Spent two days trying to convert PHPBB to Fireboard using the phpbb2fb.php converter.

I tried every conceivable configuration to get this to work after reading dozens of posts of info on this forum.

Here are the results.

Internal Server Error

looks like I'm stuck with phpbb...

markyg wrote:
Spent two days trying to convert PHPBB to Fireboard using the phpbb2fb.php converter.

I tried every conceivable configuration to get this to work after reading dozens of posts of info on this forum.

Here are the results.

Internal Server Error

looks like I'm stuck with phpbb...

Maybe try to convert phpbb 2.0.22 to phpbb 3.0 and then use the other converter on the boards.. let me know if it works..

hopefully this gets completed by joomservices..

Go look at this thread to see if they complete this as they made a great SMF to FB converter.. I dont use SMF so it sucks as i read the reviews for it and they were very good.

Hopefully they go ahead and make a phpbb 2.0.22

so i go over as they are looking for the demand so go voice your opinion if you want it...

i know i do but if not then I may have to wait for the jfusion.org bridge and update my forum to phpbb 3

PHPBB 2.0.22 CONVERTER to FB 1.0.4 PLEAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSEEE STABLE working version

Hello
We are developing a joomla component which allows converting data from phpbb to fireboard . The component will be released in the next 2 days . If you are interested in this converter, go to our site and register for an account . We will immediately as soon as the component is released .

PS : We had successfully made SMF to Fireboard component . Many forum data have been converted from smf to fireboard using our component .

Has the converter been released yet? Went to the downloads section and could not find it. And it is for phpBB3 to fireboard correct? Thanks for everything!

I have written our own version of the phpBB to fireboard converter for a client based on the script that was posted here. I had to correct one place jos_ was hardcoded, correct the date moves, the users real name, plus it was extremely slow for our 39,000 users (10 hours) and usually hung after about 3K, so we added a loop to do 2K users at a time and then free the mysql memory. I have also added in many mySQL indices to try to speed this up as well.

Additionally we expect to do the import more than once so I added a date switch to allow that. Existing users get updated. This way we can test on the new site before updating to our final current data.

Also in our case we needed to convert many custom fields to CB as well and we used the fireboard CB plugin that makes the fireboard profile go to CB. So I wrote a separate script to be run after the first (and after a CB synch) which imports our phpBB fields to CB.

Once this version of the script is cleaned up for more general use. I will post it for download. Anyone who is desperate for it can contact me. I should have it posted within a week.

kittymcooper wrote:
I have written our own version of the phpBB to fireboard converter for a client based on the script that was posted here. I had to correct one place jos_ was hardcoded, correct the date moves, the users real name, plus it was extremely slow for our 39,000 users (10 hours) and usually hung after about 3K, so we added a loop to do 2K users at a time and then free the mysql memory. I have also added in many mySQL indices to try to speed this up as well.

Additionally we expect to do the import more than once so I added a date switch to allow that. Existing users get updated. This way we can test on the new site before updating to our final current data.

Also in our case we needed to convert many custom fields to CB as well and we used the fireboard CB plugin that makes the fireboard profile go to CB. So I wrote a separate script to be run after the first (and after a CB synch) which imports our phpBB fields to CB.

Once this version of the script is cleaned up for more general use. I will post it for download. Anyone who is desperate for it can contact me. I should have it posted within a week.

well i be damned if someone can finally make a legit working converter... I hope you get it to work.. Yeah the 2k thing sounds good for the time out issue.. Does it use AJAX as that can be another solution to solve the issue..

Did you convert locally or on server.. like i mentioned i have 90,000 members and 1 million posts..

even when i did locally from phpbb2 to phpbb3 it took about 20 hours roughly.. i had to do locally because on the server in would crash or timeout the couple of times i tried it..

just making sure this is for phpbb2 as that what i need.

the option to update to only the new posts makes it great to for testing before going live..

i follow this post hopefully this gets completed as nothing has been created after all this time..

It works for us and yes it is phpBB2 to the current fireboard. Our Joomla system is 1.0.x though. I intend to test it on another system with 1.5 later this week.

No Ajax. It is a simple PHP script with no fancy user interface, just a custom parameter file or two. We only had 89,000 odd posts so did not stagger those. But if it times out there for you it should be easy to change.

I will post the initial version in my download area later today or tonight (mountain time):
openskywebdesign.com/cms/modules.php?nam...ewdownload&cid=3

thanks i will give it a shot.... so the passwords are transferred also correctly.

because i seen another converter when it converted the SMP but then users passwords were all reset?

hopefully that not the issue..

The passwords may or may not work depending on your host's algorithm for the PHP function called to encode them. The encoded password is moved over as is. It worked for us.