Well, the conversion code is old and there are many different variation of PhP data and jForum databases. You will probably need to do some manual SQL commands to get things right. Or make some code modifications to get the transfer to work right.
One thing I suspect is that the transfer code is using an older version of the jForum security model. There have been some changes over the years to that.
Assuming you're using 2.1.8, then you probably need to make sure that the following entries are set using your database access tools. (e.g. MySQL admin tool or the like).
First, find your admin group id number from the database. E.g. select * from jforum_groups where group_name like "Admin%".
Next find the "view_forum" role_id for this group. e.g.:
Select * from jforum_roles where group_id = <Admin Group> and name = 'perm_forum'
Then you'll need to find a list of all your forum id's in the jforum_forums table.
For each forum, you will need to make sure there is an entry in the the jforum_role_values table that has the role_id field set to the "perm_forum" role found above and the role_value set to the forum_id.
This should be enough to let you see the forums in the admin screen. Note that you will need to set more rights to the different groups via the admin screen for things to work right. See one of the default groups for specifics on this.
[originally posted on jforum.net by monroe]
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