Still using Joomla 1.5?

Hi Brandon,

Awesome!! Thank you for the amazing feedback, enjoy Joomla 3!!

Barnaby

Hi Frank - great!! Thank you for the feedback

Sincerely, Barnaby Dixon

Hi Paulson,

Thank you for your great feedback! Always happy to help. Have a great day too!

All the best - Barnaby

Hi there,

Yes of course :-)

I offer full support and successful migration is guaranteed

All the best, Barnaby Dixon

Hi there George,

Thank you for getting in touch. Yes it does :-)

All the best, Barnaby Dixon

Hi Christiano,

If you need to migrate to a new server or a different database, you will first need to create a new database. Then export the original data using PHPMyAdmin, and import to the new database, again using PHPMyAdmin

All the best, Barnaby Dixon

Follow up pre sales question. What about the template that was custom made? I believe it was based off some template.

Hi there,

Yes it can (actually it can go all the way to the very latest 3.4.7, released yesterday)

The template will need to be updated to work with Joomla 3. Almost all Joomla 1.5 code is deprecated and will not work with the all-new Joomla 3 framework, so it will need to be methodically updated.

Alternatively, I highly recommend installing a new, purpose-built Joomla 3.5 compatible template. That way you'll get full use of the new responsive, mobile-friendly features in Joomla 3.

All the best, Barnaby Dixon

Hi Daniel,

Can MigrateMe migrate 1.5.26 to 3.4.8
and Kunena Forum 2.0.2 on the 15 to 4.0.8 on the 3.4.8 install

thanks
Andrew

Hi Andrew,

Yes - Migrate Me can migrate 1.5.26 to 3.4.8.

And yes it can migrate Kunena for you. It's best to upgrade your Joomla 1.5 system to Kunena 2.0.4, as this avoids a few issues. Once your Joomla 1.5 system is on Kunena 2.0.4 you can migrate as normal.

The way to do it is simply export your database (using DataSafe Pro preferably, but you can also use PHPMyAdmin). Just ensure that the structure and data are in the export. Then set up Joomla 3 in a subdirectory, and install Migrate Me (and nothing else). Then open Migrate Me and upload the 1.5 database backup and follow the instructions provided, and select all data for migration including the Kunena data.

Finally, install the latest version of Kunena, and it'll automatically recognise and work with your original data.

All the best, Barnaby Dixon

Hi Nikhlesh

You will need to use Migrate Me to migrate the data from Joomla 1.5 to Joomla 3.

Then you need to install the latest version of each extension, and also update the template to Joomla 3 compatible. You could also ask your template provider for a suitable upgrade, or select a new Joomla 3 compatible template.

All the best, Barnaby Dixon

Hi there,

Thank you for getting in touch. You will need to install Migrate Me Plus on the original site (usually the Joomla 2.5 administration area). It should then work well as expected.

All the best, Barnaby Dixon

Hi there Brian,

Thank you for getting in touch.

The DataSafe Pro backup is much smaller than the Akeeba one, since it includes the data only, and doesn't include files and folders.

But it should work perfectly with Joomla 1.5. If it doesn't it might be that there's an invalid character or strange feature in the database. If you can email it to me I'll analyse it manually to see what the issue might be.

Thanks & all the best, Barnaby Dixon

Hi Jan,

Thank you for your question.

Yes, the Gold package can be transferred to another admin in the same organisation. Please send me an email before you leave and I can do that for you.

Lifetime support means that it'll be supported as long as Migrate Me Plus exists, and as long as it is feasible to use Migrate Me Plus to upgrade Joomla. At the moment, I am planning to support it as far as Joomla 4.5. Beyond that point, nobody yet knows if Joomla will continue to be supported or developed, or what it will look like. As we get closer to Joomla 4.5 and the development path is specified by the Joomla admins, I will know if Migrate Me Plus will be feasibly useable to migrate.

At a minimum the Gold package will allow you many years of downloads and support.

All the best, Barnaby Dixon

Hi Dennis,

Thank you for getting in touch - I sent two emails in reply to yours, one on Jul 21st at 11:41 AM (UK time) and one on July 20th at 8:22 AM.

Please check your spam folder for these emails; if they haven't arrived for some reason please let me know an alternative email address and I'll re-send them right away.

Thanks & all the best, Barnaby Dixon

Found your responses buried in my spam folder. Thanks for your quick response to my concerns.

Hi there Jeanette,

Thank you for getting in touch.

Yes that's right, you will need Migrate Me Plus to migrate Joomla 2.5 and 3 to the latest versions, and you'll need Migrate Me to migrate your Joomla 1.5 site.

The reason I had to create two individual migration engines is because there are two different underlying frameworks for the different Joomla versions, so they need to use different migration techniques.

I hope that helps.

All the best, Barnaby Dixon

I have 90 articles with the new template/site and about 1000 in the old one.

Hi there,

Thank you for getting in touch.

The problem you'll hit is that there will be a data conflict between your template data and the old Joomla 1.5 data.

Migrate Me does allow you to import data without overwriting existing data, but this will mean your old article IDs are lost - and so you will find that your old inbound links might not work.

The best solution is to migrate your data, overwriting all template data. Then, install the template. And finally, change the template data before you install it, by removing the existing IDs from each insert in the data.

Alternatively, you might find it's better to migrate your Joomla 1.5 data, and create a separate system to house your template demo data. Then, you can use the separate system as a guide for setting up your new Joomla 3 system with your 1.5 data.

I hope that helps. All the best, Barnaby Dixon

Hi Bernard

Please send me a login and the data for migration and I will check to see what's happening for you.

Thanks and all the best, Barnaby Dixon

Hi Elaine,

It looks like your system is unable to send out the backup emails. Please go to DataSafe > Configuration and change 'Send Emails' to 'No'. Then save, and it should continue to work well as normal.

All the best, Barnaby Dixon

Thank you Dave!

Good morning Randal

Thank you for getting in touch. It sounds as though something in the Community Builder data isn't quite working as it should.

Please send me the CB data and I will analyse it manually for you to see what is going on.

Thanks & all the best, Barnaby Dixon

Hi Eddy,

Yes, Migrate Me will migrate Joomla 1.5 > 3.4, and this includes all Virtuemart data.

The proceedure for Virtuemart is as follows:

- Set up Joomla 3
- Install Migrate Me
- Follow the instructions to migrate all Joomla 1.5 data
- Install Virtuemart 3.0.6
- Open Virtuemart > Tools > Migration and click Start Migration to complete the migration process
- Copy all original images from their original Joomla 1.5 folder to the new Joomla 3 folder

On some systems, Virtuemart's Start Migration button will throw some errors, since there are some bugs in their code. I have developed a bug-free version of their code ,which will correctly work with any issues you hit, so if you do hit any errors during the Virtuemart > Tools > Start Migration step, just send me an email and I'll send you the VM code revision

There are no issues with migrating any RS Joomla components, so you should be fine there. Just migrate as normal, and then install the latest version of RSMail.

Hi Christer,

Thank you for your great question. Yes absolutely! Just create a database backup of your original jos_ tables, for example with PHPMyAdmin or with DataSafe Pro. Then migrate the data as normal. It will work exactly as it should, and will migrate all the original jos_ data to the jos3_ tables.

All the best, Barnaby Dixon

Hi there,

Thank you for your question.

Migrate Me Plus automatically creates a development area for you, which allows you to make changes and test, right on your live server, but without affecting in any way the live site. It's a development subfolder, so it's completely separate to the main site.

You can use Migrate Me Plus on your localhost if you like though. The way to do it is: first, copy your live site to the localhost, exactly as it is, so you have a working Joomla 2.5 site on your localhost. Then, install Migrate Me Plus and migrate as normal.

Once migration is complete and you have tested the new Joomla 3 system, please click the Go Live button to complete the migration. Then, remove the live site from your live server, and copy the localhost site to the live server.

All the best, Barnaby Dixon

Hi Bob,

Thank you for getting in touch. To use Migrate Me, you'll need a database dump, which you can get through PHPMyAdmin, and also you'll need to copy over the original images to the new system.

So you won't need to get the 1.5 site running again in order to migrate it to Joomla 3. You'll just need the database dump, and images folder.

All the best, Barnaby Dixon

Hi there,

Yes it does.

All the best, Barnaby Dixon

Hi David,

I don't run the migrations myself since I don't have time to do them individually, but I do offer full support and guarantee that you'll be able to migrate the original system yourself.

You'll need Migrate Me Plus, available here: https://www.php-web-design.com/Joomla-Components/migrate-me-plus-upgrade-to-joomla-3-in-seconds.html

All the best, Barnaby Dixon

Hi David,

Thank you for getting in touch.

Please download and install the latest version of Migrate Me. Then, go to Migrate Me > Configuration and ensure that 'Overwrite content' is set to 'Yes'.

All the best, Barnaby Dixon

Thanks for the fast reply - alas I tried that and it didn't help, but then I began to wonder if this site was indeed as up to date as 1.5 and it seems that on inspecting the CHANGELOG that it wasn't. As the server upgraded the PHP recently (why the site was broken), there's no way I can make the upgrade to 1.5 first. Is there a way I can migrate it to Joomla 3 now at all or will I have to start again? Thanks!

Hi David - is your site still on Joomla 1.0?

If so, please follow the steps outlined here: https://docs.joomla.org/J1.5:Migrating_from_1.0.x_to_1.5_Stable

N.B. you will need a working Joomla 1.0 environment to do this, so you might need to ask your server to roll back your version of PHP temporarily.

Follow steps 1,2 and 3, which will give you a Joomla 1.5 compatible database.

After this, you can use the Joomla 1.5 compatible database to migrate to Joomla 3 with Migrate Me.

All the best, Barnaby Dixon

Time flies doesn't it? These sites were made in 2008 it seems, but a lot has happened since then. It looks like they are both 1.0 sites after all. I'll ask the host about rolling back PHP, but maybe this is just an opportunity for my friends to start again? Thank you.

Hi There,

Thank you for getting in touch.

I think you're probably right, there is an issue with the export of some kind, and you're probably right again, it's to do with something in the jos_community_activities data.

What I suggest is you create a dump with the jos_communities_activities table not included, and run the migration as normal. Then please send me the jos_communities_activities table and data, and I'll check what's happening there.

Thanks! Barnaby Dixon

Thank you for your great feedback!

Barnaby Dixon

Hi Mario,

Thank you for your great feedback! Have a great day!

Barnaby Dixon

Hi there Stacy,

Thank you for getting in touch.

Migrate Me needs to be installed on a Joomla 2.5 or 3 system. You can then migrate the data from the original Joomla 1.5 system.

Please see the included user guide for more information on this part of the process, it's included in the zip package.

All the best,

Barnaby Dixon

Thanks for getting in touch Mohamad,

Please let me know your registered email address to receive support.

Thanks!

Extension is registered by my current email address.

Hi Mohamad,

Thank you for getting back to me. Please try reinstalling K2 - it is possible that the original version is not fully compatible with Joomla 3. Also, please ensure that your .htaccess file is enabled in /mmp_upgrade/ (rename htaccess.txt to .htaccess) . If neither of these solutions works, please send me an admin login and I will check what is happening for you.

Thanks & all the best, Barnaby Dixon

Hi,
K2 have updated to last version [K2 v2.6.9] in first step! (to show my home page correctly)
When htaccess.txt renamed to .htaccess in my xampp server, K2 shows items but there is a 'Strict Standards' warning:
Strict Standards: Only variables should be assigned by reference in C:\xampp\htdocs\mmp_upgrade\plugins\k2\k2additonalcategories\k2additonalcategories.php on line 49
Where line 46-50 in that file is:
function onK2BeforeSetQuery(&$query)
{

$mainframe = &JFactory::getApplication();
$query_parts=explode('WHERE',$query);

Where is my mistake?

Hi Mohamad,

It's not your mistake - it's the coding in the additional categories plugin. If you update this plugin, it should resolve this problem.

Alternatively, you could change the code yourself. You need to change the line

$mainframe = &JFactory::getApplication();

to

$mainframe = JFactory::getApplication();

All the best, Barnaby Dixon

Hi

Additional categories is up to date [V 1.0.1]. So I changed the code myself. It's OK.

Thanks for your responses, good luck.

Hi Tiffany,

Thanks for getting in touch. I can help with this. Please let me know the PayPal email address you used to purchase for support.

Thanks! Barnaby Dixon

Hi there Juan,

You can use Migrate Me to migrate your JoomFish data to Joomla 3, but it will not work with the native Joomla language system.

You will need to install FaLang, and use the Fish2Falang plugin. First, migrate the data, and then set up FaLang, and will recognise the JoomFish data, allowing you to use it in Joomla 3.

All the best, Barnaby Dixon

Hi there Greg!

No need - you can migrate directly from any version of Joomla 1.5 to Joomla 2.5 or 3.

All the best,

Hi there Isabel,

Thank you for getting in touch.

My guess is that the content and categories are migrating too slowly for your server, and it is returning a 'no response' error, which can appear as a blank popup, or as a 500 error.

Please go to Migrate Me > Configuration and change the processing speed to 5, and re-run the migration.

This should ensure that the migration works successfully, but if not, please send me an admin login and the data for migration and I will check to see if there's any issue with the system.

Thanks & all the best, Barnaby Dixon

Hello again Barnaby,

Thank you for your answer

I have changed the configuration but I still have the same problem. Can you tell me an email where I can send you the requested information to give you the acces to my administration panel? Thank you very much in advance

Isabel

Hi there,

Please create a new Joomla 2.5 or 3 site. Then, install Migrate Me on the Joomla 2.5 or 3 system, and follow the instructions to migrate your old Joomla 1.5 data.

All the best, Barnaby Dixon

Also... please note that Migrate Me Plus is used to migrate Joomla 1.6+

To migrate Joomla 1.5 you will need Migrate Me (not Plus)

All the best, Barnaby Dixon

Hi Fred,

Thank you for getting in touch.

Please email me your database backup and I will check to see if there are any issues.

Thanks & all the best, Barnaby Dixon

Hi Greg,

Thank you for your question.

Yes it will update Joomla 1.5.26 to Joomla 3.

It will also assist in migrating Virtuemart 1.1.4. Firstly migrate all data, then install Virtuemart 2, and go to Virtuemart > Tools > Migrate to complete the Virtuemart migration.

And finally you will need to install the Joomla 3 versions of each plugin that you use, to ensure that they're completely up to date and compatible with Joomla 3.

All the best, Barnaby Dixon

Hi there Robert,

Thank you for your question. What slows down the content is the way Joomla integrates the global assets table with the contents table,which makes complex calculations that get more complex as more content is saved. It does have a long term benefit, in faster content searching and performance enhancements, but if you have a large site it can take a long time.

The only real way to speed it up is to add more server resources to your PHP configuration ,such as memory and Cpu. But if that's impossible,or doesn't have a major effect,please send me your data and I will migrate it for you and send it back to you in Joomla 3 compatible format.

All the best,
Barnaby Dixon

I see now the process is slightly different for MigrateMe and MigrateMePlus.

Is there a version that will do both 1.5 and 2.5?

Hi there Adam,

Thank you for getting in touch.

The technology behind Joomla 1.5 is very different to 2.5, which is why it was necessary to have two different migration solutions, which work in a fundamentally different way.

To upgrade Joomla 2.5, please install Migrate Me Plus on your Joomla 2.5 system. This will automatically create a new Joomla 3 environment, and migrate your data, settings, and so forth.

To upgrade Joomla 1.5, you will need Migrate Me. You then need to first set up the 'target' system to receive the Joomla 1.5 data. In this case, you would use your new Joomla 3 environment as you have done - and then install Migrate Me into the Joomla 3 system, and follow the instructions that follow.

I hope that helps!

All the best, Barnaby Dixon

Hi there,

Thank you for getting in touch.

How large is the database that you are migrating?

The migration shouldn't ever 'break' your site - all it does is populate your existing database with the original Joomla 1.5 data.

If you could show me what's going on (perhaps in an email) I'll be happy to work out what's happening for you.

Thanks & all the best, Barnaby Dixon

Since I could not wait, I decided to do whatever necessary in order to get both the template and it's default sample data as well as the imported data all into the list of articles. That was not a simple job.
I actually had to reinstall Joomla manually, install MigrateMe and import the 1,200 articles, change the prefix on the template database dump file, then upload that file via PhpMyAdmin in order that all of the articles 'and' the default template data could coincide in the articles.
Of course, I didn't figure that out until after my 10th or 12th attempt to install Joomla and the template...and MigrateMe.
It would seem to me that MigrateMe could be adjusted so that it will "add" to the articles as opposed to importing from Joomla 1.5 and dropping all data in the _content table first. Both the template "and" MigrateMe wanted that control over the content, and both were dropping all data in order to import their own data.
Any thoughts?

Hi there Thomas,

Thank you for your great comment there - and sorry for my slow response.

It is not technically possible to have both demo data and 'actual' data in the same Joomla system without some major data rewrites. There will be countless conflicts, not least with the article IDs.

The only way that it's possible to do this is to remove all IDs from your demo data, but this will mean that none of the data matches up - the demo articles will be in the wrong categories, the menu items won't link in and so forth.

The best (and recommended) way forward is to set up a secondary system using just the demo data, so you can easily see how it's set up. Then, make changes to your primary system using your 'actual' data, copying the styling and content from the demo system.

The other option, which is sometimes but not always provided by template vendors, is to manually set up your modules and other settings using the template guide.

And a final option is to go to Migrate Me > Configuration and set 'overwrite content' to 'No'. This will migrate your data, but it will automatically remove all IDs to avoid conflicts. Your data will be migrated, but it will usually end up with incorrect categories, article aliases and menu links.

I hope that helps!

All the best - Barnaby Dixon

Hi Barnaby,

In the interest of others I thought it would be nice to provide them with some options in case they have a similar situation.

You pointed out a few options, but I think it depends on how the user has set up their Joomla site before importing the old data.

However, clearly the new templates created for Joomla are FAR too complicated. Personally, I use Artisteer and create my own. Doing that allows me the freedom to create whatever I want, but the template doesn't control the data in the site - only the design. It's possible to click a button to import sample data just for the template - which will NOT overwrite the content.

The template I used for this client was extremely complicated. To "copy" the settings, modules, etc., from a "test" site into the working site would have taken days.

As I'm considering other options now, I realize that if I'd just created Joomla, installed MigrateMe, imported the data, installed the template, that would leave me with everything necessary for the new template to work except the content.
At that point, I could have created the articles and associated them with the appropriate categories, etc. That would have been several hours, but better than days.

In the end, "my" method that I actually used, once I figured it out, was only 20 minutes work.
Part of that was to import the template sql file into a local text database. Then I exported that data making sure to "un-check" the error notification during export. That allows the data to "import" into another database, retains the id's for everything, but won't stop importing because there is an already existing primary key...which is what stops the import in the first place.

I'm just saying that, perhaps, it would be possible to update MigrateMe to allow for import without overwriting current content data.
The reason I continue this discussion is because more and more people are using the complicated templates that are created from companies like TemplateMonster which are "so" complicated that there is no way the average user or developer will be able to install that template "and" use MigrateMe. It can be done, but only if you go through a process as I have outlined.

Thank you for listening. I hope you can come up with a resolve. I'm certain you know more about database and migration techniques than I.

Interesting - your solution sounds like a good one, although how are you doing with ID conflicts?

You're absolutely right, newer templates are way too complex, and need to allow for pre-existing data. If the templates were programmed well, it could be done, but I think the creators are often lazy and don't create demo content that can work around existing content.

Migrate Me does allow you to migrate data without overwriting existing content - under Migrate Me > Configuration. However, as I mentioned before, this by definition will mean that some things don't work as expected, for example, categories will often not be associated correctly with articles, and menu items will be incorrect. However, if you just want your articles imported, it's a viable option.

You can also migrate JUST the categories, content and menu items, leaving you with a very usable system, but leaving the demo template modules and plugins in place.

Anyway great work on your solution, and best of luck with the rest.

Barnaby

Hi Thomas,

Thank you for your great question! If you leave MigrateMe installed, it means you can re-run the migration in the future if you need to, but if you're happy with the migrated data there's no need to leave it installed.

All the best, Barnaby Dixon

Hi There,

I have purchased the plugin but I have a couple of questions... Where should I send these questions?
I have sent an email on Contact Us page and posted a comment here but haven't heard back yet.

Cheers,

Hi Ramtin!

It’s really strange… The first question I also wrote on Contact Us page (http://www.php-web-design.com/Barnaby-Dixon.html) and the answer got after a couple of hours. The further correspondence was faster and the help I got even in evenings and during the holidays.

And what’s more – when I got the first answer I understood that I have specified an incorrect e-mail address on Contact Us page, but Barnaby somehow had found a right one (probably through the social networks) and answered me. I think that it’s an indicator of true care about clients.

I just guess that maybe it is vocation time…? Or maybe check your spam folder?

Hi Ramtin,

Very sorry! We migrated servers last week, and somehow I missed your last comment. I have replied now. Please let me know if you have any further questions.

You can download the user guide if needed from http://www.php-web-design.com/docs/migrateme.pdf

Cheers!

Barnaby Dixon

Hi there Ramtin,

Thank you for your question.

Yes, Migrate Me Plus supports community builder. I am not sure about Joomla Quiz, since I haven't used it myself, but I have not had any reports that the migration hasn't worked; and of course, if you need any assistance during migration please just let me know.

All the best,

Barnaby Dixon

Hi Manos,

This would also be true if you installed the template with demo data on your 'live' site. It would override your existing articles and modules. Unfortunately, it is not possible to have both your 'normal' and your demo data on the same system.

I would recommend you set up a template demo site alongside your regular site if you want to see how the template is set up. Also, you can usually check your template documentation to see how to configure it for a pre-existing site.

All the best, Barnaby Dixon

Hi there Anna,

You are right - Migrate Me will migrate your data, but not your template. You will need a Joomla 2.5 template, and yes you should install it without the demo data.

In general your original template creator will have an update for Joomla 2.5, but if not, I'd recommend updating to a different template, to take advantage of the new functionality provided by Joomla 2.5

All the best, Barnaby Dixon

Hi Steven,

If you have the latest version of JCE and TinyMCE, my guess would be the settings associated with each user.

Please go to User Manager > [Select user] > Basic Settings, and set Editor to 'Use Default' for your main Super Admin user.

Then log in as that user, and see if the editor works.

If not, it'll likely be the editor 'access' permissions. Check the editor is enabled in the Plugins Manager, and also that the Access is correctly set (usually it's Public). Then save and ... hopefully it'll work!

Hope that helps, let me know if it doesn't kick in for you (and also disable your cache so that the settings actually take effect).

All the best - Barnaby Dixon

Hi there Angela,

Thank you for your email. You'll be fine to just purchase once and use on all 14 systems :-)

I don't have a test version, but all purchases do come with a full money back guarantee.

All the best, Barnaby Dixon

Hi Carol,

Personally I would install it after migration, but it won't affect the migration - feel free to install it when you like.

All the best, Barnaby Dixon

Hi there,

Thank you for your question. Please send me the log for analysis - but also please ensure that your Joomla cache is turned off so that any changes to the system are reflected in the live site.

Thanks & all the best, Barnaby Dixon

I will reply to my own post, and at the very same time say a thousand thanks to Barnaby Dixon for finding the error and solving the issue for me! :-)

Yo guys can disregard my "bad" rating eralier, as the fault was on my side with using double prefix (j15_jos_) instead of the single I should have used, following the standard (jos_).

Yet again, thank you Barnaby for an excellent product!

Sincererely
/Bjarne Dahlin - happy customer!

Yes - it does work correctly. You just need to update Kunena to version 2.0.4 BEFORE migration, so that the data is correctly updated.

All the best, Barnaby Dixon

Hi Gregor,

Thank you for your email. This is a message you'll get if the server can't download the remote Joomla upgrade package, due to a CURL failure (which is a PHP extension).

It's possible that the remote package was temporarily unavailable, for example, the remote site was down. I have checked and it's definitely up now, so I'd recommend that you simply try again.

If you get this message again, it means there is a problem with the CURL extension on your server - if so, please email me and I will send you a custom version of Migrate Me Plus that allows you to save the Joomla 3.3 package to the system manually.

All the best, Barnaby Dixon

Hi Daniel,

Thank you for your question. Please first purchase Migrate Me, and then you can download it from the 'Downloads' link.

All the best, Barnaby Dixon

Hi Frank,

Thanks for your question. Your data will be maintained by the migration tool, but quite often the extensions themselves will need to be updated. If the distributor is good they are often happy to send you the update for Joomla 3.3, it's worth asking :-)

You can just install the updates as needed after migration is complete.

All the best, Barnaby Dixon

Hi there David,

Thank you for your question. And yes - you can set up the new site using the same database, this will not be a problem at all.

Migrate Me can be successfully used to migrate databases up to 2Gb - the largest I've run myself was 1.5Gb so it can be done! Just let me know if you hit any trouble - with larger migrations sometimes you need to tweak some server settings. There are also some detailed instructions in the included user guide to show how to run the full migration with a large site.

All the best, Barnaby Dixon

Hi there Juan,

Thank you for your email.

The problem is that the database size is larger than your server's upload limit.

There are two basic routes you can follow to resolve the issue.

You can either increase the server upload limit - or else you can also upload the file using FTP.

Please check the troubleshooting area of the user guide for full instructions on each method.

I hope that helps, please let me know if you need any more assistance.

All the best, Barnaby Dixon

Thanks for your prompt answer, Barnaby, but that's not the problem. I can indeed upload the file without problems, I see the upload bar progressing and at the end I get an "Upload completed" message, but then nothing more happens! The progress bar disappears and the only thing I can see is the "select file button", as before.

I've tried every single method in the troubleshooting section, I have Safe mode OFF, Available memory: 256Mb, AJAX enabled, Maximum import size: 64Mb... PHP version is 5.3, I've tried with the last versions of both Google Chrome and Firefox... but nothing changes :-( I still stay stuck in step 1

Something that I've observed is that in the source code I can read some things that I can't see on the component page:

Resume your last migration?
An incomplete migration has been detected. Would you like to resume your last migration?
No
Yes

Step 1: Import your Joomla! 1.5 backup
Sorry! This is extension is built in HTML5.You'll need to use a modern browser such as Google Chrome.

Step 2: Select the data to migrate
Analysing your database...

Select All

Begin migration

Any hint?

Hi Juan,

The code that you've sent me is what you can use if you manually upload the file using FTP. You will find instructions on how to do this in the Migrate Me user guide.

My guess is that the file is not correctly uploading, or else cannot be read after it is uploaded, so you will likely have more success with the FTP upload method.

Please let me know how it goes. If it still doesn't work, please send me an admin login and I'll work out what the issue is.

Thanks & all the best, Barnaby Dixon

Still doesn't work with the manual upload. No tables options appear in the component. I've sent you the access data to the admin panel through the contact form. Thanks for your help!

Hi Juan,

I have tried many times to contact you via email so that I can help but I think you're not getting my emails.

Please call me directly on +44 785 646 3357.

Thanks

Hi Juan,

I have tried many times to contact you via email so that I can help but I think you're not getting my emails.

Please call me directly on +44 785 646 3357.

Thanks

Hi Hans,

Great question there. The easiest way to update with the latest content is to re-run the migration, and select 'Content', 'Categories' and 'Menus'. This should be enough to update your system with the new contente.

All the best,
Barnaby Dixon

Thanks Gerard! I'm glad your system is saved :-)

Hi Michael,

A fair rating :-)

The error you got means that there has been a problem reading or saving the sql file as temporary tables. Unfortunately this could be for a wide range of reasons for example: your database user might not have 'create' permissions. The most common reason, however, is that there is an issue with encoding.

I recommend that you upload the gzip compressed version of the datasafe backup, which will automatically make sure that the encoding is perfectly accurate, and will avoid any issues with non-ASCII characters. Please just upload the file as insert.sql.gz and it should be recognised by Migrate Me, and you should be able to continue... but if not please send me the database to support AT php-web-design.com and I will check if there are any errors or issues with it.

Thanks & all the best, Barnaby Dixon

I need to upgrade my previous rating to 6 stars out of 5. Its really that good. My web site has a very large and complicated data base; had some difficulty getting a clean backup loaded. But thanks to some very excellent support it got done. From there the migration process was very simple. Saved me TONS of time. This product is worth every penny and then some, especially considering the top notch support.

Thanks for your great rating Michael!

Hi Kendrick

Thanks for your excellent question.

The process is actually relatively simple. You set up the new Joomla system in a subfolder (e.g. /upgrade/) so that it can be tested and set up independently of the live site.

Then, once you're ready to go live, create a new folder in the root called /backup/. Then, using FTP, move everything from the root folder to the backup folder - and that way you have a backup if you need it for any reason. Then move everything from your /upgrade/ subfolder to the root, and it'll be 'live'.

The full moving process using FTP usually will take only a few moments, so your live site should only be down for say 5 minutes.

I hope that helps! All the best, Barnaby Dixon

Hi there Alan

Thank you for your great question.

Basically Migrate Me will migrate the data for ANY third party extension, but it's also worth checking if the extension distributor has their own migration method, as it will be more accurate.

But that said, generally you will be able to migrate third party extensions as follows:

- Create your new Joomla 2.5 or 3.2 system
- Install Migrate Me
- Migrate your data
- Install the latest Joomla 3.2 compatible version of each extension

And your system should correctly have migrated all data and updated it to the latest data schematics where necessary.

I hope that helps. All the best,

Barnaby Dixon

On the instructions at the top it says, firstly install the new extensions and then migrate data. Here barnaby replies to firstly migrate data and then install the newest extensions. I'm confused, which process is the right one?

Hi Chris

Great question, and I'm sorry that I raised confusion with my last answer

The answer is that is it usually better to install the required components on the system prior to migration. This ensures that the menu, in particular, knows 'which' component each link is trying to point to, and updates them as required.

However, if you're also upgrading individual components, say from version 1 to version 2, this can mean the add-on data schematics aren't correct. So in this case, it's better to first migrate your data, but then to install the upgraded version of the component to ensure your data schematics are correctly upgraded.

I hope that makes sense - please let me know if you need more detail for a specific migration or third party extension upgrades.

All the best, Barnaby Dixon

Thanks for the quick answer. So if i understand correctly, for me that i have joomla 1.5 and want to upgrade to version 3, i will have to migrate data first and then install the new components, right?

Hi Chris

If you're upgrading the components you should install the upgrade AFTER migration; however if you're using the same version number of each component you should install BEFORE migration :-)

All the best

Hi there

For this you should just use the inbuilt Joomla update functionality.

Migrate Me and Migrate Me Plus are used for major upgrades, not minor.

All the best - Barnaby Dixon

After further consideration, maybe I should move to 3.x? I didn't realize 2.5 only has 9 months of development support left. Can Migrate Me take a site from 1.5 to 3.x?

Hi Doug

Yes, Migrate Me will migrate you to Joomla 3.2

It does not update a template, you will need to find a Joomla 3.2 version of your template, or else choose a new compatible template

All the best, Barnaby Dixon

Hi there

Thank you for your question. Migrate Me is the #1 rated migration component, and is backed with a full money back guarantee, along with full support and a great user guide. It'll work :-)

And yes you can purchase just once and use the extension as many times as you like.

All the best, Barnaby Dixon

Thank you Barnaby for the quick reply. I look forward to trying it out!!

Hi Peter,

Thank you for your question. I suspect that the problem will be a problem with the initial data export, or perhaps a data schematic difference if the version of k2 is different.

Very happy to take a look and run the process for you if you like.

All the best, Barnaby Dixon

Barnaby (for some reason this blog will only let me reply to my own comment)

Well, I was right in my excellent estimation of your software, not only because of the speedy reply. I ran the process in Joomla 3 and every imported perfectly: all my ratings, hits, etc. The image attachments are the only thing that seem to have gone missing. Any quick fix for that?

Hiya Peter,

Great! Yes all you'll need to do is copy your original images folder into the new Joomla 2.5 system folder, and it'll work perfectly for you.

All the best, Barnaby Dixon

Barnaby

I'm still having problems viewing the imported k2 items at the front end of joomla 3.0. All the items are there in the k2 list and set to public viewing. Images and titles appear at the front end, but no item when you click through. I hear the permission system changed in 2.5 plus. Is there a simple database query I can run on K2 which might solve this? Or a setting in migrate me I've missed.

I also can't see any image fields in the listing, and though I've imported all the images to the image folder, that field also seems to get stripped out

Best

Peter

Hi Peter,

Please send me a link to the upgraded site (via support AT php-web-design.com) and I'll have a quick check to see if I can spot what the issue is. I suspect it'll be an SEO extension needs to be flushed or something like that.

Cheers! Barnaby

Barnaby

Once again your prompt response completely confirming the value of your software and service

The site - still in very early days of development - is in the subfolder peterjukes.com/joomla3

Best

Peter

Hi again Peter

Thank you for showing me the site. As far as I can tell it's an SEO component or similar that needs to have its cache purged, or its list of URL redirects refreshed.

I'm not sure which one you use - is it the standard Joomla SEO extension? If so you might like to go to Admin > System > Clear Cache, select everything and clear it. Or if it's SEOSh404Sef you will need to go to the list of urls and click the 'purge URLs' button.

If neither of those help please send me an admin login (please reply privately instead of on the comments) and I'd be happy to work it out for you.

All the best, Barnaby Dixon

Hi Wilson

Thank you for your question - it sounds like you did the migration just perfectly. Have you also installed the latest version of Kunena on your new system? And you exported your data for migration after updating Kunena on the old system?

All the best - Barnaby Dixon

I did not upgrade Kunena on the old Joolma prior to the migration. If I do that and then export the database again, would I be able to rerun MigrateMe for only the Kunena tables and just bring that data in?

Thanks for the speedy reply!

Wilson

Hi Wilson

Yes exactly, you'll just need the kunena data, and you can just avoid all the data that's correctly migrated.

All the best - Barnaby

Hi Barnaby,

The Kunena database was able to migrate after I had upgraded Kunena on the 1.5 installation. Thanks for you help with that. There was only one issue after the Kunena migration. In the user database the banned date was set to all zeroes instead of . This had the effect of banning every user from the forum until I can set that field back to . Do you know if there is an easy tool that will allow me to get to this data and change that entire column's data at once (Every record for that field)? If not, it looks like I may be doing the individual un-banning inside Kunena's interface which means 1 click per user times 1700 users. Thanks again for all of your help. MigrateMe saved me a least a week of migration woes!

Hi Wilson

Thanks for the update. That's strange - there's nothing in Migrate Me that would have affected the user banned field. But yes, you can 'bulk update' your fields. In PHPMyAdmin, enter the query

"UPDATE `jos_kunena_users` SET `banned` = NULL"

You will need to change jos_ to your relevant joomla prefix.

All the best - Barnaby Dixon

That worked perfectly. Thanks much for all your help. We're successfully migrated. Great job on this software! Wilson

Hi Philip

Thank you for your comment, and thank you so much for notifying me about this issue. It has been corrected in the latest version.

The same issue is mitigated as far as possible for other components, you shouldn't hit this problem again, but if you do please let me know.

All the best, Barnaby Dixon

tks for the reply, eventually isolated the error, it was an updated free plugin which others have have had problems with in Joomla 3; confusingly appeared as a component.

Hi Michael

Thank you for your comment - the error is that your database backup is too large for your system to accept. I recommend that you upload the backup using FTP. Please see the troubleshooting part of the user guide for full details on where to upload it.

You can also increase the PHP upload limitation - you'll find instructions on this also in the user guide.

All the best - Barnaby Dixon

Hi, I need some help ... having the same issue like Michael. The SQL file is already uploaded via ftp, that´s not the problem. The 500 error appears during "analyzing" the SQL file. The file is quite big - about 300 MB unzipped. Compatibility Check says "Maximum import size: 200Mb" - does that refer to upload or uploaded size?

Thanks for advice!

Hi Peter,

I think that you are running out of memory, or possibly hitting a timeout, while the file is being analysed.

Please send me a link and login to the admin area where you are trying to use it and I will check out what is happening.

Thanks & all the best,

Barnaby Dixon

Hi there Tom

I'm afraid it'll upgrade Joomla 1.5 data only. You'll need to first upgrade your Joomla 1.0 system to 1.5 - there are instructions online, for example here: http://docs.joomla.org/J1.5:Migrating_from_1.0.x_to_1.5_Stable

I hope that helps. All the best - Barnaby Dixon

Hi there Carlos

Thank you for your email.

You have done everything correctly, but if Migrate Me cannot read the file it is usually corrupted in some way.

You could try an export without gzip compression, and see if it works.

Alternatively please try a DataSafe Pro backup, and then after you upload your backup, just select the users and articles tables, and it should work correctly.

Thanks & all the best - Barnaby Dixon

thanks!! That did the trick :D

Hi there Sam

Thank you for your questions.

Yes absolutely, you can use this tool to migrate to Joomla 3.

Unfortunately, most Joomla 1.5 components and templates are not Joomla 3 compatible, so you'll need to upgrade them as necessary. Your modules and module data are migrated as much as possible - especially for example, custom HTML modules and menu modules, which are standard.

All the best,
Barnaby Dixon

Gday Becky!

When you install your new Joomla 2.5 system you do it exactly as normal, so you'll need to create a new database and install the new system using that.

The old bak_jos_ tables are likely from an old backup, which you won't need during migration. Just include the jos_ tables in your database dump and you should be fine.

All the best,
Barnaby Dixon

Hi there Kb

Thank you for your question.

Please increase your memory level to 128Mb as described in the User Guide, so that Migrate Me is able to run. This will also improve your Joomla user experience, since it will make the system much more responsive.

All the best, Barnaby Dixon

Hi there Kb

Thank you for your question.

Please increase your memory level to 128Mb as described in the User Guide, so that Migrate Me is able to run. This will also improve your Joomla user experience, since it will make the system much more responsive.

All the best, Barnaby Dixon

Hi there Egoli

Thanks for your question. Yes, you can use Migrate Me to migrate from Joomla 1.5 to 3.

Migrate Me Plus is for migrating systems from Joomla 1.6 onwards to the latest version of Joomla.

All the best,
Barnaby Dixon

Hi there Mark

Thanks for your question. The easiest and fastest way is to just grab your current images folder using FTP, and copy it into your new Joomla folder, so that it merges with the new system's images folder. Then all your old images should show up.

Let me know how it goes!

All the best, Barnaby Dixon

Hi there Patrick

Thanks for your question. Usually this error pops up either because your backup doesn't have the full structure and data included in the file, or because Migrate Me can't create temporary tables in your database for some reason (which is usually because the database user doesn't have CREATE permissions).

If you check the log at /administrator/components/com_migrateme/log.txt it should have further information.

All the best,
Barnaby Dixon

Hi Barnaby,
wow this was a fast answer. Thanks.

Unfortunately the log.txt is empty.

The sql file is a standard db export with phpmyadmin and i can import the file in an empty database without any problemes.

I checked the folder permissions. They are also O.K.
The database user is root on my local system. This could not be the problem.

Is it possible that migrate me don't find the file after the upload?

Regards
Patrick

Good Morning Barnaby,
i got a solution.

The problem was the sql file i exported with phpmyadmin.

Aftre some hours of sleep i use mysqldump on the terminal. Now i can import the dump.

Regards Patrick

Great! Thanks for the update.

If you have accents or non-ASCII content you just need to ensure that the database is UTF-8 encoded and exported as a gzip compressed file, and then everything should work perfectly.

Thanks & have a wonderful holiday,
Barnaby Dixon

Hi there Nik

Thanks for your question.

The problem is most likely that your database user doesn't have create or insert permissions for the Joomla database. Please check - and it should work so long as the permissions are in place.

The mm_ tables it's trying to create are temporary tables, and make the migration much faster - they're removed after migration is complete

I hope that helps. Let me know how it goes.

All the best - Barnaby Dixon

It work well thankkkkkks again for this and your very gracefull help

Hi Gretchen

Thank you for your excellent feedback, it's so useful, and many people don't take the time, so thank you :-)

In response to some specific points:
1) Yes you do need to choose database tables carefully. I recommend that you do not use any other migration tool alongside MigrateMe as it can cause conflicts - so best to uninstall them before you use Migrate Me
2) Yup - unfortunately there's no way to do this automatically, each extension needs the Joomla 3 version installed.
3) Good idea. You can migrate the docman tables separately after other data has migrated, and leaving them til last is a great idea.
4) Correct, Migrate Me doesn't currently transfer your images or media folders, but I'm looking into adding that as a feature for the future. Thanks for the great idea!
5) Yes some options (particularly for plugins) need to be reassigned for upgraded plugins
6) Hm - category blogs should have been automatically set up; please just migrate the menu and categories data together so they can read each other during migration. That way the menus will correctly read and set up the categories.

Thanks again! Barnaby Dixon

Hi there
You can select exactly what data you want to migrate during the migration process. If you migrate data for an extension that is not installed it will still migrate, but will not necessarily integrate properly with the rest of the system - particularly with the menu. It's safest to install the extension before you migrate your data. You can also not select the data, and wait until you have installed the extension.
All the best
Barnaby Dixon

Hi there

Thanks for your question. If you use the same version of the SEF extension on your new system it will migrate just fine. Otherwise, some extensions (for example my favourite, SH404Sef) include their own migration techniques.

All the best - Barnaby Dixon

You're welcome! Thanks for the feedback

Hi there Jose,

Thank you for your question. Yes, MigrateMe will migrate Joomla 1.5.23 to Joomla 2.5.11.

It will work just fine on a XAMPP server.

Thanks & all the best - Barnaby Dixon

Hi there

Thank you for your email.

You need to install Joomla 2.5 before you migrate your data. If you use a separate folder, you can ensure that your migration will not disturb your current live website at all.

You can install your new Joomla 2.5 system in any folder you like. Please follow the instructions from joomla.org to install Joomla.

All the best - Barnaby Dixon

Hi there Beth

Thank you for your question. Just to confirm: yes, user accounts are completely migrated, along with their passwords and you will be able to log in immediately to the new system once the data is in place.

All the best - Barnaby Dixon

After I migrate on my own server I get the message:
500: Something happend
back to controlpanel

What did I do wrong?

Hi Pieter,

You are correct - you need to install a separate Joomla 2.5 system, in a separate folder such as /upgrade/. This allows you to develop without risk that you lose your current Joomla 1.5 site.

When your upgrade is complete and tested, simply delete your old Joomla system, and then move your Joomla 2.5 system to the main public_html folder.

RE: the 500 error, please check your home default menu item. It might be a deprecated view (such as a section view) or it could be a view based on a component that you haven't yet installed (such as if you haven't yet installed K2)

Ensure that the home view is correct and save any changes. You should then be able to view the frontend.

All the best - Barnaby Dixon

Hi David,

Please ensure that your registered email address matches your main PayPal address.

Cheers
Barnaby Dixon

Great + thanks for your feedback!

If you install K2 before migrating your data the menu migration will be able to recognise it and update your links accordingly. Now that K2 is installed you should be able to remigrate your menu data, and it'll point to K2 correctly.

All the best - Barnaby Dixon

Please ensure your version of PHP is 5 or later.

Great question! As far as I am aware no other migration tool properly saves the articles categories and menu items in the assets table. This causes major problems when rearranging, saving and deleting data.
Migrate Me is the only tool available to correctly save your articles and other data as native Joomla 2.5/3 articles.
Hope that helps

Hi there,

Your article IDs are perfectly maintained, which means your original Google links will work and point to your new pages. Google will slowly start to recognise the (slightly changed) Joomla link format and update its search engine accordingly, but you should not lose any pagerank. To speed up the process and still maintain your full pagerank, you could also add some wildcard 301 redirects to your .htaccess.

Where you have deprecated page views (for example, section views are no longer available in Joomla 2.5+) you will need to capture the click and redirect to a suitable page to avoid a 404.

If you use SH404Sef, or another good SEO component, you will be able to maintain all your original links just by using the 'purge' function to ensure the component is using the new link format.

All the best - Barnaby Dixon

Thanks for your great feedback JP, have a wonderful summer!

Barnaby

Hi Nicolas,

Thank you for your question. The migration will complete but might take a long time. If you are able to remove unneeded tables such as the session table before migration it will make things faster. Also if you can use gzip compression it will make the backup much more manageable.

Please just ensure that your post_max_size and upload_max_size variables are large enough to accept the database.

Please let me know how it goes. In the past for very large databases I have also run the migration myself for customers on my very powerful php server. I can do that for you if you like and email you back the migrated data?

All the best
Barnaby Dixon
PHP Web Design

Hi there Mone,

Thanks for your comment. Yes your old Joomla 1.5 site will stay active as long as you want it to. You need to create a new Joomla 3 environment for your data, and then use Migrate Me to migrate it. You can use both systems side by side while you set up the Joomla 3 system as you want it.

All the best - Barnaby Dixon

Hi Kristen,

Please check that your default menu item points to a component that is installed and active.

You could also just set your default menu item to a simple article, or frontpage view, so that the frontend is quickly visible.

All the best - Barnaby Dixon

Hi Mike,

This means that the database upload is larger than your server can accept.

Please set the following settings in your php.ini (or ask your server admins to do this for you):

post_max_size = 32M
max_upload_size = 32M

Just ensure that the limit you set is larger than your database import.

Thanks & all the best, Barnaby Dixon

Stripped out the stats data from j4age and that got the sql file down to under 32Mb. Thanks for the heads-up. All databases migrated. Mike

Hi Boris,

Please check that the settings have taken effect. You can also check the local value of the settings in Admin > System > System Information > PHP Information.

You might need to restart the server, or additionally check any settings in your .htaccess for the changes to take effect.

All the best
Barnaby Dixon

Hi Boris,

The variables that are checked are:

- safe_mode (should be 'off')
- memory_limit (should be 128Mb or more)
- post_max_size (should be greater than your database filesize)
- upload_max_filesize (should be greater than your database filesize)

You can see the variable checks in /administrator/components/com_migrateme/views/default/view.html.php

All the best - Barnaby Dixon

i got it changed to 600mb and i checked in the admin system php info and it say that it is 600mb but the program say it is 267mb max. My file is almost 600mb but i have compress it to 69mb. it went through but when analyzing it an error came out and it said this: syntaxerror unexpected token F
error details statue 200
error response
fatal error allowed memory size 26835456 exhasted to to allocate 102956308 in the code line 59 please contact php-web-design.com
I called the window but it is still analyzing so i don't know if i should try again or wait its been over an hour,
Please advice

Hi Boris,

It sounds like there is still not enough memory to process the database migration. Are you able to remove some surplus tables such as the session table and any other temporary tables?

Barnaby

Thanks so much for your support, it worked great.
If you are thinking about getting this extension? stop thinking just get it!! you will not regret it!

Hello Flavia,

Please just ensure that your POST_max_size and the upload_max_size variables are set big enough in your php.ini to accept your database.

You can see the maximum import size in the 'Compatibility check' box.

You need to update the variables, and save your php.ini. On some servers this should take effect immediately, but on others you may need to reload. If your server has support, you could also ask your server admins to make this change for you.

All the best,
Barnaby Dixon

Hi there Don,

Yes you can use any directory you like for your new Joomla 2.5 server; Migrate Me will work just fine with any setup you choose.

Re: the template, yes it is technically possible to migrate your template without the zip file. What you'll need to do is download your template folder using FTP, and ensure all the files mentioned in the template xml file are included. Then, just rezip the folder, and you should be able to install it directly into Joomla.

All the best - Barnaby Dixon

Hi Casandra,

Unfortunately some of the other migration components do not work, and we have had multiple reports of problems.

Migrate Me does work, and will be able to migrate your website correctly, including updating the asset table and taking care of all technical considerations. You'll just need a fresh Joomla 2.5 install and your database backup to get started.

All the best - Barnaby Dixon

Hi Steve,

You need to export your Joomla 1.5 database - you can do this very fast in PHPMyAdmin, or else by using our free DatasafePro extension.

Once you have the database, you install Migrate Me on your new Joomla 3 system, and upload the database. Migrate Me then takes care of all the data and migrates all content to Joomla 2.5/3 compatible.

All the best - Barnaby Dixon

Just migrated. Be sure your 1.5 database tables suffix are labeled jos otherwise it won't work. I had a specific suffix which was not recognized and had to rename them all to make it happen.
Best
Philippe

Hi Philippe,

Thank you for your comment. Actually Migrate Me should work perfectly with all prefixes except for a very few reserved prefixes.

Please just ensure you have the latest version of Migrate Me and it should migrate all tables regardless of the table prefix.

All the best - Barnaby Dixon

Hi there Ole,

Thank you for your email. Yes absolutely you can use Migrate Me to make the update.

Please just ensure you do not migrate any JUpgrade data and you will be fine.

All the best
Barnaby Dixon

Hi there Rowby,

All articles are migrated and upgraded to Joomla 3 in one go, so you can't specify just individual articles for import.

Sorry about that.

All the best,
Barnaby Dixon

Hi Gerd,

I am guessing that you previously used JUpgrade? Unfortunately when used alongside Migrate Me it corrupts data, and will cause issues like this.

Our advice is to not use JUpgrade, but if you have already tried it, ensure you do not import any JUpgrade data or tables during import time.

The best solution now is to access your administrator area if you can, and use your browser to go to administrator/?option=com_migrateme. Then re-import your data, but ensure you do not import the JUpgrade tables.

All the best
Barnaby Dixon

Hi Barnaby,
thank you for your rapid answer!
I have deinstall JUpgrade before I start the Migration. Now I migrate against in a new installation with new database and select only the Joomla tables. But after migration the administration lool like before without icons and menu.

What´s happened?

Hi there Marty,

Thanks for your comment. Please check your max_upload_size and post_max_size configuration settings are larger than your database import size. Most standard settings should be fine for regular databases, but for really large databases, you might need to change them.

You can check the current settings in Admin > System information > PHP Information, and you can change the settings by editing your php.ini file, or by asking your server admins.

Thanks & all the best,
Barnaby Dixon

Hi there Heiko,

Please use a HTML5 enabled browser such as Google Chrome, or Mozilla Firefox, and ensure you have the latest version of the software installed (version 1.3.1).

Thanks & all the best,
Barnaby Dixon

I use Mozilla Firefox and migrate me Version 0.4.5

Best regards,
Heiko

Please upgrade to the latest version of Migrate Me. You can download the latest version using the 'download' button in the menu bar. Thanks!

Barnaby Dixon

After reinstall and new version it works fine! Great tool! Many thanks!

Hi there,

Yes absolutely. You'll migrate all your article data, menus, categories, and so on, from Joomla 1.5 to 2.5.

All the best - Barnaby Dixon

Hi there Annette,

Thank you for your comment. My guess is that your 'home' link is pointing to an extension that you haven't yet installed on your Joomla 3 system. The fastest way to fix it so that your new Joomla 3 system works is to go to the Menu Manager, and edit the link marked 'Home'. If you set it to a standard Joomla link (e.g. Featured Articles) it should work just fine.

All the best,
Barnaby Dixon

Also will this work on Joomla1.7 to 2.5 with different $secret values?

Hi Peter,

Passwords are not automatically updated. You will remain logged into your new Joomla system after upgrade, and your original 'Super user' admin login will still work, but the password algorithms have changed, so you'll need to reassign passwords for each user.

All the best - Barnaby Dixon

Hi Helen,

I should think that JomSocial will have their own migration system if there are any major changes between their component for Joomla 1.5 and 2.5/3.0.

If not though, MigrateMe is able to grab all your old JomSocial data, and it will import very fast so long as there is no difference in the database structure in Joomla 2.5/3.0. In fact, almost any extension should upgrade just fine using MigrateMe.

All the best - Barnaby Dixon

JomSocial is not yet released for Joomla 3.x