Migrating Joomla!

Paul van Jaarsveld @kalemanzi

Overview

Which migration methods

Some scenarios

Preparation

Do it!

Migration methods

1.0 to 1.5 mtwmigrator

J2XML (only content and users)

Jupgrade what we will use today for 1.5 to 2.5

SP Upgrade no personal experience

Scenarios

You built the site.

You did no build the site.

Traffic?

Users?

How much content

Rebuild?

Be prepared!

List all non vanilla extentions

Find upgrade / update procedures

Start on JED.

Look deeper. 1.6, 1.7 usually work for 2.5

If upgrade exists, get info together

If no upgrade look for alternatives (or hack)

Check extentions against security forums

Be more prepared

Non standard folders out of root

Look for cron jobs

Have a plain text editor to make notes of folders eg

Get to know rsync. Makes life easy.

Shell access NB. No access, use phpterm.

Cpanel and ftp is cool but delayed

Make sure there is enough space on server eg. 3X more

Be even more prepared

Have a permissions script handy

Make a written plan / check list

Have a good host eg. Updated servers etc.

Make a backup

Have a 2.5 template (mod or new)

Make final changes to content in old site

Rise of the machine

Beware of the robots! disallow: /jupgrade/ otherwise new site gets indexed

Add and to new template index.php.

Just do it!

Intall jupgrade

Fix issues (plugins / javascript errors)

Mootools upgrade

Change settings

Run it

Check the new site

You did it... almost!

Install template

Check standard modules

Install 3rd party stuff

Check that URLS are the same

Fix components that changed 301 redirect

@pe7er's method

Da beeg switch!

Assume it's a busy website

Look for any new users / content / sections / cats

Move data over (jupgrade parameters)

Do final checks to see it's all okay

Why I use the switch script and commandline

Use rsync to update extra folders

Closing comments

Don't forget to remove the tags you added to the index.php of your template!

This is only one of the ways you can do it.

Full CLI migration script would be awesome

Php cli?

Thanks!

Questions

Comments

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