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[v0.2] phpBB Migrator
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For the benefit of users searching for the migrator, I'm going to steal outbreaks first post which requested that someone wrote a migrator, and instead use it to give people a link to the migrator download.
HERE IS THE LINK
Now, although I've made it nice and easy to find at the start of the discussion, if you plan on using it i'd still appreciate you reading the next few pages of discussion before using it for the safety of your data, my sanity, and the general good nature of the community.
For the benefit of users searching for the migrator, I'm going to steal outbreaks first post which requested that someone wrote a migrator, and instead use it to give people a link to the migrator download.
HERE IS THE LINK
Now, although I've made it nice and easy to find at the start of the discussion, if you plan on using it i'd still appreciate you reading the next few pages of discussion before using it for the safety of your data, my sanity, and the general good nature of the community.
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No doubt you're more than welcome to write a translator!
how do i give you the db structure for phpbb? i dont know much about mysql.
Then you just need to bug me for a while till i actually do it
Mark - is vanilla running on MySQL or Postgre?
Most seem to be for the extra shit they pile on though so i assume its only the users/posts that need to be transferred over.
Main problem i think we'll have is translating between the Categories system and the different boards type idea phpBB uses - but i'm sure we Can work it out
(my pC doesnt seem to like me using lower Case C's so i'll get baCk to you tomorrow and get on watChing this film
I was thinking that "forums" on phpBB would translate to categories on vanilla, and everything else *should* be pretty straightforward. I didn't want to take on this task, so if you're up to it, Mini, I'd be happy to give you whatever you need.
For the record, Vanilla has 18 tables. Of those, you'd only really need to concern yourself with 4 of them when doing a transformation from one forum to another: Users, Categories, Discussions & Comments.
Or if its easier i can just make you a database login on my server and you can set it up on there?
It'l take me a while to dig through stuff and compare the board setups...i refuse to let myself start now (its 4am here
Wish me luck!
i think putting together a phpbb to vanilla conversion tool will help to increase the popularity tenfold.
Well, while it does have columns in the discussion table, and it is central to the way the code queries the database, it could actually be removed pretty easily.
Like, I could just leave all of the columns and tables in place, but change the front-end queries so they don't use those columns at all - in essence removing the feature. It would certainly speed up the discussion list.
But I think whispers are cool.
I got the idea one day last year when a friend of mine and I were throwing ideas around for how to make forums cooler. My buddy said, "Wouldn't it be cool if you could whisper to someone like you can on IRC or you could back in the days of MUDDs and MUSEs on Telnet?"
I was totally taken with the idea, and it was pretty much what drove me into heavy development on Vanilla.
Should get to work on the converter tonight, i've been out all day fixing peoples shit and had to bring a laptop home which needs data saving and formatting blah blah and then returning tomorrow morning. But hopefully while its working away i'll get some code done.