# Migration

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/c/support/migration/106.md?page=9

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## [Has anyone imported UseResponse Ideas?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/has-anyone-imported-useresponse-ideas/59149)

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**Author:** [@downsc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downsc)\
**Respuestas:** 1\
**Última actualización:** [13 Diciembre, 2017 12:54 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/has-anyone-imported-useresponse-ideas/59149 "2017-12-13T12:54:24Z")

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Hi Everyone, I’m currently writing up a spec on Discourses as a possible replacement for our vB community, as part of that i’ve been looking at other tools we use like UseReponse Ideas. Out of interest has anyone impor…

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## [Importing from PHP Question2Answer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/importing-from-php-question2answer/74227)

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**Author:** [@davedogs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/davedogs)\
**Respuestas:** 2\
**Última actualización:** [27 Noviembre, 2017 21:08 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/importing-from-php-question2answer/74227 "2017-11-27T21:08:58Z")

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I am in the beginning stages of investigating the feasibility of migrating our current Q&A forum, which uses the Question2Answer library, to Discourse. I reviewed the import discussions and the github (discourse/script/…

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## [Intentando hacer una importación de disqus, aparece error de superclase incompatibile para la clase Attribute](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trying-do-a-disqus-import-hit-with-superclass-mismatch-for-class-attribute-error/73875)

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**Author:** [@Quintin\_Par](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Quintin_Par)\
**Respuestas:** 3\
**Última actualización:** [14 Noviembre, 2017 22:11 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trying-do-a-disqus-import-hit-with-superclass-mismatch-for-class-attribute-error/73875 "2017-11-14T22:11:22Z")

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Intentando realizar una importación de comentarios de disqus root@ss-app:/var/www/discourse/script/import\_scripts# RAILS\_ENV=production ruby disqus.rb --file=/tmp/disqus-export.xml --dry\_run y me aparece este error root@ss-app:/var/www…

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## [Importación de BBPress en Discourse alojado](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bbpress-import-on-hosted-discourse/72486)

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**Author:** [@typeoneerror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/typeoneerror)\
**Respuestas:** 1\
**Última actualización:** [20 Octubre, 2017 17:36 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bbpress-import-on-hosted-discourse/72486 "2017-10-20T17:36:18Z")

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La importación desde BBPress y otros foros parece ser algo que solo puedes hacer con un Discourse autoalojado. ¿Es posible hacer la importación localmente y luego importarla a una cuenta alojada? Queremos migrar unos pocos para…

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## [Importing from Vanilla, need assistance for Likes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/importing-from-vanilla-need-assistance-for-likes/71582)

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**Author:** [@igot2b](https://meta.discourse.org/u/igot2b)\
**Respuestas:** 2\
**Última actualización:** [7 Octubre, 2017 13:43 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/importing-from-vanilla-need-assistance-for-likes/71582 "2017-10-07T13:43:49Z")

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Hello Discourse Community! I’ve been playing around with migrating from Vanilla. I imported via the Vanilla import script and everything went fine so far. Now I’m stuck and ask for your input. I’ve been using the “Ku…

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## [Importar en servicio alojado](https://meta.discourse.org/t/import-into-hosted-service/70615)

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**Author:** [@cyphers72](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cyphers72)\
**Respuestas:** 3\
**Última actualización:** [23 Septiembre, 2017 00:32 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/import-into-hosted-service/70615 "2017-09-23T00:32:56Z")

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Just trying things out here. We’re currently on phpBB 3.0. I started the free trial for hosted service. Then I read this: And it is talking about a myriad of complexities I hoped to avoid like installing Discourse ma…

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## [Create permalinks for redirect url all in a mass](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-permalinks-for-redirect-url-all-in-a-mass/69467)

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**Author:** [@bekircem](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bekircem)\
**Respuestas:** 5\
**Última actualización:** [6 Septiembre, 2017 20:08 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-permalinks-for-redirect-url-all-in-a-mass/69467 "2017-09-06T20:08:21Z")

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Hi, I’ve imported my forum Mybb to Discourse. My Discourse is now working on production server. My old url’s can’t redirect to new Discourse urls. I check import script. There is some codes for redirects url, it seems d…

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## [Members problem on importing Mybb to Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/members-problem-on-importing-mybb-to-discourse/68603)

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**Author:** [@bekircem](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bekircem)\
**Respuestas:** 25\
**Última actualización:** [4 Septiembre, 2017 18:44 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/members-problem-on-importing-mybb-to-discourse/68603 "2017-09-04T18:44:22Z")

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Hi, I’ve installed development enviroment on my Ubuntu local machine. I did it importing steps, it’s work but there are some problems. My Mybb forum has 9k user and 300k post. Posts are seems successfully imported. Bu…

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## [BBpress import issue - LoadError: cannot load such file -- mysql2](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bbpress-import-issue-loaderror-cannot-load-such-file-mysql2/27602)

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**Author:** [@Basanoviat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Basanoviat)\
**Respuestas:** 15\
**Última actualización:** [13 Agosto, 2017 09:57 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bbpress-import-issue-loaderror-cannot-load-such-file-mysql2/27602 "2017-08-13T09:57:09Z")

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I read quite a bit about the mysql2 and problems with installation / update but I am not exactly sure what to do. It is possible i did an install of this under the root user instead of the discourse user which may have …

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## [Mybb.rb no importa nada](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mybb-rb-imports-nothing/42070)

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**Author:** [@precessor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/precessor)\
**Respuestas:** 26\
**Última actualización:** [9 Agosto, 2017 18:02 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mybb-rb-imports-nothing/42070 "2017-08-09T18:02:56Z")

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Estoy ejecutando el script mybb.rb como lo describió @elberet y el script se está ejecutando y devuelve éxito, pero no hay cambios visibles. El script contiene el nombre de host remoto correcto, nombre de la base de datos, contraseña, etc. El servidor remoto esb9;

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## [Vanilla Importer (vanilla.rb) - Error while importing users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/vanilla-importer-vanilla-rb-error-while-importing-users/66150)

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**Author:** [@harinayar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/harinayar)\
**Respuestas:** 10\
**Última actualización:** [27 Julio, 2017 16:59 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/vanilla-importer-vanilla-rb-error-while-importing-users/66150 "2017-07-27T16:59:13Z")

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Hello, I am trying to migrate from vanilla into discourse. I am trying the import steps outlined here. The import job errors out always while importing users (see screenshot attached). When I rerun the script the error…

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## [phpBB3 import script improvements](https://meta.discourse.org/t/phpbb3-import-script-improvements/22935)

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**Author:** [@chrisalley](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chrisalley)\
**Respuestas:** 11\
**Última actualización:** [19 Julio, 2017 14:15 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/phpbb3-import-script-improvements/22935 "2017-07-19T14:15:56Z")

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Over the last few days I converted an 11 year old phpBB 2 forum to Discourse, (going through phpBB 3 first). Overall I’m pleased with the result. Here’s some feedback that could be used to improve the phpbb3.rb import sc…

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## [Helping imported users claim their posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/helping-imported-users-claim-their-posts/63892)

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**Author:** [@lognaturel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lognaturel)\
**Respuestas:** 11\
**Última actualización:** [5 Junio, 2017 17:36 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/helping-imported-users-claim-their-posts/63892 "2017-06-05T17:36:33Z")

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The experimental mbox importer (which works really well!) imports all users as staged users. This means that community members need to create new accounts and get no feedback about whether or not the email address they u…

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## [Is it required to import users when using SSO?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-required-to-import-users-when-using-sso/63955)

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**Author:** [@kodab](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kodab)\
**Respuestas:** 10\
**Última actualización:** [5 Junio, 2017 14:13 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-required-to-import-users-when-using-sso/63955 "2017-06-05T14:13:44Z")

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I’m currently using the import script provided by discourse to transfer my old vanilla forum tdiscrouse. After the import is done, I want to enable SSO and use my Laravel PHP website framework as my main user database. …

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## [Creating a basic import script, what do I need](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-basic-import-script-what-do-i-need/62695)

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**Author:** [@kodab](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kodab)\
**Respuestas:** 4\
**Última actualización:** [17 Mayo, 2017 13:16 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-basic-import-script-what-do-i-need/62695 "2017-05-17T13:16:56Z")

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Hi guys, I’m currently using a very simple self-made forum that I want to migrate to discourse. Now I can export the data from my current forum and format all the data into a clean .csv file. I wonder now, what do I nee…

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## [Vanilla2 Import - no avatars, no pdf attachments](https://meta.discourse.org/t/vanilla2-import-no-avatars-no-pdf-attachments/35650)

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**Author:** [@buzzdev](https://meta.discourse.org/u/buzzdev)\
**Respuestas:** 4\
**Última actualización:** [9 Febrero, 2017 03:29 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/vanilla2-import-no-avatars-no-pdf-attachments/35650 "2017-02-09T03:29:32Z")

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Hello Discourse, i’ve imported my existing Vanilla2 forum using the Vanilla2export.php and RAILS\_ENV=production ruby script/import\_scripts/vanilla.rb /shared/export.csv However user avatars and attachments were not …

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## [Best and most complete importer for SMF2 forum?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-and-most-complete-importer-for-smf2-forum/27595)

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**Author:** [@AgustinCordes](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AgustinCordes)\
**Respuestas:** 15\
**Última actualización:** [9 Diciembre, 2016 19:56 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-and-most-complete-importer-for-smf2-forum/27595 "2016-12-09T19:56:28Z")

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Hey all! So I pulled the plug and installed Discourse to run a few tests. I fell in love with it and quickly decided to migrate our existing community. So we are currently running SMF2 but I noticed that the official pl…

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## [Error Trying to Start Import Process - Xenforo to Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-trying-to-start-import-process-xenforo-to-discourse/43258)

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**Author:** [@Overmind](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Overmind)\
**Respuestas:** 11\
**Última actualización:** [20 Noviembre, 2016 22:44 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-trying-to-start-import-process-xenforo-to-discourse/43258 "2016-11-20T22:44:59Z")

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Whenever I issue the command: RAILS\_ENV=production bundle exec ruby script/import\_scripts/xenforo.rb I get: /var/discourse/script/import\_scripts/base.rb:14:in \`require\_relative': cannot load such file -- /var/discourse…

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## [How to process migrated content?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-process-migrated-content/52052)

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**Author:** [@mrded](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mrded)\
**Respuestas:** 1\
**Última actualización:** [26 Octubre, 2016 16:06 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-process-migrated-content/52052 "2016-10-26T16:06:42Z")

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Hello, I’m trying to import content into Discourse using /script/import\_scripts/base.rb, and I found that after creating a post created\_post(post) is called. def created\_post(post) # override if needed end That is v…

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## [Migrando un foro antiguo a Discourse - preocupación por los correos digest](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrating-old-forum-to-discourse-concern-about-digest-mails/48821)

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**Author:** [@mbajur](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mbajur)\
**Respuestas:** 3\
**Última actualización:** [18 Agosto, 2016 19:16 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrating-old-forum-to-discourse-concern-about-digest-mails/48821 "2016-08-18T19:16:22Z")

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Eso es una publicación extraída de una de mis publicaciones en el tema del script de importación de phpbb. Fue ignorada allí, así que decidí crear un tema separado para ello porque creo que podría ser bastante interesante para alguien. Aquí está el …

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## [Issues while migrating from Kunena](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issues-while-migrating-from-kunena/24859)

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**Author:** [@maia\_internet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/maia_internet)\
**Respuestas:** 24\
**Última actualización:** [7 Mayo, 2016 15:59 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issues-while-migrating-from-kunena/24859 "2016-05-07T15:59:03Z")

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Hi all, I’m having great fun with my first Discourse install - it’s a fab bit fo kit! I’m new to Ruby et al and looking for a spot of help with kununa.rb I can get the script to run, having searched a lot :wink: but th…

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## [MyBB importer: "Invalid codepoint"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mybb-importer-invalid-codepoint/40015)

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**Author:** [@jacotec](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jacotec)\
**Respuestas:** 1\
**Última actualización:** [23 Febrero, 2016 08:56 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mybb-importer-invalid-codepoint/40015 "2016-02-23T08:56:04Z")

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Hi, I’m trying to do a test import of my “MyBB” board with around 30.000 posts in it. I’ve got the importer running, but it’s struggling at a specific post: 8795 / 29774 ( 29.5%) \[208248 items/min\] /usr/local/lib/rub…

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## [Disqus Import error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disqus-import-error/38932)

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**Author:** [@MZainDamlag](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MZainDamlag)\
**Respuestas:** 2\
**Última actualización:** [2 Febrero, 2016 22:41 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disqus-import-error/38932 "2016-02-02T22:41:41Z")

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Hello All I tried to run the disqus import script inside docker after some modification in the script and it run completely on development \[local\] and while I tried to run it inside docker bundle exec ruby script/impor…

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## [Auto-close old topics from a migrated forum](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-close-old-topics-from-a-migrated-forum/25448)

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**Author:** [@rodrigofarcas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rodrigofarcas)\
**Respuestas:** 11\
**Última actualización:** [13 Noviembre, 2015 20:55 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-close-old-topics-from-a-migrated-forum/25448 "2015-11-13T20:55:00Z")

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We migrated to Discourse from another forum software, and I want to close a batch of old topics at once. I’ve tried using the forum setting for auto-close: But this seems not to be affecting migrated old topics, as th…

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## [La importación de vBulletin falla al importar temas](https://meta.discourse.org/t/vbulletin-import-fails-on-import-topics/34683)

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**Author:** [@Mike\_Nielsen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mike_Nielsen)\
**Respuestas:** 1\
**Última actualización:** [19 Octubre, 2015 18:08 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/vbulletin-import-fails-on-import-topics/34683 "2015-10-19T18:08:32Z")

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¡Hola! Actualmente estamos probando la migración de vBulletin a Discourse y estamos trasladando nuestro sitio, que tiene más de una década de publicaciones. Se han migrado todos los usuarios y grupos, pero cuando el script alcanza “import\_topics”, esto…

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## [Phpbb import: no users imported](https://meta.discourse.org/t/phpbb-import-no-users-imported/33873)

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**Author:** [@ntadej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ntadej)\
**Respuestas:** 4\
**Última actualización:** [30 Septiembre, 2015 16:02 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/phpbb-import-no-users-imported/33873 "2015-09-30T16:02:22Z")

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I’m trying to import phpbb forum to discourse. I followed instructions here running development version on mac and stable branch. No users were imported (without any warnings or errors on import users step).

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## [MyBB importer script failing at creating users stage](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mybb-importer-script-failing-at-creating-users-stage/33828)

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**Author:** [@SentinelX101](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SentinelX101)\
**Respuestas:** 2\
**Última actualización:** [29 Septiembre, 2015 06:54 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mybb-importer-script-failing-at-creating-users-stage/33828 "2015-09-29T06:54:07Z")

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When running the mybb.rb importer script I get the following error. loading existing groups... loading existing users... loading existing categories... loading existing posts... loading existing topics... creating user…

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## [Error when importing from Vanilla](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-when-importing-from-vanilla/33716)

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**Author:** [@huulbaek](https://meta.discourse.org/u/huulbaek)\
**Respuestas:** 4\
**Última actualización:** [28 Septiembre, 2015 10:06 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-when-importing-from-vanilla/33716 "2015-09-28T10:06:05Z")

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So, I am trying my very best to import a ExpressionEngine forum to Discourse. I rewrote some of the Vanilla Porter to make it work with our version of ExpressionEngine (1.6.9) and got the 1.3gb CSV file. But, when finall…

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## [Avatar image URLs inside quotes in imported replies are not re-written](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatar-image-urls-inside-quotes-in-imported-replies-are-not-re-written/31540)

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**Author:** [@jbyauk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jbyauk)\
**Respuestas:** 2\
**Última actualización:** [30 Julio, 2015 03:46 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatar-image-urls-inside-quotes-in-imported-replies-are-not-re-written/31540 "2015-07-30T03:46:15Z")

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I recently went through the import process to bring an old phpBB3 forum onto Discourse. I followed the route of setting up a development environment on a local box for the import from phpBB, and then using the backup/re…

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## [Phpbb3 import script - users cannot login - password error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/phpbb3-import-script-users-cannot-login-password-error/29320)

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**Author:** [@ankh2054](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ankh2054)\
**Respuestas:** 2\
**Última actualización:** [27 Mayo, 2015 17:28 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/phpbb3-import-script-users-cannot-login-password-error/29320 "2015-05-27T17:28:13Z")

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Hi all, I’ve successfully imported my old phphbb3 site, I can see and browse topics. Problem I’m having is that users cannot login using their old passwords. Has anyone ever had this issue or any tips for something I c…

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