing going on.

John

[ThorstenE]

 

Any idea how long that might take?

absolutely no, my fastest work was the thwboard converter (3 hours), other converters are more than 2 months in developement... this depends on the database layout from RapidForum.

[johnofchar]

OK thanks, understood. But do you think we'll have something before the June deadline? So far I think the Burning Board folks are the only ones that have said they will.

[ThorstenE]

yes, I hope so.. the RapidForum layout looks similar to phpBB and maybe they use a similar database structure. I'll give my best

[johnofchar]

That's surely all that can be asked for. Thank's for all the help. I'll contact you when the database is available.

Thanks a lot
John

[MsMudia]

Hi

I didn't want to open a new topic for that, because I'm looking for the same...

Sorry for my English, my native language is also German - that's why I'm registered in hxxp:smfportal.de [nonactive] and not here (until today)... 

I really would appreciate a Rapid / SMF Converter, because it would make things easier... So I would not need to convert from Rapid to phpBB and after that from phpBB to SMF... Maybe some data could be lost by converting 2 times...

Anybody else, who is interested in a Rapid Converter??

Anyway - thanks in advance for working on that converter!!!!

[johnofchar]

Hi TE,

I don't need the converter any more as we went ahead and did it the hard way, not trusting what might happen at Rapidforum.

However, I do have the Rapid db backup (63mb) for our old forum available on our new server if you would like to take a look at it.

I can PM you the link if you like.

Regards
John

[ThorstenE]

thanks John, but I allready have a dump and a Rapid to SMF Converter is also ready to use. I'll post it later, maybe some other users still need a converter.

[earrame]

maybe some other users still need a converter.

Like me.

[ThorstenE]

you must import your old rapid database (this is the heavy part)

then the first step: Converting to SMF
you need two files, rapidforum_to_smf.sql (attached) and convert.php (attached to this topic: http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=140741.0)

[earrame]

Thanks TE! 

I seem to be hung up on getting the conversion to start. Regardless of what I put in the the 'Path to SMF' box I get this same error:

You tried to access the address http://simplemachinesforum/rapid_converter/convert.php?step=1, which is currently unavailable.

I haven't a clue what to do with that as the address it's reporting isn't close to anything I am putting in the converter input boxes.

Pouring through the conversion doc here (http://docs.simplemachines.org/index.php?topic=15) hasn't yet yielded a solution.

I would be greatful for a little nudge in the right direction.

[ThorstenE]

ok, a short step by step guide:
1) import your old rapid database.
2) install SMF Installing SMF
3) place the rapidforum_to_smf.sql and convert.php via FTP in the same folder as SMF was installed (Then the path to SMF is automatically detected from convert.php).
4) go to www.yourdomain.com/path_to_forum/convert.php

[earrame]

Ahhh, #3 looks like the hangup. I didn't have the converter in my SMF folder. I see it in the doc now. I managed to overlook that yesterday. Sorry.

Thanks! 

[earrame]

No dice. Basically the same error;

You tried to access the address http://simplemachinesforum/convert.php?step=1, which is currently unavailable.

I get the exact same address that doesn't exist regardless of what is in the 'Path to SMF' box. Here's a screen cap of my input:

http://theshirefellowship.net/images/converter.png [nofollow]

Thanks for your help.