Is it possible to convert Kunena 1.7.2 to SMF 2.0.2?

[ilucato]

Hi folks, nice to meet you all.

Before start conversions and mess the things with my Kunena online forum, I wonder if the conversion tool for Kunena handles the conversion from Kunena 1.7.2  to SMF 2.0.2. The link doesn't mention what Kunena version it supports to convert, and looking into .sql or .php, it seem to be only from Kunena 1.5.0, but I'm not sure about it.

Does anybody know if it is possible to convert the Kunena 1.7.2  to SMF 2.0.2 on a Joomla 1.5.25?

Thanks in advance.

[Antes]

You can always try on your localhost, only user feedbacks make us know it (have back-up)

[ilucato]

Hi Antes, I don't use locallhost. I mean, never get to set those computer server like WampServer in my own computer. Too much complicated and never found a great and easy manual for a newbie like me. ;0). Anyway, I don't want to make tests, I want to know if there is some converter able to convert these versions or weren't launched yet.

Have a nice weekend.

[emanuele]

Anyway, I don't want to make tests

That's not exactly the best approach.
Even with the most tested converter you should first do a test to see if the conversion goes well or not in your specific case. At least that's my opinion.

"Setup" a wamp server is as easy as install any other program, you just download something like xampp or similar install, start the control panel and click "start". Done.

BTW, you can even try it directly on-line since the converter takes the data from your current tables without touch anything, so if it fails you can simply delete the SMF tables and you won't notice anything.

Of course backups are always good and highly suggested.

[ilucato]

Hi Emanuele,
I agree with you that test are needed to see if all goes ok, but what I meant regarding tests here, was that I have already Kunena forum on-line, and can't mess it once it is working ok, and "I don't want to make tests" to see if SMF will fit or not or will cover my needs. That is why I'm posting here before to do a little research before make up my mind to move to SMF.  ;0)

Thanks for the further info regarding the on-line converter, tables and so on.

Yes, I will use also Akeeba back-up just in case. ;0)

[ApplianceJunk]

I agree with you that test are needed to see if all goes ok, but what I meant regarding tests here, was that I have already Kunena forum on-line, and can't mess it once it is working ok, and "I don't want to make tests" to see if SMF will fit or not or will cover my needs.

I fail to see how creating a test site on a localhost is at all messing with your working forum.

The only connection the test site would have with your working forum is that the test site would be created from the backup files and database you got from your working forum.

Maybe you don't do backup either because you find them complicated and to much work?

Akeeba back-up

Can't you just backup through your cPanel?

[ilucato]

Hi AJ, I fail to see it too :0), but as I said before, I don't use a localhost/WampServer, just the work forum, so, that is why I said about avoiding tests.

[MrPhil]

If you don't want to set up a standalone PC-based WAMPP/XAMPP server to do testing, just set up another database and subdirectory under your site, install SMF there, do the conversion on a copy of your database, and play with it to see how you like it. So long as there is no link to the test SMF forum, the search engines won't index it. Depending on how long it takes and how active your present forum is, you might even just cut over to the new SMF and abandon-in-place the old forum.

[ilucato]

Hi MrPhil, thanks for your tips, although I'm a little newbie with certain settings.
You tip is a good suggestion, I'll get to do on-line without messing the work forum, but in a copy as it as the work forum'. The only problem as a newbie I'll  try to find out more info how to clone my actual site & database into a different folder and play the conversion with it.

[MrPhil]

Actually, you may not need to move or copy many of the files (just some). To clone the files, just copy them over. You might find it easier to "zip" or "tar" all the files into one package file, move that over, and unzip or untar into the new directory. That would be easier than using your site control panel to do one at a time. You could also mass download the files to your PC (FileZilla, etc. FTP) and mass upload to the new place. Just be sure that you force the transfer to be in binary.

As for the database, see if your site control panel has a "copy" feature. If not, back up the database into an .sql file, create a new database, and restore the .sql backup into the new database. Databases are kept in their own special place, and you do not copy files around.