Topic: converting question

[bruceonsfa]

Converting posts (part 2)... Successful.
Converting attachments (if the mod is installed)... Successful.
Cleaning up... Incomplete.

got it!!!

Bruce

[SleePy]

That is the cleanup process. It cleans up some stuff after the conversion and before the very end.

[bruceonsfa]

Thanks for your help.  I have some other things to do so I will address this again soon.  I am wondering if it just is my localhost set up - maybe I'll try it on our server space.
thanks
Bruce

[ThorstenE]

bruceonsfa,
maybe you haven't converted your forum until now, you should use the  updated YaBB 2.1 converter is:
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=122338.0
this new version works great for two other members:
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=292698.msg1941294#msg1941294

[bruceonsfa]

Gave the converter a quick shot but got no where.  I got an error stating 'cannot find the settings for yabb1 gold'   I had to delete the yabb.pl file to get my databases and cgi-bin active again - this is probably where the problem is, correct?
thanks
Bruce

[ThorstenE]

mhh, interesting.. the converter linked above doesn't check the existance of yabb.pl (only Paths and Variables/Paths.pl and your data files are needed). maybe the path to your YaBB folder was wrong?

[bruceonsfa]

TE,
Yeah, that is probably right.  I have spent all my time working on a VPS which had a diff't look to the file structure and now we are on a shared hosting plan that looks different enough to leave me lost.  I'll work with this idea for a bit and let you know.
Thanks
Bruce

[ThorstenE]

bruceonsfa,
please check this post, hopefully it helps?!?
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=249777.msg1953024#msg1953024

[bruceonsfa]

Arg, this is not going well.  I did an install and started the conversion on our hosting account, then the conversion stopped with a too many posts error or something, doesn't matter at this time.  For what ever reason I can create the database needed and the password, but once the install is done the password (in SMF and in mySQL) is entirely different than the one I just created and so I am unable to start the conversion again.  The first time (that failed) the passwords worked fine!  I really hate our host company!!!  I have deleted the installs and databases and tried again several times with no luck since the first time.
thanks for allowing the vent
Bruce

[ThorstenE]

then the conversion stopped with a too many posts error or something

do you know the exact error message? some hosts use limits for MySQL (max_allowed_packed_size)

you can reduce the concurrent converted messages in this  block from yabb21_to_smf.php

Code: [Select]

$block_settings = array(
'members' => 100, // 100
'pms' => 50, // 100
'topics' => 250, // 100
'posts1' => 500, // 100
'posts2' => 500, // 150
'attachments' => 100, // 100
'cleanup' => 150, // 150
'polls1' => 50, // 50
'polls2' => 200, // 200
'polls3' => 50, // 50
);
change the values for posts and posts2 from 500 to 100 and try  it again...