J2.5:Migrating from Joomla 1.5 to Joomla 2.5 Part3

Test Your XAMPP localhost Server

Open your Browser and point it to

http://localhost

The index.php will redirect to

http://localhost/xampp

There you will find instructions on how to change default usernames/passwords. On a PC that does not serve files to the Internet or LAN then changing the defaults is personal choice.

EasyPHP

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Install jUpgrade

Go to your Joomla backend. e.g. www.yoursite.com/administrator

Extensions >> Install/Uninstall

Browse >> Select com_jupgrade >> Upload File & Install

Enable Mootools Upgrade Plugin

1. Go to Extensions | Plugin Manager
2. Search for "System - Mootools Upgrade"
3. Enable the plugin

It is important that this plugin is installed and that it has been set to enabled, as the proper functioning of jUpgrade depends on it.

Configure the Options

As of jUpgrade version 2.5, support is present to migrate to Joomla! 1.7 and Joomla! 2.5. Configure the options by navigating to Administrator > Components > jUpgrade > Parameters.

Global

• Distribution - Select whether to migrate to Joomla! 1.6 or 2.5
• Prefix for old database - Your current table prefix
• Prefix for new database - Your selected table prefix for your migrated site

Skips

• Skip checks - Skip pre-migration checks
• Skip download - Skip downloading the package (Note: Must have a package already downloaded to your temp folder or set this and Skip Decompress if set to yes)
• Skip decompress - Skip decompressing the downloaded package (Note: Must have a package already downloaded and decompressed to site_root/jupgrade if set to Yes)

Templates

• Keep original positions - Keep the currently defined positions for modules

Debug

• Enable Debug - Enable this to have messages displayed below the migration process concerning the progress, helpful if having issues

When finished, Save the options.

Migration

Components >> jUpgrade

Start Upgrade

Do not exit the screen until everything has finished loading. Scroll down to check if finished.

Note that jUpgrade currently does not migrate custom and add-on templates. Only the default templates are initially installed. You must manually migrate the other templates.

Behind the Scenes

Even if the migration process was not 100% successful, your Joomla 1.5 is still intact and none of your users are affected. You have an opportunity to check out your site both in the frontend and the backend to make sure everything is working.

So what actually happens? jUpgrade downloads the version of Joomla that you selected to the jupgrade directory (which it creates) in the root folder of your Joomla 1.5 installation. It then extracts all the files from the download. Once extraction has completed, jUpgrade installs the new Joomla version and then migrates your old database to the new database which it has created. Your new site will be installed in www.mysites.com/jupgrade assuming that your Joomla 1.5 installation is in your html root.

Check Your New Joomla! Installation

Please do a full site review of your new Joomla installation and make sure everything is set up properly. Your new Joomla site will be installed in www.mysites.com/jupgrade assuming that your Joomla 1.5 installation is in your html root. Here is a general checklist:

• Banners
• Categories
• Contacts
• Content
• Menus
• Modules
• Newsfeeds
• Users

Links to external sites probably didn't change during the migration but the internal links might have been affected. Verify that all external and internal links are correct with a program such as Xenu's Link Sleuth.

Templates

Work is currently being done on the template upgrade feature of jUpdate and it is not yet fully functional. Your module positions may have to be adjusted in the module manager.

If you had custom templates or templates other than those installed as defaults, they may have been copied from your version 1.5 files. If so, they now must be upgraded or modified and then Discovered. See Upgrading a Joomla 1.5 template to Joomla 2.5.

Backup Joomla!

If everything looks good to go, backup the new Joomla installation.

Overview of the Rest of the Process

Quick overview of what we are going to try to do now:

1. Relocate our Joomla 1.5 installation to a subfolder as a "just in case".
2. Relocate our new Joomla installation to the html folder.

'It should happen in this order' If you do it in reverse order, the new Joomla files will get mixed with the Joomla 1.5 files (many of 1.5 files will be overwritten) and you will have a big mess! Your site will likely still work, but it's a security ticking time bomb waiting to go off.

Going Live

Next log onto your host's file manager (e.g. cPanel, Plesk, etc) or an FTP Client, however, preferably a file manager. The general procedure is (it should take about 30 seconds if you review the steps before you start):

1. Create a subfolder (e.g. myoldsite) for the Joomla 1.5 installation in your html root, e.g. public_html/myoldsite
2. Select all the folders (***except the jupgrade folder***) and files in the html root and move them into the Joomla 1.5 subfolder (e.g. myoldsite)
3. Select all the folders and files in the jupgrade folder and move them to the html root
4. Double check the frontend and backend