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How to migrate from 1.4 to 1.5?


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Currently there is not a stable 1.5 so I wouldn't really worry about it. I know everyone has their different opinions on things but here is mine as far as upgrading. I just don't do it unless there is a security flaw that I cannot fix without upgrading. It breaks things most of the time and causes a lot more headaches.

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I know what ya mean dh.. I have some joomla 1.6 sites.. if that means anything to anyone.. this 1.4.8 site Im about to launch tho has a very knowledgeable techish person driving it who has already asked about how to get from here to there. I told them 1.5 is still wet but there would *probably* be migration scripts or some way to upgrade.

 

I did look down the topic list a bit and there was a thread kinda like this that mentioned the auto-upgrade thing.. I wonder if the one-clicky (after making and testing backups till the cows come home) upgrade thing in the admin is a possible option..

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Please don't talk to me about Joomla 1.6 .... I know EXACTLY what you mean and I agree wholeheartedly about not upgrading just for the sake of upgrading.

 

However is there a road map - when are we likely to have a truly stable and developed PS 1.5 available for production?

 

Then the problem becomes one of when are all those favourite AddOns going to be available? Is it likely that a 1.4 Addon will be compatible with a PS1.5 instalation? (Joomla 1.6 / 1.7 / 2.5 modules are about 80% compatible but not with Joomla 1.5)

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Well, one could make a clone of the site and try the upgrade. I've done that to a shop build on 1.3.0.10. Not everything went smoothly, i droped all the old customisations and modules (most of them are now obsoleeted by the new features already in core).

Main problems: permissions, the translation (because the local language had the id 3 - which is now the spanish language), a lot of modules resets needed and the biggest one: the need for a complete theme rebuild.

But i would say that i am impressed positively by the process - all the customer, orders, products, categories etc are still there.

I would advise you to try the process on a clone of the site and see the potential problems, but in theory, in your case there should not be any problems.

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