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Matias Aguirre edited this page May 27, 2013 · 5 revisions

Overview of jUpgradePRO and how it works

Difference between jUpgrade and jUpgradePRO

A historic overview

Features of jUpgradePRO

Developer profile

Preparing to migrate from 1.5 to 2.5 or 3

Setting up a clean new target 2.5 or 3 site
    New joomla 2.5 target site setup
    New joomla 3 target site setup 
Getting the joomla 1.5 source site ready for migration
    Backup and verification that backup works
    Checking old extensions
    Cleaning the source site
        Cache
        Emptying Trash
        Global Checkin 

Installing jUpgradePRO

Installing Component in target site
    Install Component in joomla 2.5 or 3.0+
Installing Plugin in source site
    Install RESTful plugin in joomla 1.5 source site
    Configure Plugin in joomla 1.5 
Configure Component in joomla 2.5 or 3.0+ target site 

The migration process

Starting the migration
Visual presentation of the migration process 

After the migration is complete

Migration completed. Check that all data is transferred
Manually copy images from source site to target site
Backup 

Migrating templates

Manually copy template from source site to target site
    Migrate/Convert a 1.5 template for use in 2.5 or 3 

Migrating third-party extensions

Migrate extension with the use of Extension Plugins
    Install an Extension Plugin
    How it works 
Manually migrate extensions
    Resources for various extensions 

Known Issues

Default target site temporary user
Source site superadmin to edit after migration
IDs of Modified and Modified by
Module IDs 

Changed Joomla Core Behaviour

Change in the hierarchy of parameter settings 

Troubleshooting

Minimum system requirements
Issues when trying to migrate repeatedly 

Roadmap and "things to come"

Allow for step wise migration without reset of target site
Add support for migrating images
Add support for migrating templates
Continuously ad support for migrating various extension via Extension Plugins 

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