XF 1.1 Links after upgrade from phpBB3

[MattW]

Hi,

After upgrading from phpBB3.0.10, the links in post are showing as plain html as per the below:

<a class="postlink" href="http://issues.pageturninteractive.com/CoverStory/four/?ptie=forums@chrisknott.co.uk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://issues.pageturninteractive.com/C ... nott.co.uk</a>

Is there an automated way to resolve this post upgrade?

Thanks,
Matt

 

[Jake Bunce]

You can use this addon:

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

Here are settings for your specific situation:

Quick Find: <a class="postlink"

Regular expression: #<a class="postlink" href="([^"]+)" onclick="window\.open\(this\.href\);return false;">([^<]+)</a>#siU

Replacement String: [url=\1]\2[/url]



I tested it on my forum and it worked using your code.

 

[MattW]

Thank you so much Jake, that worked perfectly!

 

[MattW]

I'm also having issues with youtube links.

The link are all now the full URL, and not embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4VAF9QHxR

I've tried the below:

quick find

www.youtube.com

regex

#http:.+youtube.+v=(\w+)#siU

replace string

[media=youtube]\1[/media]

It's matching the string, but only the first letter/number of the video ID.



Thanks,
Matt

 

[Jake Bunce]

You will need to better define the ID by specifying what comes after it. Is there a common delimiter after the URL? Such as a space character or bracket?

A space:

#http:.+youtube.+v=(\w+) #siU

A bracket:

#http:.+youtube.+v=(\w+)\[#siU

 

[Mike]

Or try this regex:

#http:.+youtube.+v=(\w+?)#siU

 

[MattW]

Or try this regex:

#http:.+youtube.+v=(\w+?)#siU

That almost works, unless there is a - in the video ID.

You will need to better define the ID by specifying what comes after it. Is there a common delimiter after the URL? Such as a space character or bracket?

A space:

#http:.+youtube.+v=(\w+) #siU

A bracket:

#http:.+youtube.+v=(\w+)\[#siU

Most of the posts are single posts with just the video URL in them, and nothing else after the URL.

 

[Mike]

That almost works, unless there is a - in the video ID.

Try:

#http:.+youtube.+v=([\w\-]+?)#siU

 

[MattW]

Try:

#http:.+youtube.+v=([\w\-]+?)#siU

Perfect

 

[LondonDragon]

Hey guys, having the same issues with my import from PHPBB to XenForo, this tool no longer works, is there something similar? Cheers

 

[MattW]

Hey guys, having the same issues with my import from PHPBB to XenForo, this tool no longer works, is there something similar? Cheers

Why do you say it no longer works? I only used it the other night after moving some images to d different domain name

 

[LondonDragon]

Hi Matt, I installed it, place the install files in the library directory and installed the xml file, when I go to Tools and select "Replace in Posts" I get the following error:

Error
The requested page could not be found.
Maybe I am not installing it correctly!!
Thanks

 

[MattW]

Are you running any form of cache on the server, such as Xcache or APC?

 

[LondonDragon]

Are you running any form of cache on the server, such as Xcache or APC?

No caching.

 

[MattW]

Hmm, anything in the server error logs? Does it show as an installed add-on on the front page of the admin control panel?

 

[MattW]

I've just done a test installed on my test forum, and it's installed fine.

 

[LondonDragon]

Unless its conflicting with another addon! I have installed around 35!
Yes it did install fine and shows as installed.

 

[MattW]

Unless its conflicting with another addon! I have installed around 35!
Yes it did install fine and shows as installed.

I've got 24 installed on my main site.

Just to double check, when you unzipped the archive, you should have had a folder called "PostReplace". Inside that, there is another folder also called "PostReplace". You then upload the second PostReplace folder into the library folder, and installed the it using the xml file?

 

[LondonDragon]

Duh my bad, uploaded the PostReplace folder with the other PostReplace folder inside Corrected the directory structure and its all working now, many thanks and apologies

 

[MattW]

That's good, at least it's sorted now