Need help with converting to SMF 2.0.2 (omitting old posts)

[joe9494t]

Hi,

I'm new to SMF, I'm trying to convert my forum from IPB 3.2 to SMF 2.0.2. I of course plan to use the converter (http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=477019.0)

But I have a lot of posts on the old forum, I'd like to omit posts older than a certain date, how would I go about doing this? Sorry this is more of an IPB question, but I thought I'd ask anyway.

Also I am new to the whole forums system, so indepth detailed simple explanations would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks,
Joe

[ThorstenE]

you should convert the whole forum (incl. all old posts) and use the maintenance task "Admin - Maintenance - Topics - "Remove all topics not posted in for xx days" strictly after the conversion.
a detailed guide is available at http://wiki.simplemachines.org

[joe9494t]

Ah that's fantastic, thanks i will give it a go!
Thanks again.