cross post from "official forums" - looking for help on upgrade from 1.1.18 to 2

[Morning]

This is a "terrible"  cross post - however, I saw a link to here in a related post (1.1.18 to 2.0.5) and hope - these guys are friendly and will be nice!

The original post is here: http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=510483.0

And I am not looking for competition either - more for people like myself who "play" on weekends.

My apologies for not literally cut/paste. Where the reply comes is where I go further.

Many thanks - in advance!

[Morning]

getting hints and tips now from "official" site. Thanks for being the backup!