XF 1.4 Migration from PHPBB

[Pascal Martin]

Hi,
I wish to make a phpbb migration to XenForo, is it possible to do the installation without disrupting PHPBB?

PHPBB online - mydomain.com/forum
XenForo temporary installation - mydomain.com/forum2

After completing migration, rename forum2 in forum

Thanks for help

 

[MattW]

Yes, the importer will only read the content of the database for the import, and won't edit anything on the live install. Make sure you close the board prior to migration, as to no loose any content posted during the migration.

 

[Paul B]

Prior to starting the import, you may want to read this: https://xenforo.com/community/threads/importing-guidelines.25325/

 

[Pascal Martin]

Thanks

 

[Pascal Martin]

Install is ok, but when I use the import phpbb3.0, I have two errors on the path

• The attachments directory could not be found.
• The avatars directory could not be found.

 

[Mike]

This generally means that the path you entered to those directories is in correct (they don't exist). What did you enter?

 

[Pascal Martin]

forum/images/avatars/upload and forum/files

Solved with : ../forum/images/avatars/upload and ../forum/files

 

[Pascal Martin]

The migration is now complete, how can that change / forum2 / become / forum /

 

[Paul B]

You will need to delete or archive (rename) the phpBB directory.

Then you can move/rename the XF directory.
Make sure you update the Board URL in the ACP.

 

[Pascal Martin]

In basic information > Board URL ?

it does not work

 

[Paul B]

What doesn't work?
That field is primarily for links in emails.

 

[Pascal Martin]

Blank page, error 500

 

[Pascal Martin]

Make sure you update the Board URL in the ACP.

Where is this option ?

 

[Paul B]

The Board URL is unrelated to the 500 error.

You may need to check the page source or server error log to determine what's triggering that.

 

[Pascal Martin]

OK Brogan,

Here the error in log server : PHP Fatal error: require(): Failed opening required '/home/projectfrance/www/forum2/library/XenForo/Autoloader.php'

 

[Mike]

Sounds like you're running into a bug with APC. Your best bet is to restart the web server (or FastCGI server) to clear the APC cache.

 

[Pascal Martin]

Solved by restart of apache. Thanks