[SMF Converter] phpBB3

[topthumb]

Let me ask my host and make sure what version they are running. They're pretty good at keeping up-to-date on this stuff.

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They say that they are running PHP 4.3.1 but if you need to run PHP 5 then you need to do this little trick:

There are two ways to use php 5.x here. Right now the default is PHP 4.x.

1. Any file with ".php5" at the end will execute as php5.

2. Place the following code into a .htaccess file
Code:

AddHandler x-httpd-php5 .php


Anything in, or below that directory that ends as .php will run as php 5. Very useful.

[JayBachatero]

Sigh.  I figured that's the problem.  For those versions of PHP the passwords generate a different sha hash.  I suggest that you do the .htaccess that they suggested.  Your users will have to generate a new password though.  It should work fine after that.

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Jay, then should I reinstall everything and start over from scratch with that htaccess file in the folder?

I put the htaccess file in the folder but I still don't get an admin button I can click on.

[JayBachatero]

No need to reinstall everything.  Just put the .htaccess file.  Remember (dot)htaccess not just plain htaccess.

About the admin account.  Did you setup special groups for the admin or a regular group?

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All I did was install smf and when it asked me for the admin username and password I put that in. Then I ran the LogInOut fix through the Package Manager, then I ran the Converter. After running the converter, I lost all admin rights.

If you are asking if I set up any groups as admins, no, I did not because I thought then when I ran the converter, it would have changed it anyway.

When was I suppose to set up the groups?

[JayBachatero]

I mean in phpBB.  Do you have special membergroups for admins or just the regular groups?

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Oh, in the PHP forum there were special membership groups that were set as mods and a a group that had admin rights.

I may add that also none of the members can see their profiles except for me and they also can not post. I can see my profile and I can post but no admin still.

[JayBachatero]

Seems like there are some permission issues.  You are going to have to run this query to get your admin access back.

UPDATE smf_members
SET ID_GROUP = 1
WHERE ID_MEMBER = XXXX;

Change the XXXX to your id.  Then you can login as admin and change the permissions as desired.

[topthumb]

When you say Member ID, do you mean my username as it is on the forum which in this case would be topthumb?

[JayBachatero]

No the id.  The number.  Like your member id here is 89523.  http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?action=profile;u=89523

[topthumb]

Jay, I went to that link and nowhere does it say what my ID is. Maybe because I'm not a mod or admin?

[JayBachatero]

That link it's just an example of where you can get the id.  Just go to your forum and click on your username and it should have the id in the url.  Like u=XXXX.

[FrostyFire]

Okay I have a question, this is the first time doing this so please go lightly on me!

I had phpBB3 installed in the root directory so when I went to http://mydomain.com/ [nofollow] the forum was the first page to come up.  Now that I have gone through the converting the SMF forum is sitting in the smf directory.  How do I get it so that the SMF forum is the default page that comes up?

Thanks

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Ok Jay, I got the ID number. I need to go for a few minutes and then I'll run that query and see what happens. I'll be back and let you know.

Thanks for all the help so far. It's really appreciated.

[JayBachatero]

Okay I have a question, this is the first time doing this so please go lightly on me!

I had phpBB3 installed in the root directory so when I went to http://mydomain.com/ the forum was the first page to come up.  Now that I have gone through the converting the SMF forum is sitting in the smf directory.  How do I get it so that the SMF forum is the default page that comes up?

Thanks

You would move all the SMF files to the root dir.  It's recommended to remove the phpBB files once you're not using them.  Then after that run repair_settings.php.
What is repair_settings.php?

Ok Jay, I got the ID number. I need to go for a few minutes and then I'll run that query and see what happens. I'll be back and let you know.

Thanks for all the help so far. It's really appreciated.

Alright.  Let us know how it goes .  From there on you just need to change the permissions.

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Jay, I can't thank you enough. I was pulling out my hair on this one and was about to give up.

I finally have admin rights and I made some permission changes. I have my moderators going through everything now to test it out.

I'll let you know if a problem comes up

Thanks so much again!

[FrostyFire]

Thanks Jay, that worked great.

[JayBachatero]

Glad to hear it all worked out .

[topthumb]

Small problem so far but in the Membergroups, the names we had for them in the phpBB forum are all preceded by php. So if we had a group called 'Dummies', it would be 'php Dummies'.

I thought I fixed it by going into the membergroups and changing them but it doesn't work. It shows up in the admin correctly but still has the php in front of the membergroup name on the forum.