. This Component has been contributed by Harald Baer and is based on his eBackup Component. The migrator needs to be installed on the old site and when activated it prepares the required export dump of the old site’s data. The second tool is built into the Joomla! 1.5 installation process. The exported content dump is loaded to the new site and all conversions and modification are performed on-the-fly.
Install the tool a recommended tool to use for manual migration as well.
In step 6 – Configuration select the ‘Load Migration Script’ option in the ‘Load Sample Data, Restore or Migrate Backed Up Content’ section of the page.
Enter the table prefix used in the content dump. For example: ‘jos_’ or ‘site2_’ are acceptable values.
Select the encoding of the dumped content in the dropdown list. This should be the encoding used on the pages of the old site. (As defined in the _ISO variable in the language file or as seen in the browser page info/encoding/source)
Browse the local host and select the migration export and click on Upload and Execute
A success message should appear or alternately a listing of database errors
Complete the other required fields in the Configuration step such as Site Name and Admin details and advance to the final step of installation. (Admin details will be ignored as the imported data will take priority. Please remember admin name and password from the old site)
Step 1 – Using com_migrator to export data from old site:
Step 2 – Using the migration facility to import and convert data during Joomla! 1.5 installation:
Note: This function requires the use of the is not found a warning will be provided.