Need Advice: Upgrading from PHPBB 2.0.3 to IPB 2.3.4 with Bridging

[harrisonca]

My current gallery is currently bridged with PHPBB 2.0.3 .  Because of spam attacks, I am upgrading to IPB 2.3.4.

What is the order of steps I should follow to preserve my existing Coppermine galleries to work with IPB 2.3.4?

As usual, thanks for the help,

harrison


Coppermine install: http://emo-corner.com/gallery
Forum install: http://emo-corner.com/forums
Coppermine version: cpg1.4.9
Forum version: PHPBB 2.0.3
Test user account: some_testuser_name / the_password_for_the_test_user_account

BridgeManager settings:
Forum URL:  http://emo-corner.com/forums
Relative path to your BBS's config file:  ../forums/
Use post-based groups?:  0
Cookie name/preifx (if applicable)

[Joachim Müller]

Coppermine version: cpg1.4.9

Upgrade! Most recent stable release currently is cpg1.4.14, so you're running 5 versions behind.

[harrisonca]

Thanks for noticing that.  After I upgrade coppermine, what else should I do to make sure that coppermine works with my newly converted IPB?

[Joachim Müller]

Disable bridging (using the bridge manager) - this will make your gallery standalone. Then re-run the bridge manager and bridge your gallery with IPB.

[harrisonca]

Wow.. that easy?  So all my data and associations in CPG + PHPBB will carry over automatically into the IPB?

--harrison

[Nibbler]

The only connection is the user id number. So long as that doesn't change it will be fine.

[harrisonca]

Awesome!  Thanks for the help guys.  The bridging is working now.  You guys designed this well!  I almost fell for a trick by a company to "upgrade" my coppermine to work with IPB for $300... i thought I smelled something fishy there.

Final question.  I had some View User gallery links embedded within the user profile pages back in PHPBB... where should I start to look for mods like this that integrate between IPB and Coppermine better?

Thanks for all the help,

harrison

[Joachim Müller]

This would require editing of IPB core code, with which we're not familiar with at all. You'll have to ask that on an IPB support board. Additionally, we have a strict "one question per thread" policy that you agreed to respect when signing up. Marking thread as "solved".