[SMF Converter] Invisionfree/ActiveBoards/iPBfree

[el canadiano]

You're wonderful. Thanks again. I would give a donation but I don't really have internet money.

[Hitakashi]

i tried this and it downloads the members but has errors on custom fields. and it doesn't download the post/threads/forums.
im trying to convert from forumotion

[nneonneo]

@Hitakashi: Make sure you follow all the instructions, particularly these two:

Code Select Expand

Before you begin, make some profile changes (NOTE: If these changes are not done, conversion will probably fail!)
In your user profile preferences, choose the English language
In your user profile preferences, set the date format to "2008-03-29, 19:46".


[Hitakashi]

do i have to update it for all members or just me?

EDIT: i get this when i try it (i changed the date)

C:\Documents and Settings\Alex\Desktop\Forumotion\members_topics_posts_phpBB3.py
:8: DeprecationWarning: the md5 module is deprecated; use hashlib instead
  import os,re,urllib2,sys,random,md5,cgi
Downloading Members...
Member 1 ... Downloading - Failed! <urlopen error [Errno 11001] getaddrinfo fail

EDIT: nevermind i forgot the / at the end of URL

EDIT: its not working, i did what you said it downloads the members but not the forums and post and threads

[nneonneo]

It should be changed in your profile preferences.

[Hitakashi]

yep i did all of that and it still doesn't convert threads/post

[nneonneo]

Make sure that the URL you used for the cookie is the same as the one you used in settings.py; this may be relevant if you use domain redirection.

If you still can't get it, PM me your settings.py and I'll have a look.

[el canadiano]

Alright, I guess that wasn't quite the end of the chapter as I said.

The converter did not convert some of the very big topics. Even when I was viewing 40 posts/page, it was going in excess of 90 or so pages, believe it or not. I understand it's a ridiculous amount of posts, so I told the owner that big threads might not convert due to the higher chance that it might end up crashing. Could you make a take on that?

[nneonneo]

I've successfully converted topics with over 150 pages without any issues. What problems do you see when it tries to convert a huge topic?

[Hitakashi]

i sent you a email i did what you said and added www. and im trying it out now, ill email/PM back if it doesn't work

Yea it didn't work

[el canadiano]

I've successfully converted topics with over 150 pages without any issues. What problems do you see when it tries to convert a huge topic?

We got around it by splitting the big topic into two. There were at least 1000 posts and the thread didn't show up. So I think I'm fine now, thank you very, very much.

[nneonneo]

Oh, haha, I think I get it.

There's probably a comma somewhere (as in, "1,203 posts") which I forgot about.

So that I can fix this for a future release, can you please give me the URL of this topic? Thanks!

[el canadiano]

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The forum I did that in? I overwrote it after the owner split the topic.

[nneonneo]

OK, that's alright then; can you tell me if it was ZetaBoards or Forumer, so I can try it out?

[el canadiano]

I was doing it in a forumer. The Zetaboards one seemed to convert with no complaints.

[el canadiano]

By the way, second comment and issue with the Zetaboards conversion (pretty minor).

After my Zetaboards conversion, the final category (just for fun on the link below) did not convert.

http://s1.zetaboards.com/Dashing/index/

Also, I am attempting to convert a second Zetaboards forum to phpBB and then to another software. The same thing happened here, where the Admin Forum (hidden) did not convert.

http://s1.zetaboards.com/ResumeBulletin/index/

Having said that, those were more minor categories, so that wasn't as bad, but thanks anyway.

[TNoob]

Can you really convert a Forumotion forum to SMF? I thought Forumotion doesn't give databases out?

[nneonneo]

@TNoob: it converts by downloading and padding the webpages served by Forumotion, so it does not operate on a database. 

[TNoob]

@TNoob: it converts by downloading and padding the webpages served by Forumotion, so it does not operate on a database.

Would it essentially still work out to the same result though?

[nneonneo]

Yes, it should.