Upgrade Live site from 1.4.3 to 1.6x - Require Developer

[manishp100]

Hi,

 

We operate a live site which is on PS version 1.4.3. We want to upgrade to the most stable version of 1.6

 

Being a live site it makes it extremely important that the upgrade is as seemless as possible, our peak season is about to hit in 2 months time as well so we need to make sure that there are no hiccups.

 

We require someone with the proven experience to:

 

1. Upgrade from 1.4.3 to 1.6x

2. Keep all database information such as Customers, Orders, Products and have them within the 1.6x

3. We have custom modules such as XXL Menu - if this cannot be migrated with the upgrade we are happy to we do this ourselves.

4. We have a 1.4 compatible theme, we are happy to provide a 1.6 compatible theme to be installed with the 1.6

 

We are quite competent with HTML and CSS when developing the look and feel of the website, but the upgrade/migration is not something we are experienced in carrying out ourselves.

 

If anyone can help, recommend anyone/company that can do this we would appreciate it.

 

Please bare in mind, we are a live operating website with sales on a daily basis so only experienced people please.

 

Thanks,

 

[El Patron]

We are a team of PrestaHeroes and have upgrade over 350 shops including providing 'best in class' front office configuration.  We do it all so you can start to see immediate results but also will have the tools to manage your shop into the future.

 

For fast free affordable flat rate quote visit support.prestaheroes.com

 

Direct link to quote form which will create your credentials to our back office support: PrestaShop Upgrades

 

 

 

Here is video, showing some of our work but conveying the passion we put into udgrades.  Note eTiendas is now PrestaHeroes!

 

Edited September 3, 2016 by El Patron (see edit history)

[snehal77]

Hi ,

 

Trust you are doing great.

 

We are the official Prestashop Certified Company , please check the link for more details:

http://www.prestashop.com/en/web-agency-partners/bronze/probytes

 

I went through your requirement and understand that you want to upgrade your prestashop website.

 

We will surely help you in this and provide support in long term ad hoc work.

 

Please have a look at some E commerce website we had developed.

 

Prestashop

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https://www.sachacosmetics.com/

http://www.my-us-store.com/en/

http://www.longfieldsuperaxles.com/

 

Meanwhile please share your SKYPE/CONTACT details for quick discussion.

 

Please let me know a good time to connect so that we can discuss further

 

Looking forward to work with you.

 

Regards,

Snehal

skype: snehal.pb

 

NOTE: Please consider this as initial bid and will provide you exact time and cost estimation after careful analysis of your requirements.

 

 

 

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[manishp100]

Thanks all,

 

We have decided to work with one of the senior Prestashop Forum Members.

We will see how it goes and I can then provide a feedback on my experience through the upgrade process if anyone is interested.

[El Patron]

Even though you did not pick eTiendas for this work, as a community member and someone that has upgraded their own shops from 1.4 to 1.6, you going to love it!  The current themes for 1.6 are light years ahead of 1.4...focus on 'above the fold' page render, survey says 75% of visitors 'will not' scroll down and to a lesser extent 'hate' any more clicks to complete purchase.  As for 1.6 back office, it's dreamy.  Happy selling, Fred

[manishp100]

Thank El Patron, I Am definitely finding it much better than the old Prestashop Versions, just takes time getting used to the back office again.

 

UPGRADE UPDATE:

 

So I commisioned work to Michael Bellini - Bellini13 here on the forums and was Highly satisfied with his work.

 

I Had the software upgrade carried out, test site created within a day, took my time to reconfig and test out the new site for a few days on the test site and then we worked over the weekend to transition the upgrade and new responsive website and make it live.

 

Overall I had a downtime of about 1.5 days however this was my own doing as I wanted to take my time testing out the new site thoroughly before setting it live. (that 1.5 days i planned during out lowest converting times - Friday)

 

Working with Michael was a very good experience for me personally as he was exactly what I was looking for, he understood my level of knowledge (which is reaching intermediate levels i would say) and was highly educating by explaining every step he took, why he took it and for what reason/path. When I told him the scope of work he provided a roadmap to which I already had in my mind, made sure I was completely happy with the scope of work with everything outlined. It does help to provided stepped guides of all work that needs to be done for him, and other developers to get a full scope of whats needed so they themselves can plan the best route to take.

 

He worked to my timetable, is very responsive to emails (even messaging at times when I expect him to be asleep - i know i was lol) and highly efficient. I would recommend him highly.

 

**Please Note: This review is not to say that others here on the forum like El Patron etc are not good at what they do - this is my own personal experience and a little insight into how the upgrade took place and went.**

 

The upgrade was completed a few weeks ago, new website is up and running and sales are back and growing. I even had some questions about one or two settings a week later and he was happy to help me with those.

 

Hope this review helps.

 

Prestashop 1.6x is definitely worth the upgrade if carried out correctly by the right person, its a great upgrade from 1.4.6 that I was using and cant wait to maximise on the features

Edited April 21, 2015 by manishp100 (see edit history)