BuddyPress SMF Import

This plugin imports boards and users from SMF 1.1x forums to BuddyPress (forums) / WordPress (users)

Features:

• Preserves current WordPress users if name exists
• Create groups for forums after import (optional)
• Main plugin adds admin panel for all functions
• Separate plugin successively converts the sha-1 encoded passwords from SMF on user login
• Includes php script that can be put into old forum directory for redirection to new topic locations

Known issues:

• Only intended for initial forum imports, it clears all current forums before importing due to the initial 0.7.3 db format requirement (users/groups etc. are kept intact)
• Depending on forum size, the PHP memory and exec time requirements can be a bit high

The plugin is based on a modified phpbb import PHP script for bbpress 0.7.3. It uses its own version of bbpress to convert from the initial 0.7.3 bbpress db format to a buddypress compatible one.

This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.

1. Upload the buddypress-smf-import folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
3. Go to BuddyPress->SMF Import in your WordPress admin panel

I used the “create groups” function twice and now my groups are messed up, what to do?

Clear all tables in wp_groups, wp_groups_groupmeta and wp_groups_members (only delete contents, not tables!) and use “create groups” again.

After updating the plugin I get strange database erros and cannot access the forum, what to do?

The bb-config.php file of the included bbpress is replaced and so the forum configuration is reset. Version 0.9.3 introduces a button in the admin menu of the importer that allows rewriting the bb-config.php file.
You can also move the correct bb-config.php file to any place you want and go through the “forum setup” wizard of BuddyPress again to register it.

1. 

   Admin Panel

0.9.6

• remove positions fix due to output error
• update redirect script to redirect to forums

0.9.6

• correct post positions on import

0.9.5

• remove spaces when creating slugs

0.9.4

• remove bbpress config file from plugin to avoid overwriting on plugin update

0.9.3

• add rewrite bbconfig file option

0.9.2

• skip tags if not exist in SMF forum

0.9.1

• fix for BP 1.2.5

0.9

• Code cleanups / annotations
• Check if tag topics/users exist
• Updated redirect script and added instructions

0.8.4

• Add tag import
• Change imported users role to 0:”none”

0.8.3

• Fix problem with editing topics (post_position)
• Move admin panel to include folder
• Uses charset of WP install db for new tables instead of utf-8
• Output info about skipped data