Simplemachines (SMF) 2.1.x import?
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Hello!
I'm running a community based on SMF 2.1.4 and I'm looking to switch... Is there a way to import? I have seen threads here that unfortunately are several years old so I'm not sure importing a SMF forum is supported any more, especially since 2.1 was a major update.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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@Themistocles-Papassilekas it might still be supported, depends on the status of the SMF exporter.
Best bet is to give it a try (or if you're not able, reach out to us at [email protected] and we can sort this out for you)
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@julian said in Simplemachines (SMF) 2.1.x import?:
@Themistocles-Papassilekas it might still be supported, depends on the status of the SMF exporter.
Best bet is to give it a try (or if you're not able, reach out to us at [email protected] and we can sort this out for you)
Oh shoot, I didn't get a notification for your reply, apologies and thanks!
Yeah I could try it I guess but it'd take some time to set up my new server and a dockerized system to do it; but indeed I could, though no guarantees as to what I could/would find down the road...
However, are you talking about some specific SMF exporter? I haven't seen any on the SMF side!
Thanks again!
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oplik0 Plugin & Theme Dev Community Repreplied to Themistocles Papassilekas on last edited by oplik0
@Themistocles-Papassilekas said in Simplemachines (SMF) 2.1.x import?:
However, are you talking about some specific SMF exporter? I haven't seen any on the SMF side!
They're probably talking about nodebb-plugin-import which works alongside an exporter plugin like nodebb-plugin-import-smf by providing a common API for the exporters to use (and yeah, exporter plugins have import in the name... Makes a bit of sense since nodebb-plugin-export-smf would suggest it's exporting to SMF, but it's still a bit weird)
I'm not sure how well maintained that is honestly, but NodeBB database schema hasn't seen any major changes in the last few years - still, the best idea might be to follow what the readme offers, install NodeBB 1.12.1, import data from SMF and then upgrade NodeBB to 3.x. Though note that you'll probably want to switch to Harmony theme after upgrading, since you'll be defaulted to the old Persona theme
The bigger question is whether the SMF plugin will work with 2.1.4, since it was tested on 2.0.3 and hasn't been updated in the last few years
