Avatar Path

[creativepart]

OK, I re-ran my test import of my big phpbb board after changing the php.ini file and the second time the test ran pretty well. It took a total of 2 hours or so.

I'm still checking things out and doing the final work.

However, I see that the users Avatars didn't import. The linked avatars did but only the linked.

I'm guessing it was a path issue. When completing that part of the form I went back and forth on full path, relative path, url or ??? I must have chosen pourly. I put a copy from my phpbb board of the avatar folder in the /forum/images directory and named it bak_avatar or some such so that it would be handy for Impex to find. Then put ../forum/images/bak_avatar in the path statement.

It would be nice if Impex could check the path and let you know if it's acceptible.

I'd hate to have to do it all over again. But I will to get it right. That's what tests are for.

Any suggestions?

[Steve Machol]

You should use the full and true path to these avatars on the server. n Unix/Linux systems you can find the complete path name by telnetting or sshing into your server, going to that directory and typing:

pwd

[Boofo]

You should use the full and true path to these avatars on the server. n Unix/Linux systems you can find the complete path name by telnetting or sshing into your server, going to that directory and typing:

pwd

Steve, is there a list of things like pwd we can get? I never knew that before now. ;)

[Steve Machol]

That's one of many standard *Nix commands, much like:

ls - shows the directory files
top - shows the server load and statistics

You might might to Google 'Linux commands' or pick up a Linux book somewhere.