Converting from vB 3.8.4 to SMF 2.0 RC4

[Vertakill]

Hi,

My license for vB is due to expire soon and I'm looking at moving to SMF 2.0. Today I've tried to do a test conversion and ran in to an issue, when running the converter (vB 3.7 to SMF 2.0 RC4 converter, apparently this is the one I need for vB 3.8.4) it stops at the following point:

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Recalculating forum statistics... Duplicate key name 'ip_index'

Also, all of the data (except user permissions) appears to be there in the new install of SMF but sometimes the pages will simply bring up a blank screen, a refresh will sometimes bring the page back but sometimes it takes three or four refreshes until the page comes back.

Any ideas on what could be causing this?

Thanks,

Verta

[ThorstenE]

please check:
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=242961.msg2867944#msg2867944

[Vertakill]

please check:
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=242961.msg2867944#msg2867944

Hi TE,

Thank you for the link. I noticed that this fix is in the PHP-Fusion subforum, does this apply to converter.php for vBulletin too? If so, I'll give that a try, thanks

[ThorstenE]

convert.php is absolutely the same for all converters.. only the source_to_smf.sql is different..

[Vertakill]

convert.php is absolutely the same for all converters.. only the source_to_smf.sql is different..

Cool, thanks for that TE - that's fixed my first problem!

My other problem still persists though, when refreshing the page it doesn't always show the forum, just a blank white page 90% of the time, the other 10% the forums show OK. Any ideas what this could be?

By the way, this problem happens at work and at home in Chrome and Internet Explorer.

Thanks,

Verta

[Vertakill]

convert.php is absolutely the same for all converters.. only the source_to_smf.sql is different..

Cool, thanks for that TE - that's fixed my first problem!

My other problem still persists though, when refreshing the page it doesn't always show the forum, just a blank white page 90% of the time, the other 10% the forums show OK. Any ideas what this could be?

By the way, this problem happens at work and at home in Chrome and Internet Explorer.

Thanks,

Verta

Update: This problem is only apparent when a user isn't logged in. When you eventually get through the login page (many Ctrl+F5 refreshes) it works flawlessly.

[ThorstenE]

mhh, maybe a timout or memory_limit related issue??!? Can you modify your php.ini? I'd be interested in these settings from phpinfo:

• memory_limit
• max_execution_time

What is a phpinfo() file?

[Vertakill]

mhh, maybe a timout or memory_limit related issue??!? Can you modify your php.ini? I'd be interested in these settings from phpinfo:

• memory_limit
• max_execution_time

What is a phpinfo() file?

Hi TE,

Thanks for your help with this by the way, it's really appreciated - I'm not great with PHP and wouldn't know where to start troubleshooting this issue!

The info from my phpinfo:

memory_limit: 256M
max_execution_time: 120

I don't have the ability to edit my php.ini unfortunately, I'm on a shared hosting package.

Again, thanks for the help TE.

Verta

[ThorstenE]

both settings are more than enough..
Do you use default theme (Curve) or a custom theme?
Do you have access to the webserver logfiles? Maybe there is an indication for the white page (error_log)?
Any errors in SMF error log?