Move contents of prestashop 1.3 to 1.5

[pureclothings]

Hello guys, I'm thinking to make a new shop in prestashop 1.5 . I already have a shop in prestashop 1.3, there I've more than 300 products. I want to close that site and run my new site with all the products that are in my old site (which is in prestashop 1.3). So how can I move all the products of that website to new one(prestashop 1.5)?

 

Can you please suggest me the best way?

[pureclothings]

No one's here to give suggestion to be regarding this problem. Please it's really important for me.

[safa]

i think best way . move your 1.3 shop and update your shop

[El Patron]

I'd approach it like this.

 

Create a test system of your production shop. (I will use subdomain as an example). This test system would then be used to practice your upgrade from 1.3 to 1.5

 

Note: you can always do this on your localhost and not use the subdomain method. I prefer localhost.

 

 

Start by:

 

-download all your prod 1.3 files

-export your prod 1.3 database to your local machine

 

-Create a subdomain from your hosting account, and an ftp account.

-ftp your 1.3 files to the new subdomain

-create mysql db for new subdomain (using phpmyadmin for example)

-import your 1.3 db to your subdomain

 

 

you want to get your subdomain working with your 1.3 production site. Search the PS forum for others that have done this to get more information about what they did and what problems they may have encountered.

 

now here is where I have a bit of a learning curve, I know how to do it with 1.4 and 1.5, but little experience with 1.3

 

-modify the config/settings.inc.php mysql db and pwd and ftp to your subdomain

- I could not find where in 1.3 you would change the URL like you can in 1.4 and 1.5, this may be because 1.3 doesn't care what URL native PS uses.

 

Back up your test system!...both the files and database, this in case the upgrade does not work first time. Then you can do a quick restore and try again.

 

practice different upgrade methods. manual vs. autoupgrade.

 

when you get a nice working 1.5 site with your data you can then (after backing up prod)...simply delete your prod 1.3 files and db...ftp up the new shop and load the new mysql db

 

caveats:

-your 1.3 theme will 'most likely' not work. You can switch the theme from you back office to the free 1.5 template included with 1.5. (later after you decide that you are comfortable moving forward, then you can go theme shopping).

-most if not all of your 1.3 purchased modules will probably fail. You should review what non-prestashop modules that you have loaded to see if there is a 1.5 version.

-after you find a working way to upgrade, make sure to back up your prod 1.3 files and db!....just in case it fails and you need to restore.

 

(optional - download and unzip the original version of ps you are using, then using a compare program like 'beyond compare', see what files you may have updated for 1.3. These changes will be lost at upgrade but having an idea of any 'must have' modifications you can then make the changes for 1.5).

 

happy prestashopping