Re: OpenImporter
Reply #7 –
Back here!
One thing that would be terribly useful, would be to "collect" at least one dummy (with fake data) database for each system of the supported platforms. This would allow two things: 1) at some point set up proper testing, and 2) give a base to let people help in refining existing databases.
If you have a database of any platform and you want to help, feel free to post here or get in contact by PM.
Of course the database should be clean from any personal data and any "real-life" reference (so for example the messages should be just dummy messages, even better if a set of "standard" messages are agreed, so that testing the conversions will be much easier and straightforward).
At the moment there are converters from:
* UBB 7.5
* mybb 1.6
* phpBoost 3
* phpBB 3
* smf 2.0
* vBulletin4
* WBB 3
* WordPress 3
* XenForo 1.1
to ElkArte.
I plan on porting the ones available for the Wedge version in the next few days, so there will be two destination platforms.
If you want to help, an easy way is to provide any of these dummy (remember do not post databases with real data in public) databases. If you have a real one and you don't know how to clean it up, feel free to ask. 
Databases of open source (including ElkArte) or freeware projects (like Wedge) should be easy to create: just install create a user, do some posts and at least the basics are covered. Of course it would be wonderful to be able to convert also likes, custom fields, etc., so have them in the system would help.
Todo:
* define a list of standard messages and users for all the tests.