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]

Geez...I feel really bad saying this, but I still don't understand what the problem is with the Private Messages. Try and make it the best english you can. I just can't make out any of what you are saying. I'm American, and speak english. I don't really know any other languages other then some french.

Again, I feel really bad (and embarrised) that I cannot read your bug report. If anyone can give me a hand, it would be greatly appreciated.

Also, no offense to you JYR of course.

Ok, sorry for my poor english...

I try again to explain the problem of privates messages:
In my phpBB forum, i have sent and received a lot of privates messages, mais be 50 sent, and 20 received.
When i import my phpBB forum whith your script in a new and empty VB forum, i see in my control panel that i have 20 privates messages in my INBOX folder, this is ok. But in my folder SENT ITEMS, i have no messges, it is empty: the script has lose all my previous sending privates messages. I hope this explanation is more clear than the previous...

The problem with the thread and post counters being the same on the main page is not a bug. Did you remember to update counters?? That's the only thing I can think of.

Now, I always update all counters when i make an importation, and i have always the same number of post and thread on the main page. I think you can fix something in your code. You have my phpBB database, it is simple to try it and look if you have the same result like me on this point.
Have a nice day

[Nebula]

I will get working on the private messages thing. It will take twice as much queries, but I'll do it. I'll make it an option

as for the counters...gah. I'll look into this.

I'm going on vacation for 4 days...leaving tomorrow morning...so you may not have an update for some time...

I'll try and get it out 2nite

::goes off to work on phpBBconv::

Yes ! Your converter is awsum Nebula !!!

There are just few things i don't understand on 'finalize process'. That's why prolly i did some ****s finalizing the process and the result is:

On my phpBB board, i had in a category 11949 posts for 478 topics. After the conversion, i see the correct number of total post just before 'Welcome our newest member...' but in the forum description, i have 435 posts for 435 thereads....
Can you explain me ?

Btw, good vacations, you need 'em mate ;-)

I noticed an horrible bug ;-\

Many of the threads, not all, are totally screwed up !

I noticed some of the topics are going in the good forum category. But sometimes, i have posts from other topics inside

Also the search feature is ****ed up.... i have half of good results and half of them have nothing to do with my query....


P.S: i'm using phpBB 1.2.1 upgraded with upgrade_14.php

[Nebula]

gah...

I really need that vacation (leaving tomorrow (YAY!! )). You won't be getting an update now. The SentPM thing is fixed (There's an option that lets you convert the sent PMs or not, if you chose to, the amount of queries and entries will double). It works, and I'm not sure why I didn't do that sooner. I completely forgot.

The counters thing I'm still looking into. The only thing I could see wrong is that you didn't follow the right order of which you need to update counters. Did you update users, then threads, and then forums, and then (optionally) rebuild the search index?

Ced: As for this new found horrible bug, please send me your complete phpBB database. My email address is: Nebula_DJ@SoftHome.net.

Anyways, this is Nebula signing off for about 4 days, or until Wednesday, which ever comes first (or last)

[Nebula]

Bye guys. I'm leaving in 20 minutes. Post all the bugs you can find here. If you test it, and it works fine, tell me that too. I'll be back on Tuesday. Again, the SentPM thing is complete, and I'm still looking into the counters problem. All I can think is that you did not update them in the right order. Make sure you update users, then threads, and then forums, not users, forums, threads like it's organized in the update counters page.

I really need this vacation Anyways, I'll talk to you guys later. I look forward to at least 1 new post on Tuesday.

Your email doesn't seems to work Nebula ;\

I sent you a PM ! :-)

Good vacations

I'm about to convert a phpBB to vB. I've read the entire thread and downloaded the zip from the first post.

But just a few questions:
Does this thing import stuff from a phpBB database into a vB database? Or does it convert the phpBB database?

And what is the correct procedure? It isn't clear to me what needs to be done to convert and how...

[Nebula]

YAY!! After a great vacation at Macinac Island (spelling??), I am totally ready to get working again.

Pingu: You didn't read the top part of first post (or am I wrong??). It says to read the last posts. The first post was the first release. The more recent ones are much farther along, and much easier to use, and do so much more. Please download the most recent version (by looking at the most recent posts). As for importing or converting, I'm not sure what the difference is (:P). But, since vBulletin calls it import, and all the vBulletin functions use the word import, then I'll say it imports As for installation instructions, I think I should do that right now:

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:
[list=1][*]Download the most recent version of the script by checking the newest posts in this thread.[*]Unzip the .ZIP file, and upload 'bbimport_phpbb.php' to your vBulletin Importer directory (If your board's url is http://www.yourhost.com/vBulletin/index.php, then your board's importer directory is http://www.yourhost.com/vBulletin/importers).[*]Log into the vBulletin control panel.[*]In The 'Import & Maintenance' list, choose 'BB Import Systems'.[*]Select the phpBB importer list item, and click 'Begin Import'.[*]The script will guide you through the next steps.[*]After the script is done, you must to update counters in the order it gave you (Update Users, then Threads, and then Forums, NOT Users, then Forums, and then Threads).[*]Your phpBB was successfully imported into vBulletin! Enjoy![/list=1]

Hope that's correct.

Anyways, I must get back to unpacking our car. As soon as I'm done, I will go look at all the bug reports you sent me :P

Hope for a new script version soon!