Question The long and winding (but working) road from php-fusion to Joomla 1.6 with Kunena 1.6.x

Well, I didn't think it would be possible, as the migration part of the kunena is at a standstill.
But heureka, I actually found a working path from php-fusion v6 to kunena 1.6.3 on Joomla 1.6.
It's a hazzle, and it would be nice to have a more direct path, but it works, it moves the users (pw's are lost!) and forums. Articles are not moved over with this method, but that could be done with the move in the article '90% done' elsewhere.

• First backup the php-fusion db
• Install phpbb2 ( sourceforge.net/projects/phpbb/files/phpBB%202/ )
• Use phpbb2 to convert the fusion forum.( sourceforge.net/projects/rafphpbb/files/PHP-Fusion/ )
• In my case I had to change the language encoding settings in language/lang_english: $lang = 'utf-8';
• Save your admin user as an sql statement (export that line)
• Install phpbb3 in a new folder / database
• Update to phpbb3 with the builtin converter
• Find a user_id not in use in the user table, change your admin user's sql statement to use that id, and import the admin user again, this way you can still log in.
• Install Joomla 1.5 with fireboard 1.08 fireboard.bestofjoomla.com/files/_JoomlaCode_Files/ with Joomla in legacy mode
• Follow the article: www.kunena.org/forum/101-k-10-installati...-kunena-step-by-step ( joomlacode.org/gf/project/kunena/frs/?ac...;frs_package_id=4494 ), don't use .14, use .13 that will work
• Upgrade Kunena to 1.6.x
• Remove fireboard / legacy plugin
• Install Jupgrade
• Execute Jupgrade and follow the path for that.
• Install Kunena again
• Export your Kunena tables
• Change the prefix in the export from jos_ to j16_ as the jupgrade uses that
• Import your Kunena tables

Pheew, but it works, thanks to all you guys that helped me out in finding all the software here and there, even the grumpy replies I was getting when I didn't know the entire history of Kunena, and couldn't find the files via Google, helped me out.

fribse wrote:

# Install Jupgrade
# Execute Jupgrade and follow the path for that.
# Install Kunena again
# Export your Kunena tables
# Change the prefix in the export from jos_ to j16_ as the jupgrade uses that

I have a few more instructions in relation to this "unofficial" way to migrate from J! 1.5 -> J! 1.6 and I intend to write a Wiki article. At the moment jUpgrade is still in development (I think it's about v 1.0.1 or something like that) and it's not very reliable in converting component tables from one Joomla version to the other; that's why you have to manually intervene and rename things.

I'm glad you've got things working under J! 1.6 even though it was a bumpy, torturous path that you had to follow. I'll be sure to recommend your experience to others who are considering the same task.

Cheers and good luck with your forum.

It's still working this method ?

Bump. Nobody knows ?