Joomla Migration Migraines
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Migration Migraines presentation from Joomla Day Boston on March 16, 2013. I presented a Joomla migration case study for a higher education website originally based in the 1.5.x series and powered by the popular CCK extension K2. From beginning to end, the migration process to the Joomla 2.5.x series took more than 18 months. I highlighted the planning phases, troubles with migration tools, considerations of the daunting task of a manual rebuild, and the overall hybrid approach that was taken to accomplish the migration objectives.
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Joomla Migration Migraines
- 1. MIGRATION MIGRAINES A YEAR AND A HALF IN THE LIFE OF… MARCH 16, 2013 JOOMLA DAY BOSTON
- 4. NOT A HOW-TO GUIDE
- 5. MY STORY
- 6. MY STORY 18 MONTH LONG MIGRATION
- 8. SITE BACKGROUND HIGHER EDUCATION SITE
- 9. SITE BACKGROUND JOOMLA 1.5 SINCE OCTOBER 2010
- 10. SITE BACKGROUND HEAVILY RELYING ON CCK EXTENSION K2
- 12. SITE BACKGROUND K2: EXTRA FIELDS – TRUE CCK POWER
- 13. SITE BACKGROUND K2: TAGS, COMMENTS, RATINGS, SOCIAL SHARING
- 14. SITE BACKGROUND K2: 1,200+ ITEMS
- 15. SITE BACKGROUND K2: 110+ CATEGORIES / SUBCATEGORIES
- 16. SITE BACKGROUND K2: 50+ TAGS
- 17. SITE BACKGROUND 260+ MENU ITEMS
- 19. EVERYTHING IS GREAT IN JOOMLA 1.5 LAND
- 20. SHOCKING NEWS JOOMLA 1.5 END OF LIFE SOON
- 21. JOOMLA 1.6 HERE
- 22. JOOMLA 1.6 EARLY TESTING
- 23. JOOMLA 1.6 EARLY TESTING DARE I SAY IT…
- 24. GREATNESS AHEAD? THAT’S WHAT WE HEARD
- 25. NEXT RELEASE
- 26. TIME TO GET SERIOUS
- 27. DEVELOP A PLAN
- 28. 3RD PARTY EXTENSIONS WHO IS ON THE 1.6/1.7 BANDWAGON ALREADY
- 29. NEW CODING STANDARDS RESEARCH TIME
- 34. FIND APPROPRIATE TIME FOR COMPLETE SERVER BACKUPS & UPDATES
- 36. THE BIG RELEASE
- 37. JOYOUS TIME FOR ALL
- 39. SENSE OF URGENCY
- 40. STRESSFUL TIME
- 41. END OF LIFE APRIL 2012
- 42. END OF LIFE APRIL 2012 EXTENDED TO SEPTEMBER 2012
- 43. NAIL DOWN A PLAN JOOMLA SITE MIGRATION • ??
- 44. COMPLETE REWRITES FOR CUSTOM EXTENSIONS
- 45. TEMPLATE TWEAKS FOLLOW THE NEW CODING STANDARDS
- 46. CLEAN THE CLUTTER WHICH 3RD PARTY EXTENSIONS CAN GO?
- 47. TOOLS
- 50. TROUBLING TOOLS ISSUES WITH K2
- 51. TROUBLING TOOLS ISSUES WITH K2 – WHERE ARE MY CATEGORY PARAMETERS?
- 52. TROUBLING TOOLS ISSUES WITH K2 – INTERNAL K2 ITEM LINKS A BIT SCREWY
- 53. MIGRATION TOOLS ONE FOR K2?
- 54. STRESSFUL TIME
- 55. NEED ANOTHER PLAN JOOMLA SITE MIGRATION • Rewrite custom extensions • Modify template files • Clean house of 3PE’s • Migration tools • ??
- 56. MANUAL REBUILD?
- 57. MANUAL REBUILD DARE I EVEN SPEAK THOSE EVIL WORDS?
- 58. MANUAL REBUILD WHERE’S MY TRUSTY INTERN?
- 60. MANUAL REBUILD THERE MUST BE A BETTER SOLUTION!
- 61. NEED ANOTHER PLAN JOOMLA SITE MIGRATION • Rewrite custom extensions • Modify template files • Clean house of 3PE’s • Migration tools • Manual rebuild • ??
- 62. LIMITED FUNDING
- 64. HYBRID APPROACH
- 65. HYBRID APPROACH AUTOMATED & MANUAL MIGRATION
- 66. HYBRID APPROACH AUTOMATED & MANUAL MIGRATION HYBRID MIGRATION jUpgrade: • maintain menu ID’s • core modules • user accounts
- 67. HYBRID APPROACH AUTOMATED & MANUAL MIGRATION HYBRID MIGRATION Manual Side: • fresh db/installs (J2.5/K2) • rebuild K2 cat. params • export/import SQL for • import jUpgrade exports K2 + custom stuff • install + rebuild 3PE’s • add new fields to K2 tables • update author ID’s for K2 BACKUP, BACKUP, items + categories constant BACKUPS!!!
- 70. GOOD TIME
- 71. AND GO
- 72. THE RESULT
- 74. THE RECAP
- 75. THE RECAP
- 76. THAT’S A WRAP www.JustinHerrin.com @JustinHerrin www.JoomlaNH.org