[SMF Converter] phpBB3

[GravuTrad]

No ideas about this problem?

[knockout]

I tried installing the phpBB3_Login_Fix in smf 2.0 RC2 and is not supported, I tried doing a manual fix and part of the code is already there, is there a fix for this issue for RC2?
note that I can logon to the site if I enter my user id and pass 3 times... that will be a nightmare to admin for a couple of thousand users...

SMF 2.0 RC2 should not need the Login Fix package, because it already has the necessary modification to allow logging in all users with phpbb3 passwords.
It might happen that the first time you login, it will need to update the password, to the SMF specific hash, (but that shouldn't mean logging in three times) and after that it should just work.

michael_da: same thing: if you're using SMF 2.0 RC2, you don't need the Login Fix package. That's only for 1.1.x.

Please make sure you clean cookies before trying to login, and it shoudln't take three failed logins to manage to.

thanks for the reply Norv, my users have been getting thru after the conversion, I posted a step by step how to on the login page, just to clarify for others who may have the same question it is not three failed attempts, basically it goes like this

1. You enter your User Name and Password... Message: Password security has recently been upgraded. Please enter your password again.

2. You enter your User Name and Password AGAIN... if both match the login screen is displayed, but no message is given so user believes something went wrong as they are staring at the login page again.

3.If you enter your User Name and Password ONE MORE TIME, you are now authenticated and allow access to site

Maybe adding a message after the site updates the security will make things easier for the user to know what just happened
something like this "Your user credentials have been updated, you can now logon"

[greensmachine]

was wondering about this converting i have a decent size board using phpBB3.0.1 was wondering how this worked, what all steps are involved, how long it takes, what exactly it does i cant risk my site,but am definitely interested in switching platforms just want as much info on this as i can get from all of you before i decide weather or not to attempt it.

[Codex.]

Got it to work eventually

Stalled on "No default set for ranks" or something

But overall good

At the moment were moving our site to smf 2, but we mainly want to just move the users over instead of all of the content, is this possible?

[greensmachine]

i have been going through this topic and am completely lost i am not new to web site byany means but i have yet to find a simple instruction on this  am i missing it or is there just not a step by step instruction sheet as all i can find are downloads no read mes no instructions tips or anything besides error fixes posted

can someone tell me where to find the step by steps or would someone write one up

so many question i have i dont know where to begin

i have a board on phpbb 3.0.1

i understand that were gonna run a sql file to convert the database over to smf

how about my files do i have to leave the phpbb3 folder on my server for the attachments, images, and such or is it going to move my files over

is there a root path that smf needs to be installed in compared to phpbb3

i am just trying to get a complete understanding of the steps i need to do in order to accomplish this as quickly as possible

all i have found are 3 text files for this conversion are they up to date with the past issues i have read (phpbb3_login; phpbb3 sql; conver.php)

this topic seems great i am very interested in switching platforms but i simply am not convinced being as i cant find step by steps

[GravuTrad]

PlayfulGod:
can you please show/screenshot/link an example of the problem?

Not needed cause not very explicit.
After conversion, the img bbcode tag is well keeped, but images are not showed. We need to edit the posts and save them to display them. (and sometimes it won't work, we need to preview before saving so that it works)

how to refresh it correctly on all the forum in one time?

Thanks for the explanation, can you please eventually copy paste here a code of a post after conversion, which has tags but they don't seem to work correctly? I am trying to replicate the issue.

you can test with any test post with [img] bbcode tag and text on a phpbb3 forum. after conversion, these tags don't display the image. we need to edit the post and save it to can display them.

Little up for the problem.

up for this bug.

do i need to make a single subject for it?

[ThorstenE]

GravuTrad,
can you attach your phpbb3_to_smf.sql please? I've checked the <img>-tag conversion on my local system and everything seems fine (<img> tag was properly converted and the images are visible in SMF).. my source forum was a phpBB 3.0.6.

[darkspreader]

Add me to the bandwagon for the [img] tag problem. I used the converter which is on the Downloads page. Posts and signatures have to be edited then re-saved for the images to show up.

I am going from phpBB3 3.0.0 to SMF 1.1.11.

Edit: I retried the converter using the .sql file on the first post of this thread, and I also downloaded the converter.php off of the thread linked in the OP. Still nothing. I attached a copy of my converter .sql file

I would like to get this resolved as soon as possible. Thanks. Also, TE, it's a matter of the [img] tag, not the <img> tag.

[VampiricPadraig]

Hello, I am converting from 3.0.7-PL1 to the latest SMF and when I enter the information on step one. I get a error

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Fatal error: Call to undefined function: loaddatabase() in ../new/convert.php on line 414

I removed some of the file location for security purposes, but you can still (hopefully) work from this. phpbb3 is on the root of my FTP

[Norv]

Please note: on this site, Downloads > converters, you can find 2 packages: one from phpbb3 to SMF 1.1.11, and one from phpbb3 to SMF 2.0 RC3.
If you installed SMF 1.1.11, use the appropriate one, similar if you installed SMF 2.0 RC3. They're only compatible with the same SMF version.

[VampiricPadraig]

D'oh! Stupid me.

Thanks for that Norv.

No other problems to report

[Clauu]

Hi,
Just converted from phpbb3 to smf1.1.11 with password hash support(LogInOut.php edited) and gives me an error when try to login/logout:

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Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in /var/www/smf/Sources/LogInOut.php  on line 500

[Norv]

It seems the edit you did has a mistake.
You may want to grab a new file from the installation package, and edit it to replace only the edit pointed out in the first post, with the edit to replace.
Please consider using a lightweight code editor like Notepad++ on Windows, too, to be sure. (some document editors may insert characters of their own).

[Clauu]

It seems the edit you did has a mistake.
You may want to grab a new file from the installation package, and edit it to replace only the edit pointed out in the first post, with the edit to replace.
Please consider using a lightweight code editor like Notepad++ on Windows, too, to be sure. (some document editors may insert characters of their own).

Seems that you're right, something was wrong, now it's fine. Thanks 

[Freddo_]

Hello, When Converting from phpBB 3.0.7-PL1 to SMF 1.1.11. I have followed the stepts to ensure there was an administrator account it was UTF-8 as default.
Now when I run the convert.php script it all goes smoothly. I did use the modifcation for the phpBB hashing of the passwords.
But when Its complete I can login with the administrators accounts on the orginal Forums. I know it doesn't copy across the permissions but it should bring across an admin account right? and the one I created doesn't work (the one that is created when installing).

I was hoping someone would be able to help out.

Kind Regards
Freddo (Matt)

_{Edit: I found that all the users had been stripped of the group 1 (admins) in the database. I added "1" to the list in the table _members under col additionalGroups. If this is going to hinder any other problems please let me know thank you}

[Norv]

Thank you for letting us know... Oddly enough, I don't seem to have it happening.
But no, I don't expect to have other problems.

[FrEaK@ZoiD !!!]

PlayfulGod:
can you please show/screenshot/link an example of the problem?

Not needed cause not very explicit.
After conversion, the img bbcode tag is well keeped, but images are not showed. We need to edit the posts and save them to display them. (and sometimes it won't work, we need to preview before saving so that it works)

how to refresh it correctly on all the forum in one time?

Thanks for the explanation, can you please eventually copy paste here a code of a post after conversion, which has tags but they don't seem to work correctly? I am trying to replicate the issue.

you can test with any test post with [img] bbcode tag and text on a phpbb3 forum. after conversion, these tags don't display the image. we need to edit the post and save it to can display them.

Little up for the problem.

up for this bug.

do i need to make a single subject for it?

Re - UP for this bug!
I'm just converted PHPBB3.0.7-PL1 to SMF 1.1.11. Everything gone smoothly but I reached out the img link bug.
Inside all posts i have an image broken icon. The link to the image is with a double Http: inside,
going like this: "http:http://www.whatever.com...".

Sorry if this bug is already solved, but i swear i made a good search inside the board and didn't find any reference to this bug!

Thanx to any help !!

[the-outdoorsman]

I downloaded the package but not sure what to do with it. Can I use the package manager in smf to install this?

[Norv]

Please see:
Converting to SMF

[the-outdoorsman]

Thank you for the link. That is what I needed. Looks like I am going to have a problem though. It says:

Note: The converter will not work unless SMF has access to the database that the forum you're converting from is on. For best results, you should install SMF on the same database as the forum you're converting from. If this is not possible, you will need to make sure that the database user account being used for SMF has access to the other forum's database. If you are not sure how to do this, please ask on the forum and someone should be able to assist you.

I made a new database for my SMF. I have all ready done a bridge to my joomla website so I don't really want to reinstall this in to my same data base as my phpbb is on. I didn't even know you could put them on the same database.
So I was wondering how I go about getting SMF access to my other database?

Thank you for any help you can give me
KC