WBB Informer is pleased to present - phpBB to wBB Converter for wbb 2.3.x


What this Addon Does:

- phpBB v2.0.6, phpBB 2.0.11, PNphpBB2 1.2f to wBB v2.1.5 - wBB 2.2.0 - wBB 2.3.4 Converter for Members - PMs - Categories - Forums - Threads - Posts.

Changes:

You will need to upload 1 php files for the complete installation of this hack.

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Lets Get Started!

Step 1

- Functions: [ General ]
supported in addition to the normal conversion is the unification (Merge) of forum systems (all existing wBB2-Data is maintained and the phpBB data is added, can be used also for pure conversion) [ default=On ]
special update mode to avoid php TimeOut errors (the maximum number of database records that can be inserted at the same time can be adjusted in the file ' phpbb-wbb2.php ' ) [ default=200 ] Automode for automatic forwarding of the basic conversion steps (1-click conversion) [ default=On ]

Not Converted:
Avatars, Inquiries, User Groups, PM Archives, Forum Rights - These must be adjusted manually after the conversion.

[Conversion of Members]
distinguishes between Admin, Mod, and Standard Users (Standard Admin -, Mod and User Groups can be adjusted in the input) [ default=wBB standard ]
calculate the correct wBB2-GroupCombID
calculate and assign the correct wBB2-User Ranks
transfer the user option fields (From, Interests, Occ)
set users ' Anonymous ' (user ID: -1)
transfer the Active/Inactive flag (Blocked on/off)
count the user when converting and updating the wBB2-Statistics (Usercounts).

[Conversion of PM's]
remove from BBCode IDs
translation of answer tags
translation of special characters (" > %lt; &)

[Conversion of Categories]
receiving of Category Title and Description

[Conversion of Forums]
Set Forum Title and Description
Set Forum Moderators
Syncronising of Categories and Forum (after the conversion)

[Conversion of Threads]
translation of Special Characters (" > %lt; &) in Thread Title
translation of the Thread Types (Normal, Important, Announcement)
translation of the Thread Status (Open - Closed)
transfer of Views/Reply counters
count the threads when converting and updating the wBB2-Statistics (Threadcount)

[Conversion of Posts]
remove from BBCode IDs the Post Text
translating of Quotation Tags in the Post Text
translating of Special Characters (" > %lt; &) in the Post Title and Text
translating of Guest Post with user names (user ID: 0)
set the Thread and Post counters as well as the "last contribution" and update the Forum Statistics
count the Posts when converting and updating the wBB2-Statistics (Postcount)

Requirements:
This converter must be installed and carried out in the acp index of the WBB2!
Both the phpBB-Tables and the wBB2-Tables must be in the same database.

Configuration:

According to standard the conversion Script is adjusted so that a conversion can be accomplished without problems while users are online!

Here is a short description of the variables - can be adapted in the input field:

$pbb_prefix
phpBB Database-Prefix (default="phpbb_")

$pbb_adminlevel
The User-Level of Admins in phpBB (default=1)

$pbb_modlevel
The User-Level of Moderators in phpBB (default=2)

$wbb_admingroups
User groups, in wBB2, the Admin are to be assigned (default=1,4)

$wbb_modgroups
User Groups, in wBB2, the Moderators are to be assigned (default=3,4)

$wbb_usergroups
User Groups, in wBB2, the Standard-Users are to be assigned (default=4)

$main_increment
General increase value of the ID's - is only required if problems with 'Duplicate Entries' (default=0)

$limit
IMPORTANT! Here one can specify how many data records are written at the same time into the database (default=200),
during local conversion upto 1000 - higher values can be used after modification of the ' PHP.INI ' (see problems - > long conversion times with very large boards)

$delay
Delay of the automatic forwarding - for error diagnostics (default=0)

$merge
Turn on Merge-Mode, unification of boards, can be used also for pure conversion, Data records are attached and are not overwritten (default=true)

$auto
Turn on Automode, accomplishes additional forwardings in the main conversion steps, therefore you only need to start the conversion and nothing else (default=true)

Problems:
[Registration problem after conversion]
WBB2 supports encoded and standard transmission of registered-data and this is activated ! Because phpBB does not know such a function WBB2 gets no encoded (SHA1) password transmitted.

*Solution-A* <- recommended
The user must register a new password via the USERCP, (a password is generated and stored, automatically!) Will be activated on their next login.

*Solution-B*
This function is generally deactivated. To make the adjustments go into the ACP under:
> Settings: Misc
> Allow login encryption?
> No

[No Forum Rights after conversion]
During the conversion forum rights are not considered. Therefore all forum rights must be set after the conversion.

[Forum Search displays no results]
After the conversion the search word catalog must be redone (this process is quite long and was not taken up in the converiosn). First the old links for the search should be deleted -this can be done easly in the ACP under:
> Refresh Information
> Update Search Index
> It is suggested that sometimes the search indexing is redone. Click here to delete the current links.
> click this and delete them.
Afterwards the catalog can be rebuilt, under:
> Refresh Information
> Under Heading: Update Search Index
> Indexing Interval: change from 100 to 500
> Update (Click Update Button)
> This process lasts several minutes so be patient!

[Long conversion times with very large boards]
According to standard the conversion Script is adjusted so that a conversion can be accomplished without problems while users are online!. With very large boards the conversion procedure lasts quite a long time(100mb +).
To accelerate this procedure do the following:
a) Prepare the conversion locally (use local database)
b) Adapt the php.ini file (Set Script Execution time to approx.. 1200)
c) Adapt the phpbb-to-wbb2.php file (variable ' limit ' to approx.. 5000)
d) Carry out the Conversion!


All Finished!

Thats it!! Your done, enjoy your new phpBB to wBB Converter courtesy of WBB Informer!!