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You will probably be presented with the messy template, but dont worry, thats normal as your old Joomla 1.5 template is most likely not compatible with version 2.5<br/> | You will probably be presented with the messy template, but dont worry, thats normal as your old Joomla 1.5 template is most likely not compatible with version 2.5<br/> | ||
First thing to do therefore, is to change your site template and set back the modules properly<br/> | First thing to do therefore, is to change your site template and set back the modules properly<br/> | ||
Revision as of 12:36, 5 April 2013
Contents
Overview
There is a lot of confusion about the migration process of Joomla 1.5
Should you move the database tables manually? Should you move content? Move users? Copy or import anything manually?
All these questions seem to bother most of us, therefore it is important to understand what is going in the background of the Joomla based site migration.
Background Story
Software for Migration
We will need the following software to do the proper migration
- Joomla 1.5.26 - Installed and running. If you still for whatever reason use any older Joomla version, update it prior to the migration. You can find upgrade packages here
- JomSocial 2.6 - Installed and running. If you use any older version of JomSocial, follow this guide to update your JomSocial instance to version 2.6
- com_jupgrade-2.5.2.zip - This is the FREE migration tool provided by redCOMPONENT. You will need to register on their site and download this tool.
Before Migration
1. Provided that we have Joomla 1.5.26 and JomSocial 2.6.3 website up and running, proceed to Joomla Extension Installer and install com_jupgrade-2.5.2.zip
2. Navigate to the jUpgrade component
3. The following screen should show up
4. Before being tempted to hit that big Start Upgrade button, open the component preferences
5. Check up all of the available settings
Example: we need to set option Skip 3rd party extensions to No in order to actually enable migration of third-party extensions.
Global Settings
- Distribution - this is the version of Joomla you want to migrate your current Joomla 1.5 site to. There is only one choice really. Joomla 2.5
- SQL Driver - if you used the MySQLi for your Joomla 1.5 site, this is the right place to set it up. If you're not sure what driver is in usage at your site, you can go to site Global Configuration and see what Database Type is set in Server pane.
- Target Directory - this is the direcory where your new Joomla 2.5 site will reside. leave it to default jupgrade value as we will us it for this tutorial.
- Prefix for old database - old database prefix. If youre not sure what it is, you can see it in Server pane of Global Configuration in Joomla. For this exercise, we are using Joomla's 1.5 default prefix which is jos_
- Prefix for new database - for this exercise, we will use default j25_ prefix offered by jUpgrade
- Disable set_time_limit() - You can set this to Yes if you experience the database errors. In most cases, you can leave it to No
- Disable Error Reporting - Leave this to No. Having error reporting enabled is very important, so you can actually see the error if theres any.
Starting the Migration
It is now time to hit that nifty upgrade button. Do it and jUpgrade will start the migration based on the settings you selected in the preferences.
A series of checks and cleanups will be done first, then Joomla download and extraction, followed with the template and third party extensions database tables migration as well as media and images files.
The upgrade will start with window like this
And if everything went okay, will end up like this
Post Migration Cleanup
Our migrated site is now located at
- JOOMLA1.5_ROOT/jupgrade folder
You can navigate to it by going on the
www.site.name/jupgrade
Go to administrator area of the new site and login with credentials of admin user from Joomla 1.5 site.
Joomla version that will be installed is 2.5.6 - Update it immediately.
You will probably be presented with the messy template, but dont worry, thats normal as your old Joomla 1.5 template is most likely not compatible with version 2.5
First thing to do therefore, is to change your site template and set back the modules properly
Next, make sure that all of your content and users are migrated properly by going into User, Article and eventually, module managers respectfully.
*Only default joomla modules will be migrated
It is now time to install JomSocial 2.6.3 on your new Joomla 2.5 site.
Why version 2.6.3? Because thats the one we stopped with on Joomla 1.5 and we want to make sure that our community is properly migrated before we update component.. Proceed with the JomSocial.2.6.3 instalation and confirm that you community is exactly the same as on Joomla 1.5 site. In other words, confirm that all avatars, picture and video galleries, custom profiles, events groups, friends .... in one word everything is properly transferred.