If you have Joomla
1.5 or older powered website and you need to upgrade it to newer version then you
will need to do migration. Then good news is that now this will probably do in
single click. You have not do exercise of backup/restoration of database,
media, Articles, Categories, even 3rd party plugins and Custom
Templates.
It is so important
to note that there are two side to do upgrade
* Joomla Upgrade
* Template Upgrade
This tutorial is
only for Joomla upgrade and you must make sure that your template can either
converted to newer version or you have newer template for new Joomla version.
We will going to use JUpgrade to migrate website. JUpgrade is free migrating joomla
plugin and required free registration to download.
Step 1
The very first thing
you need to do is update your Joomla 1.5 website to the latest security
update (1.5.25 at the time of writing). Click here for
the tutorial on how to update your site.
Step 2
create a backup of
your website.
Step 3
We are going to use jUpgrade to
migrate our website. You can download jUpgrade from above link.
Step 4
Once you have
downloaded jUpgrade, install it in existing joomla using the extension manager
(Extensions -> Install / Uninstall).
Make sure that you
have loggedin with Super Administrator.
( It required super administrator rights to migrate database and media.)
Step 5
You need to enable
the System - Mootools Upgrade plugin before you can use jUpgrade so
navigate to extensions then plugin manager, do a search for the
plugin and enable it. (Extensions -> Plugin Manager)
Step 6
Click on Start
Upgrade, It will now upgrading automatically as
below till completion Popup.
New click on administrator, you will see Joomla
newer version Login page and make sure that all content transferred successfully
( It will transfer only contents that will supported in new Joomla version)
JUpgrade will create
new directory. Download & install Joomla newer version to
new directory and transfer media and contents in newer one.
Akeeba backup is also one of the best way for backup/restore operations.
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