I have virtuemart version 1.1.7 was running on joomla 1.5.23.
Now I have upgraded to joomla 1.5.26, I need to upgrade virtuemart from 1.1.7 to 2.0.12 which is stable compatible one for joomla 1.5.x.
Any help on how to do this, I can't afford to install new version as all my user data will be lost in fresh installation of new version.
You cannot update VM version less than 2.0 to version 2.x.
Bcoz the VM changed the whole architecture of VM 2 (They implemented the MVC).
So you cannot upgrade directly,you need to install new VM 2.x and implement your older one changes one by one.Before doing any updation you should keep backup.
I Had found some easy guide
Open your ftp client and go to “server —> administrator —> components” and change “com_virtuemart” to something else, i changed it to “old_com_virtuemart” (you may also do this for “server —> components”
move your product/manufacturer/vendor images into images/stories/virtuemart and there in the right sub-folders. (category, manufacturer, product, vendor)
disable all virtue mart extensions
set your default Joomla frontend language to the one used in the description of your products. It is important to do this step before updating Virtue Mart for installing the correct default Virtue Mart languages tables.
now go to your site and go to the installer
install virtue mart 2.0 (as said before, don’t install 2.1/2.0.1/2.2 etc.)
after the installer is done, install the sample data
after the sample data is installed go back to the installer and install the AIO component
go to the administrator, set the language(s) for your store, even if your store is not multilingual and save the Virtue Mart configuration.
now go to the configuration of in virtue mart and enable “Enable database Update tools”.
after that is done, go to Tools —> tools&migration —> and click on the tab migration
first choosehcoose ”Everything” and then click “Start Migration”
just click “Start Migration” as many times as it takes for all products to migrate
now install jupgrade (http://redcomponent.com/free-downloads/cat_view/931-jupgrade)
after installing is done go to the component jupgrade and click on preferences
make sure “Distribution” is set to Joomla 2.5 and make sure everything is set to “no” except “Keep original positions?” and “Delete previous migration” and save
now click on the big button to upgrade
after the upgrade is done go to www.your-site.com/jupgrade and log-in
(if the components are not upgraded don’t worry, you just have to install them again, but it may take some time…)
if Virtue mart is still on your upgraded site, then you don’t have to follow the steps, go to step 27
install virtue mart 2.0 again and then install the sample data
install the AIO component
Now go to the administrator, set the language(s) for your store, even if your store is not multilingual and save the Virtue Mart configuration.
now go to the configuration of in virtuemart and enable “Enable database Update tools”.
after that is done, go to Tools —> tools&migration —> and click on the tab migration
first choose “Everything” and then click “Start Migration”
No matter which way of VirtueMart upgrading you will choose, don't forget to make a backup of your store data. So in case of any mistake ( it sometimes happen) you will be able to renew your store.
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i have already upgraded my site earlier to Joomla 2.5, but still i am using Joomla1.5 as live site. now i need to fully upgrade but dont want to fully migrate i just need menus and menu items from joomla 1.5 other things are already updated in New Site (Joomla 2.5).
so please tell me the way by which only menu and menu items were migrated i cannot do it manually beacuse they are in thousnds (approx 4000 Menu Items). i have tried by exporting and importing menus databse tables manually, but with no success.
Please advice me
Thanks in Advance
Since you have already done this, you should be familiar with the process of the upgrade/migrate data from Joomla 1.5 to Joomla 2.5.
However much of the success of your attempt is depending also on the overall db changes that might have occurred on your current 1.5 live site.
Given that, you might be just good by only migrating the menu-items, but if any other changes occurred in your website, like changing older articles or categories etc (changes that do not exist on the already upgraded 2.5 site), then you might end with a messy database, if you only try to import the menu items.
In this case, you might want to consider to migrate/upgrade the whole database again, and connect your 2.5 website with this database.
But if you are sure that you only need the menu-items, then follow below:
Probably you used one of the available tools JUpgrade or SP Upgrade. I don't know about JUpgrade, but I would recommend to use the SP Upgrade (paid download), which allows migration of selected db tables.
If this is not the option for you, then perform the full database upgrade with your preferred method (as you have already done), in order to create a fresh new 2.5 database (not do this over the current 2.5). Then you can export/import/replace data from the fresh 2.5 to the old one.
Hope this helps a bit...
I am upgrading magento version 1.5 store to magento version 1.7. Current store has more than 1000 products, more than 100 categories, more than 20 attribute sets, more than 500 customers,more than 500 orders and Database size is more than 600MB.
Above details are mentioned in order to have the idea of store size. Furthermore, I am trying it on local machine with wamp server installed.
Here are the steps involved to upgrade:
Export Current Database (Imported it in gzipped format with option "Disable foreign key checks" checked). As I was unable to export it in normal sql formate due to large size of database.
Created new database and imported the Database exported.
Downloaded fresh 1.7 stable version from magentocommerce.com
Tried to install this fresh magento 1.7 in newly created Database, in which exported database was recently imported.
Next steps were to install theme, copy extensions and copy media folders.
But when I tried to install magento 1.7, it always give me this error :
"This webpage has a redirect loop
The webpage at http://localhost/magento17/index.php/install/ has resulted in too many redirects. "
Here is the link to which I was following:
Link I followed
Note that my main focus is upgrading from 1.5 to 1.7, so much focus must be on that rather then resolving this issue if it is not the right way to do.
And If there is any better and proven way to upgrade to 1.7 from 1.5, kindly share it.
If you want to upgrade you dont need to install and move DB and theme.
Refer this link.
http://www.magentocommerce.com/wiki/1_-_installation_and_configuration/upgrading_magento
Note: If you followed best practices in Magento and didn't modify core code then upgrade should run smoothly.
Expected issues are that your Local and Community folder modules might need some fixes.
I've upgrade my joomla version 1.5.26 to joomla version 2.5.4 and all the things has been upgraded successfully. So when i goes into my joomla module manager admin panel then it is not showing me any kinds of modules which was previously visible in my old version(1.5.26) but in my frontend panel it can be seen easily.Does anyone knows the solution how to fix it?
When you said you migrated, I assume you used an extension such as jUpgrade.
Migrating will update the core file and database tables and thus should show all the core Joomla modules in the Module Manager, however it does not upgrade your 3rd party extensions, therefore you will need to download the Joomla 2.5 compatible versions. This upgrade however, should be showing your core modules in the list.
I hope you took a backup of your 1.5 site. If you did, trying running the upgrade again and if you didn't use jUpgrade, I suggest you do so.
Hope this helps
make sure you're using the standard template for joomla. Go to module manager, choose Administrator in the first filter, and see if all modules are published in actual module positions (i.e. cpanel, status, footer, icon, login, menu, submenu, toolbar I guess that's it for administrator)
Please help!
I have an installation of magento v 1.5.1 and I want to upgrade it to 1.7 but when i try to
list upgrades, this is what i only see:
wp_theme_grayscale: 1.0.7 => 1.4.0
RicoNeitzel_VertNav: 0.3.1 => 0.4.0
Locale_Mage_community_fr_FR: 1.7.0.0 => 1.7.0.1
TBT_Enhancedgrid: 1.3.2.1 => 1.031
any suggestions?
after upgrading all,
and tried to list all upgrades again,
it couldn't see any upgrade anymore.
your help would be much appreciated.
EDIT:
I used this guide. http://turnkeye.com/blog/magento-upgrade-guide/
I did not get any error. the updates above are just the updates that i can see,
OK, I can share my successful experience of upgrading:
Go to System -> Magento Connect -> Magento Connect Manager
Log in using your username and password
Click on “Check for Upgrades” button
4.You will notice that most package rows turn to yellow. These packages are the only that have available updates. Go to each package row, click on “Actions” drop-down menu and select the most current stable version available.
Note: Stable version available may vary for each package. For example, some packages may have 1.7.0.2 upgrade version and others 1.7.0.1 or lower. Don’t bother with this, just pick the latest stable version available.
When you are done selecting upgrade version for all packages, click on “Commit Changes” button.
Now, you have to wait. Give it some time. During upgrading process, you may see various notes or outputs that may be tricky and you may think that the process is done. Well, IT IS NOT. Just wait, give it some more minutes. The process will be done when there is no activity in the “command line” like console for about one minute.
Click on “Refresh” button. You are almost done! Technically, you have completed the upgrade process.
Go to your cPanel file manager or your FTP client and delete EVERYTHING in var/ directory.
Last but not least, reindex data in Admin -> Index Management
When you enter admin section and scroll down, you will notice that it says “Magento ver. 1.7.0.2”
This process worked for me fine.
Please try to run
./mage list-upgrades
In some cases there might be no Mage_* entries in the list. In this case the following command can be used:
./mage install http://connect20.magentocommerce.com/community Mage_All_Latest --force
I got it working now.
what i did is after the upgrade, i re uploaded my database back up, and viola the error is gone. The error has a hint, and yes because of duplicate thing that it could not continue if the table already exist.
I'm trying to upgrade Joomla Version 1.5.20 to Joomla Version 2.5.4.
I've upgraded other CMS's in the past, but Joomla seems to be a little different. Does anyone have any advice as to the best way to upgrade?
So far I've:
Downloaded the entire site
Exported the database via phpMyAdmin
I've installed MAMP and Joomla locally and I'm trying to replicate their site on my machine in attempt to upgrade locally before doing it live. I've loaded the template, but haven't been able to load the content yet.
There seems to be a lot of versions between 1.5.20 and 2.5.4, and it's making me a bit nervous.
You can't directly upgrade from a Joomla! 1.5.x version to the 2.5.x line, it's a migration.
As the 2.5 line is a big change to Joomla! you will have to find 2.5 versions of:
the template you're using
any custom extensions (ie. components, plug-ins, modules etc)
Version 2.5 has new technical requirements so you will need to check that your server meets those.
Once you've got all that resolved.
First thing you should do is upgrade a backup of your 1.5.x site to the latest version ie. 1.5.26 as it fixes some security issues, and the recent versions included 1 or 2 bugs that help with the migration.
Once you have that working you will need to use a migration tool as discussed in this document. Please note that while this document references JUpgrade, you would probably be better off looking at one of the other conversion tools, especially the commercial products (which aren't expensive at all).
We're about half way through migrating over 200 client websites and while we started out with the free 'recommended' component we now use the commercial SP Upgrade (I have no affiliation with this product other than purchasing it and using it happily).
To upgrade joomla the plugin JUpgrade is one of the options. its quite easy tool.
updation can only required some clicks.
Here is steps.
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.
Now 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.
click here = to read More.