cms2cms: phpbb to bbpress forum convertor
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CMS2CMS
phpBB to bbPress
Forum Convertor
phpBB to bbPress Forum
Convertor: How it Works Tutorial
You are considering about changing your forum platform? You current one does not meet your needs? There is not enough visitors on your forum and you can’t engage more? Whatever reasons you have it is good that you are looking for a way to improve.
Surely phpBB was a great forum software, but it was in the past. This days it looks an outdated especially the design. And of course it is not that SEOfriendly at all.
There is a wide range of forum platforms out there, which are more flexible and has lots of distinctive features. One of them is bbPress. This is modern forum software created in the way of WordPress. It has very intuitive interface, is pretty simple to use and has great amount of customization opportunities.
If you decided to move your forum to bbPress, you can check out CMS2CMS: phpBB to bbPress Forum Convertor
With this plugin you will have your phpBB forum transferred to bbPress with no coding skills required just in 7 simple steps.
Migration Setup
1. Download Plugin First of all, you have to download CMS2CMS: phpBB to bbPress Forum Convertor to your computer.
2. Install the Plugin. Go to WordPress admin panel and install the plugin. Click “Activate” button and it will appear right in your dashboard.
3. Register your CMS2CMS account In order to move on, sign up for CMS2CMS, provide your email and password.
4. Connect to your phpBB forum Now you have to create the connection between phpBB and WordPress with bbPress plugin.. So, proceed with the following actions:
● Download the Bridge file to your computer. The file will be saved as zip.
● Extract the ‘cms2cms’ file from the archive. ● Via any FTP client dashboard upload the file into the root
directory of your source phpBB website. Root directory is the top one with file index.php.
● Provide the URL of your source website and that is it.
5. Select the Migration Options Before you start the actual migration procedure, choose the preferences for your phpBB to bbPress migration. You can elect from the following:
● Clear current data including test one on WordPress before Migration
● Migrate categories and pages/articles/posts SEO aliases ● Migrate images and attachments
6. Try FREE Demo Migration With CMS2CMS, you are able to check out the service before actually use it. With Demo Migration, limited amount of pages can be converted from you source phpBB website to the target one bbPress for you to see how everything works for real.
7. Full Website Conversion. Start Full Migration and in a couple of minutes your forum will be transferred from phpBB to bbPress. As soon as the conversion is complete you will receive an email notification and be able to check up your new bbPress forum.
Are you still waiting? Then don’t, try on CMS2CMS: phpBB to bbPress Forum Convertor and your website will be converted easily and swiftly. With this plugin, you will have automated and accurate migration which you will enjoy for sure.
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