torunar / transmogrify
Transmogrify allows you to transfer your InVision (ex. IP.Board) forum to the Discourse forum
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About
Transmogrify allows you to transfer your InVision (ex. IP.Board) forum to the Discourse forum.
The tool fetches forums, topics, posts and users from your old forum's database and transfers them via Discourse RESTful API.
Discourse configuration
Before running a tool, the Discourse should be configured to minimise side effects, induced by the built-in rate limits and anti-spam protection system.
Log in into your Discourse administration panel, go to the Settings tab and set the following settings accordingly:
unique posts mins 0
rate limit create topic 0
rate limit create post 0
rate limit new user create topic 0
rate limit new user create post 0
auto close topics post count 0
max topics per day 900000 (higher = better)
max topics in first day 900000 (higher = better)
max replies in first day 900000 (higher = better)
max post length 99000 (higher = better)
max new accounts per registration ip 900000 (higher = better)
newuser max replies per topic 99000 (higher = better)
newuser max mentions per post 100 (higher = better)
newuser max links 100 (higher = better)
newuser max images 100 (higher = better)
newuser max attachments 5 (higher = better)
newuser spam host threshold 99000 (higher = better)
min post length 1 (lower = better)
min first post length 1 (lower = better)
body min entropy 1 (lower = better)
title min entropy 1 (lower = better)
min topic title length 1 (lower = better)
min title similar length 1024 (higher = better)
allow duplicate topic titles enable
default email direct disable (prevents email notifications on @mentions)
disable emails enable (disables all the email notifications)
You will also need to create an API key to interact with your Discourse forum.
Log in into your Discourse administration panel, go to the API tab and press the button with the key icon to generate an API key.
Usage
Clone the repo:
$ git clone https://bitbucket.org/torunar/transmogrify.git
Go to the tool folder:
$ cd transmogrify
Install dependencies via composer:
$ composer install
Run the tool:
$ php ./bin/transmogrify dbHost dbUser dbPassword dbName dbPrefix ipbAddress apiKey [discourseAddress [forumIds [topicsLimit [postsLimit]]]]
Arguments:
dbHost— database host of your InVision forum.dbUser— database user.dbPassword— database password (""or''must be specified for the empty password).dbName— database name.dbPrefix— table prefix (""or''must be specified for the empty prefix).ipbAddress- network address of the IPB forum.apiKey— API key for the Discourse forum.discourseAddress— network address of the Discourse forum (default:http://localhost:4000).forumIds— comma-separated list of forum IDs to transfer (e.g.10,12,13,25,42).topicsLimit— max amount of topics per forum to transfer.postsLimit— max amount of posts per topic to transfer.