1 (edited by MasTRE 2005-04-26 04:19)

Topic: wBB v1.x/v2.x converter

Anybody have a Burning Board (wBB, woltlab.de) v1.x/v2.x converter to punBB?

Re: wBB v1.x/v2.x converter

You can convert wBB 1.1.1 to phpBB with their converter.
Then, convert from phpBB to punBB with our converter.

Try it on a test board first...And always remember to back up the databases.
Good luck!

Re: wBB v1.x/v2.x converter

I would also ask Chacmool about it, if you give him a dump of the database he should be able to add the functionality to the covertor

Re: wBB v1.x/v2.x converter

Thanks guys.  I'll first give their phpBB converter a try and see how it goes.

5 (edited by MasTRE 2005-04-30 09:04)

Re: wBB v1.x/v2.x converter

I almost have it.  I've successfully converted to phpBB2 (well, almost - didn't handle my international characters properly in posts).  The problem I am now running into is that the admin user is ID 1 in the phpBB db, and punBB uses this for guest, and when I migrate it drops this user therefore it loses all posts.  Any solutions?  I can't just change the UID in the phpBB users table because I would have to track the change across every table that references UIDs.

Re: wBB v1.x/v2.x converter

As far as I know, Chacmool's converter deals with that when converting from phpBB.

"Programming is like sex: one mistake and you have to support it for the rest of your life."

7 (edited by MasTRE 2005-05-01 13:55)

Re: wBB v1.x/v2.x converter

I used the official migration tool 1.2.1 from the download section, is there another tool?  If not, then it didn't work for me.  My admin user was gone - it asked me to pick a new admin, and my old admin user was not on the list.  I checked the user table and the admin user, id 1 on phpBB, was not present.  I guess I can check the code (I've already written a patch for the phpBB converter to fix my international character support), but I'd like some input first so I'm not working in the dark (for example, I didn't know there was even an attempt to deal with this issue).

Re: wBB v1.x/v2.x converter

Hmm. Odd. I was under the imression the migration tool could deal with that. Perhaps you could send off an e-mail to the author, Chacmool, telling him about the problem?

"Programming is like sex: one mistake and you have to support it for the rest of your life."