installing phpBB after coppermine

[laskos]

Hi
I have installed coppermine and now i would like to install phpBB and use the memberlist from coppermine in phpBB. is this possible and if so how can i do it.

Thanks

Paul

[kegobeer]

Start by reading the documentation.

[laskos]

i have read the documentation, and it says

5.2.3 Coppermine users, groups and pics uploaded by users are lost when integrating
Warning: If you already have users and custom groups in your coppermine database when you enable bbs integration, be aware that they will be lost. If your coppermine users have already created private albums and uploaded pics to them, they will be lost as well!


i need to keep all the users that are in the coppermine gallery and i need to install a phpBB and import them users into it.

I am prepared to pay for this, but need to be 100% sure it will work.

[kegobeer]

If you need to keep your CPG users, then you'll have to create them in your bbs before you bridge Coppermine and you bbs.  If your users have personal galleries, you'll also have to get their new member/user id from the bbs and:

1.  Rename their subdirectory.  If their Coppermine user id was 5, and their new user id is 27, then rename userpics/10005 to userpics/10027.
2.  Use phpMyAdmin to change their old user id to their new user id in the cpg132_pictures table.  If their nicknames are the same, you can leave that field alone.

Remember to back everything up before doing this.  You should also search the forums to see if there's already a procedure someone has used that is successful.