Importer for SMF and ElkArte Beta2?

Importer for SMF and ElkArte Beta2? Started by Jorin · January 30, 2014, 03:18:59 am · Read 26652 times 0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic. previous topic - next topic

Importer for SMF and ElkArte Beta2?

January 30, 2014, 03:18:59 am

As TE mentioned we - which means me and my team - plan to migrate our beloved forum for hybrid and electric cars (http://forum.hybrid-piloten.de) to ElkArte. But this needs time, we have to evaluate how ElkArte works for us and fits our needs.

Is there a chance right now to import a SMF 2.0.7 with not so many modifications into ElkArte Beta2 or is it too early for that?

Re: Importer for SMF and ElkArte Beta2?

Reply #1 – January 30, 2014, 04:46:20 am

yep, there is ..
https://github.com/OpenImporter/openimporter
you'd need the files Import.php, Import_en.xml and smf2_importer.xml.
Upload these files to your ElkArte Installation, then point to Import.php with your browser and follow the instructions.
Can guide you in german, if needed..

Re: Importer for SMF and ElkArte Beta2?

Reply #2 – January 30, 2014, 04:54:23 am

Quote from: TE – January 30, 2014, 04:46:20 amCan guide you in german, if needed..

I know.

Thanks, will give it a try, maybe saturday. Girlfriend's not at home then.

Re: Importer for SMF and ElkArte Beta2?

Reply #3 – January 30, 2014, 05:29:40 am

Quote from: Jorin – January 30, 2014, 04:54:23 am... will give it a try, maybe saturday. Girlfriend's not at home then.

here, there and everywhere the same. For migration, good luck .

Re: Importer for SMF and ElkArte Beta2?

Reply #4 – January 30, 2014, 06:35:08 am

In theory (but it has not been tested extensively) it should be possible to "upgrade" from any version of YaBB/SMF to Elk (1.0) directly with the upgrade.php script, though it has not been tested that much...

Re: Importer for SMF and ElkArte Beta2?

Reply #5 – January 30, 2014, 08:05:52 am

Uh, error message while answering:

QuoteThe message has the following error or errors that must be corrected before continuing:The message body was left empty

No, it isn't!

Wow, after clicking the smiley above the error message is gone?!?

Anyway... Do you want me to try the upgrade first oder should I use the import files?

Re: Importer for SMF and ElkArte Beta2?

Reply #6 – January 30, 2014, 08:13:18 am

mmm...interesting...
Were you answering from the quick reply or from the "post page"?

I'd trust TE and import, at least that way the original database is not touched and you can try again.

Re: Importer for SMF and ElkArte Beta2?

Reply #7 – January 30, 2014, 08:18:20 am

Quote from: emanuele – January 30, 2014, 08:13:18 amWere you answering from the quick reply or from the "post page"?

From the normal "post reply" page. I've seen this error for the first time here. No problems like that till today. Just now it works fine too, without errors.

Quote from: emanuele – January 30, 2014, 08:13:18 amI'd trust TE and import, at least that way the original database is not touched and you can try again.

As you wish. I will use a backup file for the import so I can test it more than once.

Re: Importer for SMF and ElkArte Beta2?

Reply #8 – January 31, 2014, 12:53:11 am

@Jorin Yep, the benefit of the importer: It won't touch your SMF Installation at all, so it's not overly important to make a backup before. Just be sure to fill in the proper pathes for SMF & Elk !

Re: Importer for SMF and ElkArte Beta2?

Reply #9 – January 31, 2014, 02:37:47 am

There it is again (see attachment). OS is Windows 7 Enterprise 64bit, browser is IE 9.0.8112.16421 64bit.

@TE: Interesting. I want to use a clean database for ElkArte. So do I have to import my SMF database backup into this empty database first and then start the import script of ElkArte or will the script ask for location and access to my SMF database? I presume the latter?

Re: Importer for SMF and ElkArte Beta2?

Reply #10 – January 31, 2014, 04:01:01 am

There's also the fact that this message shows up if you do things via the keyboard, i.e. click the title, modify it, then Tab out of it, and there you go, you get the error because you focused out of the form with an empty body.

While I'm at it... Is Elk Beta 2 feature frozen? How would you guys compare it to SMF 2.0's alpha/beta/RC release cycle? Is it usable on a production site? (I'm not asking because I plan to install it anywhere, but because I don't think you've addressed that on the website.)

Re: Importer for SMF and ElkArte Beta2?

Reply #11 – January 31, 2014, 04:22:39 am

Quote from: Jorin – January 31, 2014, 02:37:47 amThere it is again (see attachment). OS is Windows 7 @TE: Interesting. I want to use a clean database for ElkArte. So do I have to import my SMF database backup into this empty database first and then start the import script of ElkArte or will the script ask for location and access to my SMF database? I presume the latter?

Yup, that was recently changed from "on click" to "on lost focus".
The main problem of the message is that is moves around the posting area, so there are two possibilities:
1) attach it to the post button,
2) make the error box not to move around things.

Re: Importer for SMF and ElkArte Beta2?

Reply #12 – January 31, 2014, 04:26:30 am

SMF 2.0.xx -> Elkarte -> SMF 2.0.xx

the reverse converter is?

Re: Importer for SMF and ElkArte Beta2?

Reply #13 – January 31, 2014, 04:30:18 am

Hmm I wonder what happens if someone posts on the source forum when the import process is being run...

Re: Importer for SMF and ElkArte Beta2?

Reply #14 – January 31, 2014, 04:48:53 am

Quote from: Inter – January 31, 2014, 04:26:30 amSMF 2.0.xx -> Elkarte -> SMF 2.0.xx

the reverse converter is?

I don't think there is any at the moment.
I'm not against coding it, but considering I'm writing Elk the level of priority for that is quite low. If you want to try it, OpenImporter's code is at github.