I'm thinking about abandoning our forum software and importing all of those topics and messages into JomSocial group discussion areas.

1) I see that the original post of any discussion goes into our table jos_community_groups_discuss. But in which table are the replies stored?

2) Also, since many of our forum discussions predate our usage of JomSocial, how would I handle the "creator" (userid) column. Could I just create a generic userid with the username of "Guest" if we have no corresponding Joomla user?

3) What is the purpose of the parentid field in the jos_community_groups_discuss table? So far, it is only populated with zeros? Can I ignore that?

Thanks. -- Rik

Hi, Rik.

To export threads and post from old forum you'll need a custom export tool.
I recommend to hire a professional developer to develop one for you:

1. Initial posts in discussions are stored here: _community_groups_discuss
Replies are stored: _community_wall. contentid is id of discussion initial post.

2. Hmmm. I suggest to create a dummy user - all posts that are not related with existing users should be assigned to him. That will solve name display and linking.

3. parentid is for future purpose...

I intend to write it myself. Thanks for the clarifications.