Converting Fantastico phpBB board to SMF, using existing URL

[The Ancients]

I hope the above isn't too confusing 

We an installation of phpBB 2.0.18 courtesy of cPanel/Fantastico, at /forum.  I would like to change from phpBB to smf (1.0.5 [Patched-1]), moving the existing data over, and using the /forum URL for smf, once done.  I've read the Converter FAQ, but there isn't specific instructions for doing so with Fantastico installs.  Could someone outline a procedure for doing so?

At present:

/forum
phpbb with live user data
Database name:  mship_phpb1
users: mship_phpb1 and mship_smf1 (the user created by fantastico smf install I added to the php database)

/smf
smf with no data present (standard fantastico install)
Database name:  mship_smf1
users:  mship_smf1

If any additional information is required, please don't hesitate to ask.

[Aaron]

First make sure the user of your SMF database has got access to your phpBB database. You can archieve this by going to cPanel -> MySQL databases and assigning the mship_phpb1 user to the mship_smf1 database with all permissions.

Then upload the converter found here to your SMF-directory using FTP or cPanel's File Manager. Run it via www.yourdomain.com/smf/phpbb_to_smf.php, fill in the requested data, and click on Convert. That'll do!

Aaron.

[The Ancients]

Aaron,

thanks for that.  I carried out the above (after obtaining the password from the settings.php file) and while a few errors were listed, everything seems ok.  I can't change the URL of the forum as the settings are read only for the aforementioned file - I presume if I chmod this file, I will then be able to change the URL in the administration section of smf without any issues? 

[Fizzy]

An easier way to relocate to forum/ is to rename your OLD forum/ to something like OLDFORUM/
Then rename your smf/ directory to forum/
Then run repair_settings.php to repair all of the paths for you

What is repair_settings.php?

[The Ancients]

An easier way to relocate to forum/ is to rename your OLD forum/ to something like OLDFORUM/
Then rename your smf/ directory to forum/
Then run repair_settings.php to repair all of the paths for you

What is repair_settings.php?

That would have been handy!

I deleted the smf test install above, changed the phpbb forum to /oldforum on the server, and in the settings for phpbb itself.  I then created a new smf install in /forum, gave the smf user permissions for the phpbb database, ran the converter, removed the php script, and everything appears good to go. 

Thanks to all for the quick responses 

[Fizzy]

Well done ... and you're welcome