diff --git a/html/ops/bbcode_convert.php b/html/ops/bbcode_convert.php
index c8a2ff4e0a..c1679090e0 100644
--- a/html/ops/bbcode_convert.php
+++ b/html/ops/bbcode_convert.php
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ function formatting_as_bb($text){
     $in[]="<pre>";$out[]="[pre]";
     $in[]="</pre>";$out[]="[/pre]";
 
+    $in[]="</br>";$out[]="\n";
+    $in[]="<br/>";$out[]="\n";
     $in[]="<br>";$out[]="\n";
     $in[]="&gt;";$out[]=">";
     $in[]="&lt;";$out[]="<";
diff --git a/html/ops/bbcode_convert_response1.php b/html/ops/bbcode_convert_response1.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9c5d891068
--- /dev/null
+++ b/html/ops/bbcode_convert_response1.php
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+<?php
+require_once("../inc/db.inc");
+require_once("../inc/util.inc");
+require_once('../inc/sanitize_html.inc');
+db_init();
+
+set_time_limit(0);
+
+function image_as_bb($text){
+    // This function depends on sanitized HTML
+
+    $pattern = '@<img(.*) src=\"([^>^"]+)\"([^>]*)>@si';
+    $replacement = '[img]$2[/img]';
+    $text = preg_replace($pattern, $replacement, $text);
+
+    $pattern = "@<img(.*) src='([^>^']+)'([^>]*)>@si";
+    $replacement = '[img]$2[/img]';
+    $text = preg_replace($pattern, $replacement, $text);
+
+    return $text;
+}
+
+function link_as_bb($text){
+        /* This function depends on sanitized HTML */
+    // Build some regex (should be a *lot* faster)
+    $pattern = '@<a href=\"([^>]+)\">@si'; // Gives us the URL in $1...
+    $replacement = '[url=$1]'; // Turns that URL into a hyperlink
+    $text = preg_replace($pattern, $replacement, $text);
+    $pattern = "@<a href='([^>]+)'>@si"; // Gives us the URL in $1...
+    $replacement = '[url=$1]'; // Turns that URL into a hyperlink
+    $text = preg_replace($pattern, $replacement, $text);
+
+    $pattern = "@</a>@si";
+    $replacement = '[/url]';
+    $text = preg_replace($pattern, $replacement, $text);
+    return $text;
+}
+
+function formatting_as_bb($text){
+        /* This function depends on sanitized HTML */
+    $in[]="<b>";$out[]="[b]";
+    $in[]="</b>";$out[]="[/b]";
+
+    $in[]="<i>";$out[]="[i]";
+    $in[]="</i>";$out[]="[/i]";
+
+    $in[]="<u>";$out[]="[u]";
+    $in[]="</u>";$out[]="[/u]";
+
+    $in[]="<b>";$out[]="[b]";
+    $in[]="</b>";$out[]="[/b]";
+
+    $in[]="<ul>";$out[]="[list]";
+    $in[]="</ul>";$out[]="[/list]";
+
+    $in[]="<ol>";$out[]="[list=1]";
+    $in[]="</ol>";$out[]="[/list]";
+
+    $in[]="<pre>";$out[]="[pre]";
+    $in[]="</pre>";$out[]="[/pre]";
+
+    $in[]="</br>";$out[]="\n";
+    $in[]="<br/>";$out[]="\n";
+    $in[]="<br>";$out[]="\n";
+    $in[]="&gt;";$out[]=">";
+    $in[]="&lt;";$out[]="<";
+    $in[]="&amp;";$out[]="&";
+
+    return str_replace($in, $out, $text);
+}
+
+function fix_text($text) {
+    $text = sanitize_html($text);    
+    $text = image_as_bb($text);
+    $text = link_as_bb($text);
+    $text = formatting_as_bb($text);
+    return $text;
+}
+
+function fix_profile($profile) {
+    $text = fix_text($profile->response1);
+    if ($text != $profile->response1) {
+        $query = "update profile set response1 = '".mysql_escape_string($text)."' where userid=".$profile->userid;
+        //echo "$profile->response1\n\n";
+        //echo "$profile->thread $query\n\n";
+        $retval = mysql_query($query);
+        if (!$retval) {
+            echo mysql_error();
+            exit();
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+function fix_profiles() {
+    $start_id = 0; //Set this to something else if you like
+    $profiles = mysql_query("select * from profile where userid>$start_id order by userid");
+    echo mysql_error();
+    $i=0;
+    while ($profile = mysql_fetch_object($profiles)){
+        $i++; 
+        if ($i%100 == 0) {                      //For every 100 profiles
+            echo $profile->userid.". "; flush();   // print out where we are
+            //usleep(200000);
+        }
+        
+        if ($profile->userid > $start_id){
+            fix_profile($profile);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+// use this to patch problem cases; hand-edit
+function fix_fix() {
+    $profiles = mysql_query("select * from profile where id=99");
+    $profile = mysql_fetch_object($profiles);
+    fix_profile($profile);
+}
+
+fix_profiles();
+//fix_fix();
+
+?>
diff --git a/html/ops/bbcode_convert_response2.php b/html/ops/bbcode_convert_response2.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..032ea00dd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/html/ops/bbcode_convert_response2.php
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+<?php
+require_once("../inc/db.inc");
+require_once("../inc/util.inc");
+require_once('../inc/sanitize_html.inc');
+db_init();
+
+set_time_limit(0);
+
+function image_as_bb($text){
+    // This function depends on sanitized HTML
+
+    $pattern = '@<img(.*) src=\"([^>^"]+)\"([^>]*)>@si';
+    $replacement = '[img]$2[/img]';
+    $text = preg_replace($pattern, $replacement, $text);
+
+    $pattern = "@<img(.*) src='([^>^']+)'([^>]*)>@si";
+    $replacement = '[img]$2[/img]';
+    $text = preg_replace($pattern, $replacement, $text);
+
+    return $text;
+}
+
+function link_as_bb($text){
+        /* This function depends on sanitized HTML */
+    // Build some regex (should be a *lot* faster)
+    $pattern = '@<a href=\"([^>]+)\">@si'; // Gives us the URL in $1...
+    $replacement = '[url=$1]'; // Turns that URL into a hyperlink
+    $text = preg_replace($pattern, $replacement, $text);
+    $pattern = "@<a href='([^>]+)'>@si"; // Gives us the URL in $1...
+    $replacement = '[url=$1]'; // Turns that URL into a hyperlink
+    $text = preg_replace($pattern, $replacement, $text);
+
+    $pattern = "@</a>@si";
+    $replacement = '[/url]';
+    $text = preg_replace($pattern, $replacement, $text);
+    return $text;
+}
+
+function formatting_as_bb($text){
+        /* This function depends on sanitized HTML */
+    $in[]="<b>";$out[]="[b]";
+    $in[]="</b>";$out[]="[/b]";
+
+    $in[]="<i>";$out[]="[i]";
+    $in[]="</i>";$out[]="[/i]";
+
+    $in[]="<u>";$out[]="[u]";
+    $in[]="</u>";$out[]="[/u]";
+
+    $in[]="<b>";$out[]="[b]";
+    $in[]="</b>";$out[]="[/b]";
+
+    $in[]="<ul>";$out[]="[list]";
+    $in[]="</ul>";$out[]="[/list]";
+
+    $in[]="<ol>";$out[]="[list=1]";
+    $in[]="</ol>";$out[]="[/list]";
+
+    $in[]="<pre>";$out[]="[pre]";
+    $in[]="</pre>";$out[]="[/pre]";
+
+    $in[]="</br>";$out[]="\n";
+    $in[]="<br/>";$out[]="\n";
+    $in[]="<br>";$out[]="\n";
+    $in[]="&gt;";$out[]=">";
+    $in[]="&lt;";$out[]="<";
+    $in[]="&amp;";$out[]="&";
+
+    return str_replace($in, $out, $text);
+}
+
+function fix_text($text) {
+    $text = sanitize_html($text);    
+    $text = image_as_bb($text);
+    $text = link_as_bb($text);
+    $text = formatting_as_bb($text);
+    return $text;
+}
+
+function fix_profile($profile) {
+    $text = fix_text($profile->response2);
+    if ($text != $profile->response2) {
+        $query = "update profile set response2 = '".mysql_escape_string($text)."' where userid=".$profile->userid;
+        //echo "$profile->response2\n\n";
+        //echo "$profile->thread $query\n\n";
+        $retval = mysql_query($query);
+        if (!$retval) {
+            echo mysql_error();
+            exit();
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+function fix_profiles() {
+    $start_id = 0; //Set this to something else if you like
+    $profiles = mysql_query("select * from profile where userid>$start_id order by userid");
+    echo mysql_error();
+    $i=0;
+    while ($profile = mysql_fetch_object($profiles)){
+        $i++; 
+        if ($i%100 == 0) {                      //For every 100 profiles
+            echo $profile->userid.". "; flush();   // print out where we are
+            //usleep(200000);
+        }
+        
+        if ($profile->userid > $start_id){
+            fix_profile($profile);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+// use this to patch problem cases; hand-edit
+function fix_fix() {
+    $profiles = mysql_query("select * from profile where id=99");
+    $profile = mysql_fetch_object($profiles);
+    fix_profile($profile);
+}
+
+fix_profiles();
+//fix_fix();
+
+?>
diff --git a/html/ops/bbcode_convert_signature.php b/html/ops/bbcode_convert_signature.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..40caddbcd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/html/ops/bbcode_convert_signature.php
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+<?php
+require_once("../inc/db.inc");
+require_once("../inc/util.inc");
+require_once('../inc/sanitize_html.inc');
+db_init();
+
+set_time_limit(0);
+
+function image_as_bb($text){
+    // This function depends on sanitized HTML
+
+    $pattern = '@<img(.*) src=\"([^>^"]+)\"([^>]*)>@si';
+    $replacement = '[img]$2[/img]';
+    $text = preg_replace($pattern, $replacement, $text);
+
+    $pattern = "@<img(.*) src='([^>^']+)'([^>]*)>@si";
+    $replacement = '[img]$2[/img]';
+    $text = preg_replace($pattern, $replacement, $text);
+
+    return $text;
+}
+
+function link_as_bb($text){
+        /* This function depends on sanitized HTML */
+    // Build some regex (should be a *lot* faster)
+    $pattern = '@<a href=\"([^>]+)\">@si'; // Gives us the URL in $1...
+    $replacement = '[url=$1]'; // Turns that URL into a hyperlink
+    $text = preg_replace($pattern, $replacement, $text);
+    $pattern = "@<a href='([^>]+)'>@si"; // Gives us the URL in $1...
+    $replacement = '[url=$1]'; // Turns that URL into a hyperlink
+    $text = preg_replace($pattern, $replacement, $text);
+
+    $pattern = "@</a>@si";
+    $replacement = '[/url]';
+    $text = preg_replace($pattern, $replacement, $text);
+    return $text;
+}
+
+function formatting_as_bb($text){
+        /* This function depends on sanitized HTML */
+    $in[]="<b>";$out[]="[b]";
+    $in[]="</b>";$out[]="[/b]";
+
+    $in[]="<i>";$out[]="[i]";
+    $in[]="</i>";$out[]="[/i]";
+
+    $in[]="<u>";$out[]="[u]";
+    $in[]="</u>";$out[]="[/u]";
+
+    $in[]="<b>";$out[]="[b]";
+    $in[]="</b>";$out[]="[/b]";
+
+    $in[]="<ul>";$out[]="[list]";
+    $in[]="</ul>";$out[]="[/list]";
+
+    $in[]="<ol>";$out[]="[list=1]";
+    $in[]="</ol>";$out[]="[/list]";
+
+    $in[]="<pre>";$out[]="[pre]";
+    $in[]="</pre>";$out[]="[/pre]";
+
+    $in[]="</br>";$out[]="\n";
+    $in[]="<br/>";$out[]="\n";
+    $in[]="<br>";$out[]="\n";
+    $in[]="&gt;";$out[]=">";
+    $in[]="&lt;";$out[]="<";
+    $in[]="&amp;";$out[]="&";
+
+    return str_replace($in, $out, $text);
+}
+
+function fix_text($text) {
+    $text = sanitize_html($text);    
+    $text = image_as_bb($text);
+    $text = link_as_bb($text);
+    $text = formatting_as_bb($text);
+    return $text;
+}
+
+function fix_forum_preferences($forum_preferences) {
+    $text = fix_text($forum_preferences->signature);
+    if ($text != $forum_preferences->signature) {
+        $query = "update forum_preferences set signature = '".mysql_escape_string($text)."' where userid=".$forum_preferences->userid;
+        //echo "$forum_preferences->signature\n\n";
+        //echo "$forum_preferences->thread $query\n\n";
+        $retval = mysql_query($query);
+        if (!$retval) {
+            echo mysql_error();
+            exit();
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+function fix_forum_preferencess() {
+    $start_id = 0; //Set this to something else if you like
+    $forum_preferencess = mysql_query("select * from forum_preferences where userid>$start_id order by userid");
+    echo mysql_error();
+    $i=0;
+    while ($forum_preferences = mysql_fetch_object($forum_preferencess)){
+        $i++; 
+        if ($i%100 == 0) {                      //For every 100 forum_preferencess
+            echo $forum_preferences->userid.". "; flush();   // print out where we are
+            //usleep(200000);
+        }
+        
+        if ($forum_preferences->userid > $start_id){
+            fix_forum_preferences($forum_preferences);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+// use this to patch problem cases; hand-edit
+function fix_fix() {
+    $forum_preferencess = mysql_query("select * from forum_preferences where id=99");
+    $forum_preferences = mysql_fetch_object($forum_preferencess);
+    fix_forum_preferences($forum_preferences);
+}
+
+fix_forum_preferencess();
+//fix_fix();
+
+?>