Question phpbb3 to Kunena

I've migrated from SMF 1.x to phpBB3 and having been using the rokbridge compontent to bridge phpBB & Joomla.
As a result all my phpbb users are already in joomla.

Will this be a problem if I then try to migrate from phpBB to Kunena?

cheers

Mark

Would you need to worry about hacking the users in??

I did my phpbb install which already had its users before Joomla had any members. I used the jFusion bridge which allowed me to add all the users from phpbb directly into Joomla.

Once that was done, users could log into Joomla using their phpbb3 login username and password......

Steve

Matias wrote:

There's one huge issue: mapping users from phpBB to Joomla. Many phpBB integration components do not automatically add user into Joomla if you register in phpBB and vice versa.

If someone has a good way to solve this problem or more knowledge in the subject, please come forward and participate in this conversation.

I know howto hack users into Joomla (I've already done it), but how to make conversion reliable and not needing manual changes -- that's not too easy.

Hi Matias,

Indeed, after current (and only one available) migration option (through fireboard) only problem is the one of users mapping.
It is obvious that none will have the same configuration among J! users as they don't all use a bridge, or did map their users between PHPBB and J!.

I would think of a tough solution which would be to ask the admin, preparing the migration, to map himself the users, like saying "PHPBB User ID 54 is J! user 32" for instance. Not very handy nor automatic, but it would do the trick. After, for a community of more than 100 people, it would begin to be very very hard.

Maybe contacting Jfusion creators could help, in order to understand their mapping method, no ?

If my users already appear in the Kunena user administration section of the component, is there just way way to import the forum posts from phpBB3?

Or is there still another issue?

Hi Wingnut,

Point is that if Joe's PHPBB3 user has ID 43, once you will migrate, Kunena will link his posts to J! user ID 43 which may not be Joe but Peter (for instance). Most of the time, and there is nothing which can assess the opposite, users's ID won't be the same, due to registrations delays, DB modifications, etc...

So if you are SURE that PHPBB3 and J! users ID are the SAME, then you can use the only available now solution migrating from PHPBB3 to FB then to Kunena.

Else, please bear with us and help us praying Matias for a component release. ^^

I am also eagerly awaiting the release of this migration tool! My prayers are with you!!


I have a couple of questions. I am starting fresh with a new Joomla 1.5 site which has no users yet (apart from admin). But I have a phpbb3 forum which has over 300 users. I want to change over to Kunena so that I can use Alpha User Points and other Kunena compatible things. My first question is:

Would it be fairly simple for me to change over, seeing as I currently have no users in Joomla 1.5?

I am guessing the conflict stuff that is referred to in the last few posts wouldn't apply. If so, my second question is:

What is the EASIEST way for me to migrate from phpbb3 to Kunena? (should I do the step by step method, or wait for the migration tool?)

Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.