Need advice migrating a large site from SMF 1.x
I have an old SMF site (SMF 1.1.5 -> very old!). The site has over 26,000 members, so it's not a small thing. I recently found and fell in love with ElkArte. I love the more-modern look and functionality, along with the active direction of the development. I would like to migrate my site to it, but I have a few questions on how to best get this done:
#1 I've read up a bit on the Open Importer, but much of the info is a bit old. Is it correct that I'll need to upgrade the site to SMF 2.x before I use OI to migrate it to ElkArte?
#2 My current site uses "profile pictures" included with the Ultimate Profile SMF mod. I see that ElkArte doesn't have a "gallery" for photo uploads, either built-in or as an available mod. I've seen posts about possibly using Aevo Media and Coppermine, but they both seem a bit old and clunky. Any advice on the best way to add this functionality? I just want a way for members to upload/show photos on their profile.
#3 I'm using TinyPortal for my front page. Is SimplePortal the portal of choice for ElkArte? It looks similar and I think it would work fine, but I'm open to suggestions.
I also have a heavily modified/integrated shoutbox (Ajax Chat) and chat room (Visichat) I'd like to make work (Edit: If the members table is similar enough, I'm hoping both of these won't require too much modification), but I'm not going to worry about that for now. If I can get my members, posts, attachments and private messages migrated successfully, I'd be pretty darn happy.
Any tips or advice would be greatly appreciated!
Re: Need advice migrating a large site from SMF 1.x
Reply #3 –
re gallery: I'm in the middle of making one. Nowhere near done, though, so best not to hold off your custom implantation in anticipation.