As some of you request my code (even it is still in beta version, not a public release one) I will post it here ... Any suggestions/bugs/fixes are welcome..

There are two methods of converting Fireboard to phpBB2/3

The first one is a lot simplier but it's still beta . testers are welcomed to test the script

Simply follow these steps:
1. download the script from iron-team.com/it/fb2phpbb.rar
2. edit the file by changing the database name,password,host and etc.
3. upload the file in your site
4. access it via your web browser
5. The convert method will create a super administrator in your phpbb for safety reasons
User: ironteam
Pass: admin
Besure to delete that username after you check that everything is ok ...




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The other method is by converting Fireboard to SMF then SMF to phpbb2 and then phpbb2 to phpbb3:

First of all download the Fireboard to SMF convert tool from iron-team.com/it/fireboard2smf-IronTeam.rar and read the README.txt included in the archive.

Then convert the smf to phpbb:


1. Installed PhpBB 2.0.23 and made sure it worked
2. Used files within a zip file called convert_smf_111_v1b.zip to convert SMF -> Phpbb. Unfortunately, I can't find the link to the thread right now... I found this
www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=...=0&sk=t&sd=a
but it isn't as new a version.
I believe the file I used is here:
sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=141446
sorry I lost the link to the discussion.
NOTE 1 : I had to manually go into the database and upgrade my main account to 'level 1' to become admin again.
NOTE 2 : Your password probably won't work and you probably can't send yourself an email either. I hacked phpbb/includes/emailer.php and included the variable $this->msg into the error message so that the email appeared on the screen. This gave me the ability to reset my account and get a new password.

3. Implemented the following MOD on PhpBB to switch conflicting User Ids
www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=...86b6fec64c3e80c7cbca
(this part is tedious! the MOD is a pain to install and rearranging is no fun either)
Here are directions on how to install a Phpbb mod:
www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=61611



And finally convert the phpbb2 to phpbb3. It's not that hard is it ?!

Careful. They might just lock/delete this thread.

grinchy wrote:
Careful. They might just lock/delete this thread.

It'a all up to them. But I don't find a reason why ?!

addicted2sex wrote:
grinchy wrote:
Careful. They might just lock/delete this thread.

It'a all up to them. But I don't find a reason why ?!

People are free to stay or to go. We have an open community policy.

Some info to prevent anyone else wasting too much time here.

Using the first method, the script in the rar file:

Comments are "Current known issues: Users cannot login in phpBB2 /not tested in phpBB3 but as I said I think it should be fine/ due to a password conversion issue /hope to find a fix for it/"

In my case, I have 4500 users, if they can't login there is little point in converting to phpBB2. (I already had a conversion script with the same issue).

Since the author thought it "should be fine" in phpBB3 I wondered if the password hash has changed and more compatable with FB as a result so I did a clean phpBB3 install and ran the script....

Connecting to Database... OK
Populating Categories...
Invalid query:
TRUNCATE TABLE phpbb3_categories
Table 'forum.phpbb3_categories' doesn't exist

We call this a show-stopper, unless anyone knows a quick fix?

Not tried the other method yet ( FB > SMF > phpBB ) but I am put off due to comments such as "Your password probably won't work"!

In summary I want to convert to phpBB version 2 or 3, I've found 2 conversion scripts on the Internet, but can't get the users passwords to convert. Anyone know if this is possible?

I have implimented a workaround. After migrating users to phpBB2 (despite unsuccessful migration of their passwords), continue to use Joomla to handle the user login with this bridge. It looks a lot of work, and I'm always wary of pre-hacked files, but it only took 20 mins and its working great for me.

Does somebody read that it's a BETA VERSION .I'm already working about the password issue and if I found a fix I'll post it. But for now I think it's impossible to convert the password in this way that phpbb to read them so the only way is by hacking the phpbb core files if you want to work with phpbb without a bridge..

Nobody actually reads anything in this place.

From the fireboard2smf-IronTeam.rar Readme.txt
6. Go to the sql admin. Add db_user value to the databases of your SMF and Joomla installation.

What does this mean? Exactly what is the process for completing it?

You might wanna start reading up on PHPMyAdmin and what it does. If you have no clue about these things I would HIGHLY suggest not messing around in the database.