In desperate need of a forum converter..

[Lonewolf867]

I currently have a LARGE forum on infopop. It is in the ubb.x format. I am redesigning my site in phpnuke and need a converter from ubb.x to phpbb.

Can anyone help here? I need to convert my memberdatabase as well as the forum content.

Thanks
Mike

[cyanide]

Well, unfortunately, you're probably out of luck.
Finding any kind of converter to get away from infopop is scarce, to say the least.

I've heard, one of the reasons why is infopop randomly modifies it's database, to make it harder for people to leave them.

You may want to try browsing the phpbb or PNphpbb forums and see if you can find a programmer who will do it for a fee.

[USALUG]

Well, you might check this

UBB 5.x to phpBB 2.x Converter
http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=70989
http://gui.mafmods.com/projects/phpB..._converter.zip

QUOTED FROM THE ABOVE PAGE:

Installation

1. Copy the "convert" folder to the root directory of your phpBB folder.
2. Make the config.php file world writable/chmod 777.
3. Point your browser to the url of the convert folder (ie. http://www.example.com/phpBB2/convert/), fill in the needed information, and hope for the best.



Additional Notes

* For the time being, this script requires PHP > 4.0.4, due to the usage of PEAR DB. I might eventually make a switch to phpBB's database implementation since that seems to be more compatible.
* Successfully converted versions (please let me know if you've converted others): 5.45c, 5.47a, 5.47d, 5.47e
* A big thanks to Paul Daniels for the "incentive" to finish this converter and for all the initial beta testing.
* If you run into any problems, debug mode may be turned on by changing the variable $debug from 'no' to 'yes' in prefs.php
* As of version 1.0.4 sequences are updated for PostgreSQL. Other supported databases also use sequences, but I'm unaware of which ones. If your database uses also uses sequences, let me know and I will implement it into the converter.

Doesn't sound too pleasant to me,,,,, make sure you backup your database BEFORE you mess with it..... (you probably knew that, but I thought it should be mentioned).