thanks Ø :)

Converting begins...

SMF forum which will be converted: http://www.e-participacija.si/forum_EU/

Can someone give me piece of advice how to make similar left menu navigation?

For starters...

• less bandwidth usage


• less overhead/load


• less "bloat"

SMF is very good for what it is (massive feature packed beast), but so is Vanilla. Vanilla is more of an "a la carte" environment. It starts you out with the basics, and you can pick up what you need via extensions. So out of the box Vanilla has a ton less bloat, and functions very well. It's a lean, mean, fighting machine.

Until recently, I was one of the lead dev's for a project that was very heavily centered on SMF. I had to depart due to my schedule, and some other personal reasons, but since then I've been missing the interaction and production environment. After having lurked around Vanilla since late last spring, I finally got into it more. The more I work with it, the more I love it.

Just change a few things in library\Vanilla\Vanilla.Functions.php from lines 14 to 34 as Wallphone suggested here. I replaced the whole chunk with his code and the comas disappeared.

Will the links in the side panel just be pages that you will create with the Page Manager extension? Or will there be more?

That's quite a problem. Have a look at this discussion, it should help you understanding this issue. The patch can be found here, hoping you're running on MySQL 4.1 or higher.

Well, I've no idea why you get this error, but it probably comes from several changes in Vanilla's install since the 1.0.1 version. I'm not skilled enough in PHP & MySQL to investigate further. However, I can provide my patched 1.0.1 version.

You'll find it here. Try to make a fresh intall then upgrade to the 1.0.3 version. I'm not sure it will work but it should help.

Your script is working fine with the patched 1.0.1 version, and also when I upgrade to 1.0.3 version.

Thank you !

I found a problem.
I tested 2 users using the extension SMFPasswordHash. The users can login without problems.
But now I found the users can't change their password. Every time I try to do it, I get an error telling the old password is bad. I think this could be a problem of your extension.
What do you think ?

Thank you !

But if you disabled the PasswordHash extension, the users can't login and reset their passwords...

Hi!

I finally decided to convert SMF to Vanilla...
SMF version: 1.1 RC3
Vanilla version 1.0.3

I had absolutely no problems with converting categories/comments/users/discussions. It worked like a charm.
http://www.e-participacija.si/forum_EU/
http://www.e-participacija.si/forum2/

But I don't understand how the SMF Password Hash works. I installed it like an extension and enabled it. Is that all? How does it work?
A tried to log in as a different users and it doesn't work. What have I missed?
thx

I was just thinking if you don't find a solution, you may want to install Massmailer to explain your users how to change their passwords, with a direct link to /people.php?PostBackAction=PasswordRequestForm. It's quite useful in this situation.

@medy:
Looking to convert from SMF and I tried the links to your converter script, but I got 404s.

As for general impressions of SMF vs Vanilla, I think I have finally found that which I desire. I well-done, semantic, valid and extensible online community software. I have been using SMF for about 6 months and just installed MKPortal last week. While I initially liked the added features and customizations ability, I found the complete solution bloated, awkward and just plain cluttered (even after turning off many features and altering css and HTML code). Some users like my current setup, probably because they don't know what better alternatives are out there. I looked long and hard for a forum solution that matched my ideals. SMF was the best I could find. Until now.

The only missing feature that I hope comes along shortly (in form of an extension), is an events calendar. Having an integrated month by month calendar linked to current discussions, with upcoming events listed in the side panel is a key bit of functionality for me and my users. I know there are already some developers working on a calendar...

In any case, a big thanks goes out to the developers (Mark O' Sullivan) behind Lussumo!

cheers,
skube

I'm looking for the SMF to Vanilla converter too. Anyone care to share the working copy? Thank you in advance.

smf is alright for me
but i dunno
i have seen vanilla for 10 days
and i am in love with it now

it does not have that ewwy "normal" forum look

it is sooo different

i like different


invision power looks so bad compared to this

i dunno
my oppinion

i especially love the digg theme
soo coool


smf, phpBB, invision power
they all have the same look
i am tired of it
so boring

i actually had an ipb board 2.2.2
it was really cool and all
but it gets boring

I agree with the above comments, it´s just that I have a fairly healthy, active SMF forum at the moment. If I could easily switch the data and users to Vanilla, it would be a done deal.

yeah i agree with the KISS statement
cool
^^

umm depends on how your users are if they love ur content they will do ANYTHING
maybe if they make a import members addon then u could import members from ur other forum to this one that would be a cool one to have i dunno if it is possible

u should prabably try it for a while see how it goes nothing to lose cuz if u still have ur other forum u can go back to it if u saw it was not going well for u

Thanks for your advices!

I'm looking to migrate from SMF, does anyone have a link to that transfer script that works? I think a lot of people here are looking for it too, so it would really be a good resource and would help convert more users to vanilla!

I join the call! Someone knows how to migrate from SMF to Vanilla?