vBulletin 3.0.1 to SMF

[SleePy]

We have documentation on upgrading SMF.
http://docs.simplemachines.org/index.php?board=3.0

I would not suggest using 2.0 yet. It is still in Beta and may contain bugs and other issues (see Bug Reports board for publicly known bugs as just a snippet). If you are ok with bugs, problems and having to update manually lots (there are no package manager updates until 2.0 is stable) then you could give it a go.
But make a backup of your forum first please Both files and the database, just incase.

[th3subtl3on3]

Switched over the the SMF tonight and just trying to finish things up now. I noticed that it's telling me I have 85 messages in my PM box, but there are none present in both the inbox and outbox. Where is it getting this number from?

[JayBachatero]

Run this query in phpMyAdmin.

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UPDATE smf_members SET unreadMessages = 0;


[th3subtl3on3]

I tried doing that, but it didn't change. Would it be unreadMessages though? Sorry to question you, you know what your talking about.

[butchs]

You need to open the query window in phpMyAdmin to run a command.  Check the phpMyAdmin online documentation.

[th3subtl3on3]

Yes, I know that. This is what comes up when I submit it.

Affected rows: 0 (Query took 0.0170 sec)
SQL query: UPDATE smf_members SET unreadMessages =0;

[th3subtl3on3]

Anything else I should try to reset it?

[JayBachatero]

Try

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UPDATE smf_members SET instantMessages = 0;


That will set the count for all PMs to 0.

[th3subtl3on3]

Thank you Jay, that did work. I had wondered when trying the original update if that would work, but since I am new with everything, I wanted a second opinion before I went changing things.

[JayBachatero]

So is everything good now?

[th3subtl3on3]

Well, so far so good. Some have told me that their inbox reads empty, but there are still messages present. I told them just to empty everything out. I haven't received anymore problems yet, just those who have to get used to the change. If I do run into anymore problem, I will post again. Thank you for all your help through this process, we all greatly appreciate it.

[JayBachatero]

Just let us know if anything else .

[th3subtl3on3]

Alright, back with a question, not a problem this time. On our previous forums, we had a navigation bar, or header, that was displayed at the top of the forums. This would allow access to tech articles, pictures, and other pages. I see that we have the ability to add a picture to the top of the SMF forums, but what if I wanted one similar to the last forums? Would that be possible?

[butchs]

You can put a logo in admin/ Configuration/ Current Theme/ Theme Options and Preferences

[th3subtl3on3]

Yes, that I already know that. We need to have our links to the other pages present at the top of the boards as well.

[JayBachatero]

How do you add custom tabs to the Core (default) theme menu?