So our Forum currently uses phpbb 3.3.7 and we think about changing to Discourse. Is there a (easy) way to change from phpbb to Discourse? We would like to keep all Threads, user accounts, etc… Thanks for any help! p.s.: Discourse is gonna be self-hosted and phpbb is too.

We’re currently finishing the last touches for PHPBB 3.3 import support, I will create a PR for that within two weeks.

Hey @Timothee_scheufler Here is a good guide about importing from phpbb3 to discourse. [Bild] Migrate a phpBB3 forum to Discourse packageMigrating to Discourse So, you discovered Discourse and want to know how to migrate from your existing phpBB3 forum? Grea…

Yeah but it says “Importing from phpbb 3.3 is currently not supported”…

Hey, no hurry but any news on when this will be possible?

I was away on vacation and I wasn’t able to make the PR before I went away. Putting it on my list for this week.

You need to consider the following at least: traffic implications to your forum when migrating / search engines your existing user base are cool with Discourse and features like infinte scroll adrevenue, do you depend on this, will it be effected? So you might have the technical point on side, bu…

Thank you! No problem, take your time.

[Bild] agemo: traffic implications to your forum when migrating / search engines Not a big issue for us, as we already had a Community before phpbb which just migrated to an own forum now. [Bild] agemo: your existing user base are cool with Discourse and features like infinte scroll W…

Great reply and it looks like you have as good as it gets migration scenario on your hands! Leaving you more time to deal with any technicalities post main migration stage. Best of luck! :+1:

I have made the PR for PHPBB 3.3 support. Actually, I think most (or all) of them are fixes of things that could have been happening in previous versions as well. I have performed a number of different imports with this code so it’s working for me. However, specific setups could still be triggering…

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RGJ (Richard - Communiteq) 24. Juni 2022 um 08:35 4

Wir nehmen gerade die letzten Anpassungen für die Importunterstützung von PHPBB 3.3 vor. Ich werde in zwei Wochen einen PR dafür erstellen.

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