Handy tip number 7

[Paul B]

Don't use custom BB Code.

I've just imported my phpBB forum to vB and it's not pretty.

It looks like someone dropped an IED into the post table

 

[Kim]

LOL

WEll good luck with repairing it Paul!

 

[Digital Doctor]

So the idea here is .... bbcode tags give migration problems ?
Is the problem that the Tags remain ? ie. [ wiki ] whatever [ / wiki ]

I wonder if the BBcode Manager could somehow enable Xenforo users to migrate to another forum (if they had to) in a more effective way ?

 

[ibnesayeed]

Mass Post Find & Replace utility.

 

[Paul B]

Mass Post Find & Replace utility.

Won't wok unfortunately as phpBB appends a different hex code to each BB Code/post combination.

Regex will do it but that's voodoo as far as I'm concerned

 

[SilverCircle]

I absolutely hate custom bb codes for the exact same reason. It's not something a table dump and some regex magic using sed/awk/perl/whatever cannot solve, but it's still annoying and, depending on the size of the post table, can be extremely time consuming.

Even the different usage of quote tags can be a pain when migrating to a different forum software.

 

[Digital Doctor]

Don't use custom BB Code.
I've just imported my phpBB forum to vB and it's not pretty.

Is it possible to minimize the damage associated with using BBcodes ?... in case, certain xenforo members switch to other products ... etc. ?

 

[Marcus]

Brogan already sorted it out. You need Kiers addon for replaing content within the tables:

http://xenforo.com/community/threads/post-content-find-replace.6548/

Brogan wrote a find and replace text for phpbb bbcode.

 

[Floris]

KingK made a bbcode manager that you can use. It lets you make your own bbcode and works great.
I've used 24 custom bbcode on wetalk network and converted them all.