webmaster1 Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 I'm looking for opinions on how difficult/straightforward it might be to transfer a forum (smf) from one website to another. Will memberships and posts remain intact? Will there any negatives side effects? I have a site that uses smf and wordpress though in about four to five months it will become part of a parent site that is yet to be created. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/180708-transferring-a-forum-from-one-website-to-another/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashton321 Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 Not sure about SMF, but i know phpBB has a backup/export feature, i would assume that SMF would too. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/180708-transferring-a-forum-from-one-website-to-another/#findComment-953805 Share on other sites More sharing options...
neller Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 As long as you backup your database it should be fine, you should try a few "test" transfers now to see how things go, just create a fake site and see if you can re-create your forums etc without much hassle. plus if you do run into any problems (hopefully not) you can see how to fix them ahead of time. The main things which will need changing are Database login info (to match the new site) and the paths to files. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/180708-transferring-a-forum-from-one-website-to-another/#findComment-954045 Share on other sites More sharing options...
webmaster1 Posted November 12, 2009 Author Share Posted November 12, 2009 Thanks lads. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/180708-transferring-a-forum-from-one-website-to-another/#findComment-956280 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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