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As long as your forum have "valid email" rules from your old forum (SMF).
Its easy. Give the "big" announcement at your forum.

Just modified the "login.php", change some information or add more link explanation that will redirect
to Loss Password

http://your-forum.com/login.php?action=forget

Your Member or User forum will follow the process.
And then, the important thing is "modifying" some parts like:
1. /lang/English/login.php
2. .................../mail_templates/activate_password.tpl
3. etc..

That what I did (a year ago) to convert thousands of my member forum from SMF into PunBB

Sure different like you said.. Thanks Smartys

I am not revert everything, I play with users, posts, and topics only. Using that tables for my old 1.2 scripts. Now running 1.2. Yes, its my own risk.. It just dropping FullText indexing on Posts & Topics to gain SQL space. Rebuilding search index from 1.2 admin panel, for search function (almost 2 hours indexing on 26663 topics and 373654 posts).

For new indexing feature on 1.3, I read and learn this (read comments at bottom) http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/ … dexes.html
Its fulltext indexing like Smarty's said..
Maybe, thats explain why 1.3 faster than 1.2

Yeah, Rickard already told. Many schema changes on 1.3.
Mods/Plugins progamming totally change. I am still learning how to make or convert some plugins in to 1.3 new scheme..

After one month using and playing 1.3. Its great and faster. I am creating simple portal (frontpage style) to display new topics from few forum categories choosen, including recent post. Even, I am not expert on CSS programming.. But, that's our visitor like. Its different like other forum around there.

One important thing for big forum, something missing such PM feature etc. My visitor need those feature, and other mods/plugins feature that work on 1.2. Thats why, I revert to 1.2.
For new PunBB user, better to use 1.3, even still in Beta. PunBB 1.3 offer future feature and compatibilities for feature release (1.3 Final). Extension easy to learn without touching core files.

1.3 Beta.. Use it now! Dont wait..

Yes, I see
Thanks..

I think the mods. I can't remember what mods I've been installed.
I only mark some mods, but still forget and too lazy to give "mark" another mods.
Too many custom code (outside PunBB), I grab it from here and outside there.
Just like everybody and Rickard said.. PunBB is easiest to understand, even with "stupid" newbie moders (not coder) like me

Or, I think PunBB 1.2x has indexing search feature that double the size of post Database?
Last time, I delete or I didnt build index (at admin pages)
The power and one of my visitor like is Search feature. I am using Search show_new, show_recent and show_24h mods.. That why, my visitor like. They wont go all forum or categories to find what is new post for today.

Next month (May 2008) is a year I am using PunBB.
Before that, I am using Yabb, and move to SMF and using it for more 2 years. I like it.
With default install and theme's of SMF (I like Simplicity Themes by Bloc), causing high load resources.. Maybe my hosting provider had bad CPU performance not SMF. Well?

3 times, I move from one hosting to another. They complain about my forum resources. One of them suspend my site without reason

Can you imagine? I've got headache to download, upload and dump MySQL data every few month!
Last time, I've upload 150MB data one-by-one because internet connection too slow, at that time, the standar old PHPMyAdmin cannot hold few megabytes uploading data. I must copy paste manually into query box.

Yes, I know about dump program. Some hosting doesn't allowed that, I've been warning before.

Until... yes.. Until I found PunBB. Even not too many support community like SMF had, I like how the code wrote. Thanks to Rickard and The Team

Finally, with PunBB 1.3 Beta with the extension (mod) WITHOUT TOUCH the core code? Its brillians idea.. Thats why, directly I am moving into Beta. I know the risk for my Production Forum.. But, If I stick with PunBB 1.2x, forever I will forget many "injected" code/mods. I can't make my forum growing with more advantages.. 

Thats Why, I take the risk..

Permanently, I remove those feature.
Personally, I dont like that. I want to see, Moderator performance (I dont trust them all)

Yeah, I think is better to put this feature outside the core (to keep PunBB light)
Extension or Mod is good choice

wow, I had problem with Google.
This is the solution

Wow cool..
Just testing..
I like the code (idea)
To prevent lazy poster (only post smiley), smiley does not show while click. Except, poster MUST BE write some letters first

cool design. thats why I love PunBB, its easy to modified

Sorry, and thank you Smarty

Maybe, just like SMF did. Use donation for "next version" or "special" edition of PunBB?
Btw, PunBB still amazing for me, simplicity, easy to understand and modified code compare to SMF..
But, still to hard for newbie..

Yes, its different password methods.
I use LOST PASSWORD, and announce at frontpage of forum.
Its okay now, with more than 13000 members.