OK I restored the database from the backup but the conversion failed again. It got about as far as “Converting topics 600” then just hung.
I restored from backup again, this time I set the rows limit to 50 and the delay time to 2 seconds. It got to “Converting topics 700” then hung again.
So my question now is why do my attempts to convert the forum keep failing?
I read @johnjamesjacoby’s post here which is similar to the instructions posted above – perhaps he could shed some light?
My set-up is WordPress 3.5.2, BuddyPress 1.8, BBPress 2.3.2
