Comments on: Switched from phpBB to SMF http://www.devside.net/blog/smf-switch-over Linux, Windows, MacOS? Who cares. Just give me something that works! Thu, 7 Aug 2008 21:24:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: admin http://www.devside.net/blog/smf-switch-over#comment-1350 admin Thu, 31 May 2007 18:26:50 +0000 http://www.devside.net/blog/smf-switch-over#comment-1350 It's been a while since I have taken a look at the issue, but the given rewrite rules at best add a ".0" to the phpBB 'viewtopic' URL... Most of my old phpBB URLs were of the post number type -- not thread number. And as far as I am aware, you cannot convert a post number to a thread number without going into the db and adding a rewrite rule for each single conversion of phpBB post# to a SMF thread#. It’s been a while since I have taken a look at the issue, but the given rewrite rules at best add a “.0″ to the phpBB ‘viewtopic’ URL…

Most of my old phpBB URLs were of the post number type — not thread number. And as far as I am aware, you cannot convert a post number to a thread number without going into the db and adding a rewrite rule for each single conversion of phpBB post# to a SMF thread#.

]]> By: madalin http://www.devside.net/blog/smf-switch-over#comment-1349 madalin Thu, 31 May 2007 15:45:30 +0000 http://www.devside.net/blog/smf-switch-over#comment-1349 Hello. Here let me give you a hint: http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=170959.0 This should fix your OLD urls issue. I had the same problem when converting from phpBB (which i was using it also since 2003) to SMF. I'm waiting for a thanks :P Hello.

Here let me give you a hint:

http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=170959.0

This should fix your OLD urls issue. I had the same problem when converting from phpBB (which i was using it also since 2003) to SMF.
I’m waiting for a thanks :P

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