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    Posted: 08 February 2008 at 2:23am
Greetings to all!
 
I have been using Simple Machines Forum (SMF) software for a while, but have a growing interest in Web Wiz.
 
Unfortunately, I am not sure exactly what questions to ask to get started.  But my first one is this -
 
"What are the steps and what is the degree of difficulty should I decide to switch from SMF to Web Wiz?"
 
Thanks in advance,
Rick
 
 
 
 
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There is a built in generic member import tool which should be able to import your members across from another database.
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Originally posted by WebWiz-Bruce WebWiz-Bruce wrote:

There is a built in generic member import tool which should be able to import your members across from another database.
Bruce, thanks.
 
What about the other data -- posts, discussions, etc.?  Will that also import over?
 
 
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Different forum software will use different ways to store data within the database with different schemas.

web Wiz Forums uses a relational database system which means that each of the tables relate to each other. This makes importing other data a very difficult if not impossible task.
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