phpBB Importer Ready!

UPDATE: Please make sure to read the last posts. The beginning of the thread is kinda old, so please don't think this is how it works. Read the last posts.

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Hello. This is my first time posting here, so I hope I make a good first impression

Anyways...I just finished my phpBB 1.4.0 Convertor Utility, allthough I don't have an actual phpBB 1.4.0 DB to test it on. All I did was use a DB with 2 forums, one topic, and one post . Anyways, if you have phpBB 1.4.0, or any other kind of phpBB (Convert it to 1.4.0, of course ), please please help me test this.

If you find an error or some way of crashing or messing up the process, please tell me what happened. Also, if you could send me a copy of the database you are using, that would be greatly appreciated. Please don't think I'll steal your PWs, because they are MD5 encoded.

Known Bugs:

• Does not make private forums private while converting

When it is converting, all the user passwords are changed to a different md5-encoded string. I plan to change this later.

I know it isn't very user friendly. Also, please don't take any part of this code without my permission. I worked really hard on it. Thanks a bunch.

Please post anything you have to say about this below.

[Nebula]

Wow...I didn't know merging was that important

I'm gonna go start on it...I'm not so sure how I'm gonna do merging...but I'll find a way. Maybe after I'm done with this...I'll make one that converts IKonBoard directly into vBulletin

Test this script for me...that's really what I need.

[DarkReaper]

Merging is a must. On my forums we're offering sub-hosting of forums for clans, mods, etc...and some of them have existing forums, but have already signed up for ours. I don't want their existing account to be overwritten. I haven't had a chance to test this script yet, but lets say I wanted to import an entire phpBB into a subforum on my vB. Could I do that?

[Nebula]

slow down...I've got too much to think about. I'm in the middle of working on merging. Once the merging script is done...then, to put everything into a subforum, you would just merge that BB into yours, and move all the forums into the subforum, therefore creating a subsubforum, and a subsubsubforum

vB can do that...so don't worry about the levels getting too deep.

Merging is coming along nicely...Expect the merging version to be released in 2~3 days.

2-3 days? WOW!!!

The previous script worked 100%. If you need help with testing it before you release the final, please let me know.

[Juan]

This is great news, I can't wait.

If you need help with testing, I'm up to it too.

Thank you

[DarkReaper]

So once the merging works, how long do you think it will take for the ikonboard -> vBulletin converter, instead of going through phpBB?

I got the members imported to phpBB ok, but the forum importer was corrupted...does anyone have this?

[Juan]

Here it is:

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showt...threadid=23014

This one is not corrupted.

IMO, you are better off doing it through phpBB. An Ikonboard converter might take too long. I have requested one over 2 months ago and nothing. There is an official one on the pipeline, but why wait? They have not given a finishing time or posted any progress on it.

My guess is, by the time it is finished no one will need it. I have a few friends that decided to move to a vBulletin lookalike instead of waiting. The ones willing to wait might as well wait for IB3 Gold.

[Nebula]

I just realized...

vBulletin has its own BBimport library. It is much easier to use, so I will be using that. From now on, the only file that will need to be downloaded is the convertor file. There will be no conv_global.php or DBwrapper.php (I don't like vBulletin's DBwrapper as much ). I think I'll still zip it so that it is smaller, but I'm open to suggestions.

Because I'm changing how the whole thing works...it might be another 2~3 days from today. Sorry, but I think after this, it will run much cleaner and faster.

[Juan]

Nebula, you are doing us all a very big favour. Please take your time.

When you are done, If you care to send me your PayPal ID I would be more than happy to pay for some of your time.

Thanks again

I am considering moving from phpbb 1.4 to vBulletin. But I cannot purchase a license if I do not know for sure if the converter does a good job

What will be the impact for my user? Do they need to re-register? Will the converter take care of everything?

How far is the converter at this time?

Thanks!

Christoph