Fireboard 1.0.5 > SMF

[matt231]

I've got Fireboard 1.0.5 running on my forum at the moment (http://aussietechhead.com) and want to convert it to SMF.

I've tried the converter at http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=228775.0 but it didn't seem to work..... can anybody help?

Thanks.

[ThorstenE]

Any errors while converting your forum? pleas post them here..

[matt231]

I enter /home/the49792/public_html/athwebpage/components/com_fireboard/fireboard.php as the path to fireboard, but it just doesn't seem to see it.

Am I entering the correct path to fireboard?

[ThorstenE]

the path should be the path to Joomla (/home/the49792/public_html/athwebpage) or fireboard (/home/the49792/public_html/athwebpage/components/com_fireboard)

[matt231]

the path should be the path to Joomla (/home/the49792/public_html/athwebpage) or fireboard (/home/the49792/public_html/athwebpage/components/com_fireboard)

Hmm, I just get a screen that looks like this - http://i43.tinypic.com/14j89lc.jpg

[bloodrune]

that mean ur mysql pass is wrong

[matt231]

that mean ur mysql pass is wrong

I thought that as well but I copied and pasted the password and it still gave me that message.

[ThorstenE]

the convert.php was not able to read the joomla configuration file ..

can you please check and try this post:
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=228775.msg1758393#msg1758393
If you need help let us know..

[matt231]

Hmm, tried that but now it just says it can't find the settings file for Fireboard.

Attached are the files I modified, are they correct?

[ThorstenE]

near perfect..  This line

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$fireboard_prefix = 'jos_fb_';
in fireboard_to_smf.sql must be

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$fireboard_prefix = 'jos_';

[matt231]

near perfect..  This line

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$fireboard_prefix = 'jos_fb_';
in fireboard_to_smf.sql must be

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$fireboard_prefix = 'jos_';

Thanks, uploaded that file you modified for me but now I just get
"Unable to find the settings for Fireboard 1.0. Please double check the path and try again."
I entered /home/the49792/public_html/athwebpage but that didn't work and I also tried /home/the49792/public_html/athwebpage/components/com_fireboard

[jc999]

near perfect..  This line

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$fireboard_prefix = 'jos_fb_';
in fireboard_to_smf.sql must be

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$fireboard_prefix = 'jos_';

Thanks, uploaded that file you modified for me but now I just get
"Unable to find the settings for Fireboard 1.0. Please double check the path and try again."
I entered /home/the49792/public_html/athwebpage but that didn't work and I also tried /home/the49792/public_html/athwebpage/components/com_fireboard

I had a few issues trying to do the conversion on the host site . . . maybe something to do with secuirty.

Created website locally with WAMP, installed Joomla 1.0.5, Fireboard 1.0.5 RC2, and SMF 1.1.7.

Exported Fireboard data from host site and imported into Fireboard locally with phpmyadmin.

Setup SMF so that email was working correctly.

Ran converter with paths:

SMF - /home/the49792/public_html/athwebpage/smf
Fireboard - /home/the49792/public_html/athwebpage

Everything seemed to convert over to SMF OK except the passwords.

Try to login and request password to be emailed to you.

Logged in Ok when account was reset with new password.

Export SMF locally and import in SMF on host site.

Made news item in SMF for members to request new password.

Hope that helps.

[ThorstenE]

place the fireboard_migration.php to your joomla directory, fireboard_to_smf.sql and convert.php to your SMF directory..

pathes in Convert.php:
Fireboard: /home/the49792/public_html/athwebpage
SMF: /home/the49792/public_html/athwebpage/?? (?? should be automatically detected).

[matt231]

Thanks so much for your help TE

Another error though - see attached imaged

[ThorstenE]

no panic 
missing linebreak in your fireboard_to_smf.sql
please try the attached version.

[matt231]

no panic 
missing linebreak in your fireboard_to_smf.sql
please try the attached version.

Wooo! Thanks TE!

All worked but there was a massive stream of warnings about attachments, but that's ok as we didn't use attachments much in fireboard.

[matt231]

Oh, and just one other thing.

There's no converter that converts to SMF 2.0 is there?

Just curious.

[ThorstenE]

Just curious.

2.0 converters coming soon.. 2.0 is still Beta 

[stagehand]

Hopefully its ok to ask this question on this thread rather than start a new one.

What I am attempting to do is convert my Joomla site to SMF. I won't go into all the details for my reasoning, but I think that the site will be best served by strictly being a message board.

What I would really like to do is convert my Joomla users to SMF users. I do not have Fireboard installed although I suppose I could install it if it will facilitate things. The version of Joomla I have on the site is 1.011. Will this script do the trick for me?

Thanks

[matt231]

Hopefully its ok to ask this question on this thread rather than start a new one.

What I am attempting to do is convert my Joomla site to SMF. I won't go into all the details for my reasoning, but I think that the site will be best served by strictly being a message board.

What I would really like to do is convert my Joomla users to SMF users. I do not have Fireboard installed although I suppose I could install it if it will facilitate things. The version of Joomla I have on the site is 1.011. Will this script do the trick for me?

Thanks

You could use JFusion - http://jfusion.org for this. Wait till December 26th though to do it, because that's when the product will be out of Alpha.

[stagehand]

Hopefully its ok to ask this question on this thread rather than start a new one.

What I am attempting to do is convert my Joomla site to SMF. I won't go into all the details for my reasoning, but I think that the site will be best served by strictly being a message board.

What I would really like to do is convert my Joomla users to SMF users. I do not have Fireboard installed although I suppose I could install it if it will facilitate things. The version of Joomla I have on the site is 1.011. Will this script do the trick for me?

Thanks

You could use JFusion - hxxp:jfusion.org [nonactive] for this. Wait till December 26th though to do it, because that's when the product will be out of Alpha.

Thanks for the tip, that looks like it might be an awesome product. Although for my situation it does not look like it will provide a solution. It says its for Joomla 1.5 and my site is on Joomla 1.0.11.

[matt231]

Hopefully its ok to ask this question on this thread rather than start a new one.

What I am attempting to do is convert my Joomla site to SMF. I won't go into all the details for my reasoning, but I think that the site will be best served by strictly being a message board.

What I would really like to do is convert my Joomla users to SMF users. I do not have Fireboard installed although I suppose I could install it if it will facilitate things. The version of Joomla I have on the site is 1.011. Will this script do the trick for me?

Thanks

You could use JFusion - http://jfusion.org for this. Wait till December 26th though to do it, because that's when the product will be out of Alpha.

Thanks for the tip, that looks like it might be an awesome product. Although for my situation it does not look like it will provide a solution. It says its for Joomla 1.5 and my site is on Joomla 1.0.11.

Ah, sorry. Presumed you were on J! 1.5.

You can just find a Joomla>SMF bridge and that should convert users for you.

[stagehand]

I was able to use this mod to load the members table from my Joomla users table. However it appears the passwords are not working. So I think I will have to settle for users requesting a password reset. Unless someone knows of a fix for that, in which case I would be most appreciative.

[matt231]

If you follow the link in my original post at the start of this thread there's an attachment in that post called something like 'fireboard_login_fix'

Install that via package manager in SMF and passwords should go back to normal

[pedrohsi]

if you have Joomla 1.5, use JFusion to sync your users - it will update the passwords once again so you won't have to install the login fix package

[stagehand]

If you follow the link in my original post at the start of this thread there's an attachment in that post called something like 'fireboard_login_fix'

Install that via package manager in SMF and passwords should go back to normal

That appears to have done the trick, thank you very much for the help!

[myler]

Just did a conversion from Fireboard 1.0.4 to SMF 1.1.8 with the appropriate converter. Worked fairly well, although the attachments didn't go over at all, tried editing the config file but to no avail. No problem though, there aren't that many. What does give a major problem, is that even after installing and applying (tested ok in package manager )the fireboard_login_fix, passwords are still incorrect. Requesting a password reset works, but i'd rather avoid having to ask our members to reset their passwords after the conversion.
Anyone here having the same problem?

TIA, Myler

[ThorstenE]

you should install the fireboard_login_fix.tgz via Package Manager
the file is attached to this topic:
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=228775.0