Im having huge problems with migrating from 1.5 to 2.5 I bought SPUpgrade but still have no real luck. Not sure what Im doing wrong..
Is there a fail proof way to mirgrate old 1.5 joomla websites into 2.5?
Thanks
Did you try it with this already?http://docs.joomla.org/J2.5:Migrating_from_Joomla_1.5_to_Joomla_2.5
Take your time, this is not an easy task, set up a testing environment, do backups, check requirements and all the stuff we all hate to do :-)
Good Luck.
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I have to upgrade my store, because my server won't support the PHP version required for PS 1.6 anymore.
From my research so far it looks as if PS 1.7 might as well be a completely different ecommerce platform when it comes to themes.
What's my best bet to convert my current, custom PS 1.6 theme and make it compatible with PS 1.7?
I don't wanna have to code the whole thing from scratch. I wanna be able to get at least 80 or 90% of the way there, and then fix the remaining glitches.
How can I make it so that the upgrade from PS 1.6 to 1.7 won't cost me several months of development work?
Edit:
The workaround solution is to use ThirtyBees. Details in my own answer below.
As this question was posted on Prestahop Forum as well I'll add here my reply there for future similar questions.
There is no conversion from a 1.6+ to a 1.7 theme or from 1.6+ to 1.7+ modules.
You need new theme and modules and that's it.
All you can upgrade are the Prestashop files and the database.
my server won't support the PHP version required for PS 1.6
What's my best bet to convert my current, custom PS 1.6 theme
I don't wanna have to code the whole thing from scratch. I wanna be
able to get at least 80 or 90% of the way there, and then fix the
remaining glitches.
How can I make it so that the upgrade won't cost me
several months of development work?
The best solution for this, really, is to USE THIRTYBEES
ThirtyBees is a Prestashop fork, it was forked after 1.6, and is it's own platform.
The team over at Prestashop is making some massive changes to the Prestashop core, which removes lots of documented functionality. And as they slowly transition over, it's probably better to not rely on the architecture, if you're not able to constantly implement upgrades and changes.
Reference:
https://build.prestashop.com/news/prestashop-in-2019-and-beyond-part-2-pain-points/
https://thirtybees.com/
After trying to adapt my store to PS 1.7, which took 2 weeks and I hit roadblock after roadblock, I switched to Thirtybees. It took me 1 day to make the same progress that it took me 2 weeks on PS. I can see myself being done with this upgrade progress soon, and I can soon focus on more crucial business activities again.
We have website developed in Joomla 1.5, 4 years ago.
We are changing the theme of the website now. As we dont need any new components or plugins, I just want to know is there any advantage of upgrading from 1.5 to 2.5 or 3.0.
Is there any performance advantage between 1.5, 2.5 or 3.0?
firstly, it's not just about performance, there are other reasons for upgrading.
Security - There are no known security issues in Joomla 1.5.26 however 2.5 and 3.2 (especially 3.2) have far better security.
Support - Support for Joomla 1.5 was stopped in September 2012 and I believe Joomla 2.5 will continue to be supported until December 2014 and Joomla 3.x untill December 2016.
Features - Joomla 3.2 contains so many more feature such as
Mobile Responsive
Ajax Interface integrated into the core
Ability to install extensions via the backend
and much more
Performance - To simply answet this question, yes, Joomla 3.x performance is better than Joomla 1.5. I couldn't find a raw demo for Joomla 1.5 but here is a speed test of a raw Joomla 3.2 site:
Do also bare in mind that there are lots of extensions out there to boost the performance even more by compressing and gzipping scripts/stylesheet and so on.
And out of all honesty, I do believe that if something works then why change it (in some cases) but you also have to understand that things are moving forward, such as new web technologies are being introduced which will help improve your site.
Overall, I would most definitely upgrade your site to Joomla 3.2
Hope this helps
You just have to update your website. Joomla 1.5 is outdated and no more supported.
To name briefly few of the reasons:
Old code, No more security releases, compatibilities issues with newer PHP, many 3rd party extensions are dropping support. You just can't stay that way back.
Just visit joomla.org to find out more and about the benefits and the new features of Joomla.
I'm a web designer and so I learnt everything essential needed for designers and now I can design the websites using joomla.
But I want to move myself to programmer. I have very basic knowledge of php and mysql. I wanted to know how can I enter into development with joomla.
Joomla has been very popular in the world but also it has not implemented so much effort for the users. It is providing a tutorial but randomly, so I'm confused how to start. There is no any sites step by step tutorials for joomla.
So, anyone please help me how to start on the topics. Could anyone provide a lists what to learn as to become a developer of joomla?
Well first of all, you need to know about the versions.
There are 2 types of Joomla releases. Long Term (Joomla 1.5 and 2.5) and Short Term (Joomla 3.x)
Joomla 1.5 is old and unsupported now so there is no need to look into it.
If you want to start developing for Joomla, then you simply need to read up on the documentation and start messing around with pre-made extensions. You will also need to do research on how MVC works if you are not already familiar with it.
Hope this helps
you can get help from a nice book such as Joomla! Programming
I am thinking of starting to learn Joomla 1.7 but don't know where to begin.
I am interested in learning to create blogs, e-commerce websites, forums and other type of websites. I know that there is probably a lot of learning involved but I am willing to commit.
I should also mention that my knowledge starts at XHTML\CSS and ends in Javascript\jQuery (and a bit of Java up to Swing), however I have never done any PHP/MySql programming.
Do I need to learn PHP and MySql before learning Joomla or I can start learning it now?
If I don't need to learn PHP and MySql first what book/tutorial/video tutorial would you recommend for someone who never used a CMS before and would like to learn it to its full extent?
I second the recommendation of the official documentation. http://docs.joomla.org/ overall a fantastic resource, although the wiki format can make navigation tricky. I recommend looking for and clicking the 'Category' links under any article - and/or clicking the back button when you've finished reading a page to go back to the category listing.
For free documentation I'd recommend Hagen Graf's 'books' available as free downloads from:
Here for the Joomla 1.6 version:
http://cocoate.com/joomla-16-english
Here for the Joomla 1.7 version
http://cocoate.com/2011/07/joomla-17-beginners-guide
There are other useful websites for learning to use Joomla:
http://www.compassdesigns.net/
http://www.alledia.com/
http://www.joomlablogger.com/
http://brian.teeman.net/
I've included the 1.6 documentation for anyone out there who is using that particular version, but there is no reason to stick with 1.6 as it is no longer supported.
Presentations by Jen Kramer: http://www.slideshare.net/jen4web
Presentations but Brian Teeman: http://www.slideshare.net/brianteeman
There are many other useful resources too - I'll probably return to this post and add some more resources later.
The official documentation is pretty good so I suggest your starting point should be here. As the documentation also suggests you should install XAMPP in order to run a local Joomla site for experimentation. XAMPP will get out of the way installing/configuring httpd, setting up PHP and MySQL.
I've put several Joomla sites together and I can guarantee you don't need to know PHP/MySQL to put something good together.
I've been about 2 months into Joomla 1.5 and there are a lot of great training/learning resources for that version out there. Now my web host has put 1.6 in as that the default/only installation via Fantastico and I'm have mixed feelings about it - it's good to be on the latest, but my 1.5 knowledge doesn't always translate to using 1.6. I'm getting a bit lost and the help files are not actually helpful.
Does anyone have any good resources (preferably video training and/or tutorials) on learning 1.6? Especially things like "if you did X in 1.5, you'll do Y in 1.6"?
thanks in advance
There's an in depth article about migrating from 1.5 to 1.6 here:
http://docs.joomla.org/Tutorial:Migrating_from_Joomla_1.5_to_Joomla_1.6
Official documentation for Joomla 1.6 is here:
http://docs.joomla.org/Category:Joomla!_1.6
Hope that helps.