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SimplePress
Codex Home → Getting Started → Importing Data → Import Forums → SimplePress
Simple Press v5.x Importer for bbPress
FAQ & Known Issues
Versions
Latest tested version: v5.5.2 – Build 12017
Forums

Forum 『Categories』 are imported as a 『Forum』 – You must manually configure the forum types for 『category』 forum type after the import and recounts have finished.
『Locked Forums』 will be imported as like a normal open forum, again you can close/lock these via the forums panel in wp-admin and setting the forum attributes status to closed.

Topics & Replies

Sticky topics 『topic status』 are not set during import, manually 『stick』 any topics after import and recounts are complete. (See trac ticket #2126)
Custom BBCodes are not supported eg. [youtube] – You will have to manually change these yourself after importing into bbPress using phpMyAdmin.
Smilies are rendered as images if contained in 『code』 tags eg. :)
You may find extra page breaks
and paragraph

elements in topics and replies and is less than ideal and is from the way the BBCodes are converted during the forum import conversion. You will find these primarily around 『blockquotes』 and 『lists』
If you are using bbPress 『Show Lead Topic』 some of the formatting will be broken, it has been converted correctly and is an issue with the content-single-topic-lead.php template, see trac # (Ticket to follow).
elements seem to be a hit and miss at the moment, they render sometimes and sometimes not depending on the import. (not very helpful I know, still digging around this issue)
are not currently enabled to be embedded inline in bbPress by default with topics and replies, everything was converted correctly and we just need to throw some switches and push some buttons before the next release of bbPress to make it work, watch this space.
Topic Tags are not imported as this is a paid extension of SimplePress
File attachments are left as is in the WordPress media library, any posts with attachments the URL』s will have to be manually updated after import.

Users

If you are going to use the same WordPress install for your import you do not need to import the users as they are already in the WordPress wp_users table. If you are setting up a fresh install of WordPress simple check the 『convert users』 option before you start your import.
Any custom SimplePress Moderators or Groups are not converted, any users you wish to make 『moderators』 or 『keymasters』 you will have to assign these roles manually via the main WordPress Admin User panel (/wp-admin/users.php).
User 『Favourites』, 『Subscribed Topics』 or 『Personal Messages (PM』s) are not supported or imported.

References
Notes
Redirecting from your old forum to your new
https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/v2-simple-press-importer-and-first-thoughts/page/2/#post-124953 by @shrewdies

phpBB
Codex Home → Getting Started → Importing Data → Import Forums → phpBB
phpBB v3.x Importer for bbPress
FAQ & Known Issues
Forums

Forum visibility such as moderator or admin only forums will be publicly visible after importing and you need to secure these manually.
『Link Forums』 will be imported as a standard forum without any URL redirect link.

Topics & Replies

『Announcement』 and 『Global』 stickies are imported as bbPress 『Super Stickies』, standard forum 『stickies』 are imported as bbPress 『Stickies』.
Custom phpBB BBCodes are not supported eg. [youtube] – You will have to manually change these yourself either before importing in phpBB or after importing into bbPress using phpMyAdmin.
Smilies are rendered as images if contained in 『code』 tags eg. :)
No file attachments are imported.
All 『Ordered Lists』

will be displayed as numerical lists.
You may find extra page breaks
and paragraph

elements in topics and replies and is less than ideal and is from the way the BBCodes are converted during the forum import conversion. You will find these primarily around 『blockquotes』 and 『lists』
If you are using bbPress 『Show Lead Topic』 some of the formatting will be broken, it has been converted correctly and is an issue with the content-single-topic-lead.php template, see trac # (Ticket to follow).
elements seem to be a hit and miss at the moment, they render sometimes and sometimes not depending on the import. (not very helpful I know, still digging around this issue)
are not currently enabled to be embedded inline in bbPress by default with topics and replies, everything was converted correctly and we just need to throw some switches and push some buttons before the next release of bbPress to make it work, watch this space.

Users

phpBB does not support user profile support for 『First Name』 and 『Last Name』 only 『member_name』 and that will be the WordPress Username.
Existing passwords are converted during the import so users can login to WordPress/bbPress as soon as the import and recounts have finished.
phpBB Moderators, Groups, Ranks are not imported, any users you wish to make 『moderators』 or 『keymasters』 you will have to assign these roles manually via the main WordPress Admin User panel (/wp-admin/users.php).
User 『Personal Messages (PM』s) are not supported or imported.
User 『Avatars』 are also not supported 『out of the box』 by either WordPress or bbPress, if the users email address is registered with a 『Gravatar this will automatically be used by WordPress and bbPress, otherwise this is plugin territory. (See Note #1 below)
phpBB Signatures, Location, Occupation and Interests custom profile fields are also not supported by WordPress or bbPress 『out of the box』. (See Note #2 below)

References
https://www.phpbb.com/community/faq.php?mode=bbcode
Notes
Note #1 – phpBB User Avatars
The phpBB avatar filename used in phpBB user avatars is imported and stored in the wp_usermeta table as 『_bbp_phpbb_old_user_avatar_filename』. phpBB stores user avatars in /phpbbv3/images/avatars/upload/ and with some tom foolery I am quite sure these can be imported into WP』s media library and with the right plugin enabled quite easily.
Note #2 – phpBB custom user profile fields stored in wp_usermeta.
The following custom profile fields are imported into wp_usermeta and as you build your community with WordPress and bbPress, maybe BuddyPress also this should help down the road in converting these values to whatever plugins and profile extensions you decide to use.

ICQ – 『_bbp_phpbb_old_user_icq』
MSN Messenger – 『_bbp_phpbb_old_user_msnm』
Occupation – 『_bbp_phpbb_old_user_occ』
User Insterests – 『_bbp_phpbb_old_user_interest
Location 『_bbp_phpbb_old_user_location』
Signature 『_bbp_phpbb_old_user_signature』 (All BBCode is also converted here into HTML)

vBulletin
Codex Home → Getting Started → Importing Data → Import Forums → vBulletin
vBulletin v4.x Importer for bbPress
FAQ & Known Issues
Known Issues: Users must reset their password manually using /wp-login.php?action=lostpassword See #1969 for detailed password information.
Forums

Forum visibility such as moderator or admin only forums will be publicly visible after importing and you need to secure these manually.
『Link Forums』 will be imported as a standard forum without any URL redirect link.
『Locked Forums』 will be imported as like a normal open forum, again you can close/lock these via the forums panel in wp-admin and setting the forum attributes status to closed.

Topics & Replies

No file attachments are imported.

Users

vBulletin does not support user profile support for 『First Name』 and 『Last Name』 only 『username』 and that will be the WordPress Username.
vBulletin Moderators, Groups, Ranks are not imported, any users you wish to make 『moderators』 or 『keymasters』 you will have to assign these roles manually via the main WordPress Admin User panel (/wp-admin/users.php).
User 『Personal Messages (PM』s) are not supported or imported.
User 『Avatars』 are also not supported 『out of the box』 by either WordPress or bbPress, if the users email address is registered with a 『Gravatar this will automatically be used by WordPress and bbPress, otherwise this is plugin territory.
vBulletin MSN, Skype custom profile fields are also not supported by WordPress or bbPress 『out of the box』. (See Note #1 below)

References
http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/misc.php?do=bbcode
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13920322/vbulletin-to-bbpress-conversion-how-can-i-redirect-the-old-urls-to-the-new-one
Notes
Note #1 – vBulletin custom user profile fields stored in wp_usermeta.
The following custom profile fields are imported into wp_usermeta and as you build your community with WordPress and bbPress, maybe BuddyPress also this should help down the road in converting these values to whatever plugins and profile extensions you decide to use.

ICQ – 『_bbp_vbulletin_user_icq』
MSN Messenger – 『_bbp_vbulletin_user_msnm』
Skype』_bbp_vbulletin_user_skype』

Mingle
Codex Home → Getting Started → Importing Data → Import Forums → Mingle
Mingle Forums WordPress Plugin v1.0.33.3 Importer for bbPress
FAQ & Known Issues
Forums

Forum 『Categories』 are not imported from wp_forums_groups you will need to manually create these 『parent forums』 and assign the forums to these after the import and recounts have finished.

Topics & Replies
Sticky topics 『topic status』 are not set during import, manually 『stick』 any topics after import and recounts are complete. (See trac ticket #2126)
Custom BBCodes are not supported eg. [youtube] – You will have to manually change these yourself after importing into bbPress using phpMyAdmin.
Smilies are rendered as images if contained in 『code』 tags eg. :)
You may find extra page breaks
and paragraph

elements in topics and replies and is less than ideal and is from the way the BBCodes are converted during the forum import conversion. You will find these primarily around 『blockquotes』 and 『lists』
If you are using bbPress 『Show Lead Topic』 some of the formatting will be broken, it has been converted correctly and is an issue with the content-single-topic-lead.php template, see trac # (Ticket to follow).
elements seem to be a hit and miss at the moment, they render sometimes and sometimes not depending on the import. (not very helpful I know, still digging around this issue)
are not currently enabled to be embedded inline in bbPress by default with topics and replies, everything was converted correctly and we just need to throw some switches and push some buttons before the next release of bbPress to make it work, watch this space.

Users
If you are going to use the same WordPress install for your import you do not need to import the users as they are already in the WordPress wp_users table. If you are setting up a fresh install of WordPress simple check the 『convert users』 option before you start your import.
Any custom Mingle Moderators or Groups are not converted, any users you wish to make 『moderators』 or 『keymasters』 you will have to assign these roles manually via the main WordPress Admin User panel (/wp-admin/users.php).
User 『Favourites』, 『Subscribed Topics』 or 『Personal Messages (PM』s) are not supported or imported.

References
Importing Mingle Forums into bbPress?

Notes

Invision
Codex Home → Getting Started → Importing Data → Import Forums → Invision
Invision IPB v3.1x, v3.2x, v3.3x & v3.4x Importer for bbPress
FAQ & Known Issues
Forums

Forum visibility such as moderator or admin only forums will be publicly visible after importing and you need to secure these manually.
『Link Forums』 will be imported as a standard forum without any URL redirect link.
『Locked Forums』 will be imported as like a normal open forum, again you can close/lock these via the forums panel in wp-admin and setting the forum attributes status to closed.

Topics & Replies
Announcement and Sticky topics 『topic status』 are not set during import, manually 『stick』 any topics after import and recounts are complete. (See trac ticket #2126)
Custom BBCodes are not supported eg. [youtube] – You will have to manually change these yourself either before importing in Invision/IPB or after importing into bbPress using phpMyAdmin.
BBCodes not converted: [post=』123′]abc[/post] & [topic=』456′]def[/topic]
Smilies are rendered as images if contained in 『code』 tags eg. :)
Smilies NOT converted::huh:, :wacko:, ^_^, :wub:, -_-, <_ < & :ph34r:
No file attachments are imported.
All 『Ordered Lists』

will be displayed as numerical lists.
You may find extra page breaks
and paragraph

elements in topics and replies and is less than ideal and is from the way the BBCodes are converted during the forum import conversion. You will find these primarily around 『blockquotes』 and 『lists』
If you are using bbPress 『Show Lead Topic』 some of the formatting will be broken, it has been converted correctly and is an issue with the content-single-topic-lead.php template, see trac # (Ticket to follow).
elements seem to be a hit and miss at the moment, they render sometimes and sometimes not depending on the import. (not very helpful I know, still digging around this issue)
are not currently enabled to be embedded inline in bbPress by default with topics and replies, everything was converted correctly and we just need to throw some switches and push some buttons before the next release of bbPress to make it work, watch this space.

Users
Invision does not support user profile support for 『First Name』 and 『Last Name』 only 『name』 and 『display_name』 and 『name』 will be the WordPress Username.
Existing passwords are converted during the import so users can login to WordPress/bbPress as soon as the import and recounts have finished.
Invision/IPB Moderators, Groups, Ranks are not imported, any users you wish to make 『moderators』 or 『keymasters』 you will have to assign these roles manually via the main WordPress Admin User panel (/wp-admin/users.php).
User 『Favourites』, 『Subscribed Topics』 or 『Personal Messages (PM』s) are not supported or imported.

References
Notes

Vanilla
Codex Home → Getting Started → Importing Data → Import Forums → Vanilla
Vanilla 2.0.18.1 Importer for bbPress
FAQ & Known Issues
Note: This is for the 『stand alone』 Vannila Forums from vannilaforums.org, if you are trying to import from vanillaforums.com you will have to export your data and then perform a custom import.
Forums

Forum 『Categories』 are imported as a 『Forum』 – You must manually configure the forum types for 『category』 forum type after the import and recounts have finished.
Forum visibility such as moderator or admin only forums will be publicly visible after importing and you need to secure these manually.
『Locked Forums』 will be imported as like a normal open forum, again you can close/lock these via the forums panel in wp-admin and setting the forum attributes status to closed.

Topics & Replies
Announcement and Sticky topics 『topic status』 are not set during import, manually 『stick』 any topics after import and recounts are complete. (See trac ticket #2126)
You may find extra page breaks
and paragraph

elements in topics and replies and is less than ideal and is from the way the BBCodes are converted during the forum import conversion. You will find these primarily around 『blockquotes』 and 『lists』
If you are using bbPress 『Show Lead Topic』 some of the formatting will be broken, it has been converted correctly and is an issue with the content-single-topic-lead.php template, see trac # (Ticket to follow).
elements seem to be a hit and miss at the moment, they render sometimes and sometimes not depending on the import. (not very helpful I know, still digging around this issue)
are not currently enabled to be embedded inline in bbPress by default with topics and replies, everything was converted correctly and we just need to throw some switches and push some buttons before the next release of bbPress to make it work, watch this space.
Not all smilies are converted, only the subset the WordPress has built in.

Users
User 『Favorites』, 『Subscribed Topics』 or 『Personal Messages (PM』s) are not supported or imported.
User 『Avatars』 are also not supported 『out of the box』 by either WordPress or bbPress, if the users email address is registered with a 『Gravatar this will automatically be used by WordPress and bbPress, otherwise this is plugin territory.

References
Notes
Customizing
Via bbpress.org if you are using the Vanilla2 『ReplyTo』 plugin you can add support for threaded replies to youur import via this customized version of the import script.