[SMF Converter] Invisionfree/ActiveBoards/iPBfree

[silentcross]

sorry for the late response, when the process is done, i cant do right click and Start Menu wont appear when i click it, TaskManager wont run. Internet connection went down, BitComet down,  and i cant shutdown my computer, and the weird thing is when i try to force shutdown the computer it will self on again and then off. Same thing happen if i force reset it.

ow i forget, i dont know what happen when the process exactly done. I left the process running while i'm sleeping (i do the process in the night), so when i woke up, as i state above.

[nneonneo]

@blakey: Looking into it now. I haven't got any time format errors after changing my profile.

@silentcross: Absolutely bizarre. Has it happened more than once? Is the program still running when you saw it, or did it finish and say "Completed"?

[nneonneo]

Is your date format exactly 12/28/2004 at 11:11pm?

[nneonneo]

It converted all the posts and topics? You said before it wasn't converting everything, so I'm just wondering if that's been resolved.

Uploading: I presume you have SMF already setup, right? You should have 3 _smf.sql files: categories_forums, members, and topics_posts. Your host should've given you access to "phpMyAdmin" or a similar tool for managing the database. You can use the "import" or "upload" tab in phpMyAdmin to upload the scripts, in that order (categories_forums first, then members, then topics_posts).

Your board is pretty big. If phpMyAdmin gives you an error about exceeding the memory size or file limit, you can use the tool called "split_sql.py" to solve this problem. Copy this script into the converter folder (where the sql files are), and run it to split the SQL files into manageable pieces.

[silentcross]

@blakey: Looking into it now. I haven't got any time format errors after changing my profile.

@silentcross: Absolutely bizarre. Has it happened more than once? Is the program still running when you saw it, or did it finish and say "Completed"?

It Happened if i run it until it's completed and not press the enter key for a long time.
I search for a hosting to do this that can run phyton for a low cost  (or even for free  ) but it's hard to find one

[nneonneo]

If it runs to completion, it should produce the files you want. Why it crashes is totally beyond me; I've left the program in "Completed" for hours on end with no ill effects.

[silentcross]

Yup

If it runs to completion, it should produce the files you want. Why it crashes is totally beyond me; I've left the program in "Completed" for hours on end with no ill effects.

This is strange, so i'll try with editing the raw_input("Complete! Press <enter> to exit.") into #raw_input("Complete! Press <enter> to exit."), this will get the process to exit automatically without enter key when finish ?

[nneonneo]

blakey, I think you ran the wrong converter...you need to run the one called "members_topics_posts_smf.py" (they all look the same, I don't blame you)

  File "C:\Documents and Settings\user\Desktop\convertor\Proboards\members_topics_posts_phpBB3.py", line 284, in

Once you do that, you should get files whose names end with _smf.sql.

silentcross: Yes.

[nneonneo]

Don't panic. Pop open the pm_passwords.txt file and find "admin|". The number after the bar is your password. The reason it has been changed is because Proboards provides no access to passwords (nor should they).

[nneonneo]

Yep, recount and find/fix all errors should make everything smooth over.

If the boards you mentioned were hidden, then the converter can't know about them. If they were password-protected, you need to add them to BOARDPASSWORDS in settings.py. But it sounds like you have everything under control

[nneonneo]

See PM.

[FreddyJames]

Hi there.

I'm a total noobie to this, so I wanted to just check I am on the right track before continuing. I have a free hxxp:darkbb.com [nonactive] board that was set up 6 weeks ago, that has really taken off in a way I never expected. It quickly became important that we move from the free board to our own hosting for security, and we went with SMF.

The new forum is hosted, all of the forums etc are up in the exactly the same way as the free one, all I need to do now is copy the threads/posts/users into the new forum.

I have zero experience in this sort of thing, and just basically want to make sure I am on the right road.

[nneonneo]

darkbb is Forumotion, right? In that case, it's doable, *but* you will have to perform a double conversion from phpBB3 to SMF.

Grab the Forumotion converter and a copy of phpBB3 (just install phpBB3, but you don't need to add forums or anything since that is done automatically by the Forumotion->phpBB3 converter). Follow the instructions, then import the SQL into phpBB3.

Then, use this converter to convert to SMF.

If you have any questions about the process, feel free to ask.

[FreddyJames]

EDIT: Just received pm

I downloaded the converter and python and edited the hxxp:settings.py [nonactive] file. Not sure what the table_prefix was so left it as default.

Ran the members_topics_posts_phpBB3.py, and python sprang into life...

"Warning member 1 does not exist"
all the way to member 200, then completed without finding any topics or posts.

I can, in my display options on my old forum, change to phbb3 version - will this help?

[FreddyJames]

I temporarily changed the old forum to phbb3, and it found the members, but no topics or posts - help???

[nneonneo]

I'd need to take a look at the board in phpBB3 mode, so I can see what might be the problem. Any chance that could be done?

[FreddyJames]

I have changed it temporarily for you to look at as of now.

[nneonneo]

Heh, they have quite recently changed some of the HTML. It was very easy to fix, though, so an updated version is attached.

(P.S. you will need the original phpBB3 skin to make it work...)

[FreddyJames]

Switched the forum to phbb3, default (which is prosilver I believe - how the forum looked when you checked it), ran the script, and it only copied 250 posts from 50 topics.

Have I got the incorrect phbb3 version?

[nneonneo]

I just ran the conversion, and it showed

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Elapsed Conversion Time 509.58 seconds
Converted 3494 posts and 331 topics.
Complete! Press <enter> to exit.
which are exactly the correct totals of the forums I can see. I made a minor change to the converter, but it should not affect your board; nonetheless, the exact script I used is attached.

If you still can't get it, e-mail/PM me settings.py (address in my signature)