# BBCode formatting issue when migrating from Vanilla to Discourse

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/bbcode-formatting-issue-when-migrating-from-vanilla-to-discourse/169732>\
**Category:** Migration\
**Tags:** vanilla\
**Created:** [November 10, 2020, 2:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bbcode-formatting-issue-when-migrating-from-vanilla-to-discourse/169732 "2020-11-10T14:56:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2020, 4:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bbcode-formatting-issue-when-migrating-from-vanilla-to-discourse/169732/7 "2020-11-10T16:04:41Z")

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There is a section of the importer that replaces stuff in the original posts with . . . different stuff. You want to make it convert `[b]` → `<b>` and `[/b]` → `</b>`. Like that.

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