Solved How to export Kunena 4.x forum from one Joomla site and import into another Joomla site?

Hi,

I have a Kunena forum on one of my sites and I want to export a copy of it and import it into another Joomla site. Both Joomla sites are the same versions.

I can install Kunena on the new site without configuring it before the import if that makes this process easier. But I would rather find a way to import the Kunena forum component, plugins, etc. with all the same settings and tables from the current site to the new site without having to install the default Kunena into the new site first.

Can you tell me step-by-step how I can do this safely?

Thanks for any advice!

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Kunena menu details:

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ID	Name	Menutype	Link	Path	In trash
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1123	Recent Posts	kunenamenu	view=topics&layout=posts&mode=recent&userid=	forum/recent-posts	No
1124	Unapproved Topics	kunenamenu	view=topics&mode=unapproved	forum/unapproved-topics	No
1125	Sticky Topics	kunenamenu	view=topics&mode=sticky	forum/sticky-topics	No
1126	Locked Topics	kunenamenu	view=topics&mode=locked	forum/locked-topics	No
1127	Deleted Topics	kunenamenu	view=topics&mode=deleted	forum/deleted-topics	No
1128	No Replies	kunenamenu	view=topics&mode=noreplies	forum/no-replies	No
1112	Recent Topics	kunenamenu	view=topics&mode=replies	forum/recent-topics	No
1129	Newest Topics	kunenamenu	view=topics&mode=topics	forum/newest-topics	No
1115	My Topics	kunenamenu	view=topics&layout=user&mode=default&modetype=	forum/my-topics	No
1130	My Posts	kunenamenu	view=topics&layout=user&mode=posted&modetype=	forum/my-posts	No
1131	My Subscriptions	kunenamenu	view=topics&layout=user&mode=subscriptions&modetype=	forum/my-subscriptions	No
1132	My Favorites	kunenamenu	view=topics&layout=user&mode=favorites&modetype=	forum/my-favorites	No
1133	My User Profile	kunenamenu	view=user	forum/my-user-profile	No
1113	New Topic	kunenamenu	view=topic&layout=create	forum/newtopic	No
1134	Rules	kunenamenu	view=misc	forum/rules	No
1117	Help	kunenamenu	view=misc	forum/help	No
1114	No Replies	kunenamenu	view=topics&mode=noreplies	forum/noreplies	No
1116	Profile	kunenamenu	view=user	forum/profile	No

Joomla default template details : JoostrapBase-v3-4 | author: Joostrap | version: 3.4 | creationdate: Unknown

Kunena default template details : Blue Eagle | author: Kunena Team | version: 4.0.3 | creationdate: 2015-06-29

Kunena version detailed: Kunena 4.0.3 | 2015-06-29 [ Possagno ]
| Kunena detailed configuration:

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Kunena config settings:
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| Kunena integration settings:

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Kunena - AlphaUserPoints Disabled
Kunena - Community Builder Disabled
Kunena - Gravatar Disabled
Kunena - JomSocial Disabled
Kunena - Joomla Enabled: access=1 login=1
Kunena - Kunena Enabled: avatar=1 profile=1
Kunena - UddeIM Disabled

| Joomla! detailed language files installed:

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Joomla! languages installed:
en-GB	English (en-GB)

Third-party components: None

Third-party SEF components: None

Plugins: Search - Kunena Search 3.1.0 | Content - Kunena Discuss 3.1.0

Modules: Kunena Latest 3.1.1 | Kunena Stats 3.1.0 | Kunena Login 3.1.0 | Kunena Search 3.1.0

(First create a database backup from both pages.)

You need following tables from the first page:

all * _kunena tables
all * _kunena extensions tables
all Joomla * _user tables
then install Kunena and extensions

afterwards copy the folders:
/media/kunena/attachments
/media/kunena/avatars

Hi Rich,

Thank you for the reply.

Is there a way to do this without copying the _user tables? I want to import Kunena into an existing site that already has some users in it. So can I edit the _user tables to match the user ID's of the Joomla site where Kunena will be imported into?

Thanks.

Is there a way to do this without copying the _user tables?

You don't need to import the user tables. Kunena also works without these users.