User’s Guide: Joomla Upgrade 1.5 to 3
Needless to say - web technologies are constantly moving forward, such as new versions of Joomla are continuously being introduced. If your site is still running on Joomla 1.5, it should be upgraded to the latest version as soon as possible. In fact, there are many reasons why you should upgrade your 1.5 Joomla and leave the old 3 version behind - but here are the most prominent 5:
Security Improvements - Joomla 3 has far better security capabilities aiming to protect your website from hack attacks.
Support Issues - There is nothing worse than sticking with Joomla 1.5 and needing to support when more and more resources and support tools for Joomla 1.5 are becoming outdated.
Performance Enhancements - Joomla 3 performance is unarguably far better than Joomla 1.5.
Once you’ve decided to put your current Joomla 1.5 web project a step forward with Joomla 3 - you might probably be thinking over the way of upgrading. One more critical thing to keep in mind - the changes between Joomla 1.5 and its long term successor 3 are quite significant and substantial and this fact made the process not upgrading, but migrating in every sense of the word. This is rather a complicated process that expects certain level of experience if done manually. However, CMS2CMS automated migration service has been specifically designed with the end-users in mind making the tool accessible for everyone (experts and average users alike). With this converter you may stay focused on your business issues while it takes care of all migration hassles in a totally automated manner. Need more info? Keep reading the article and get ready to perform migration without ringing the bell of a developer:
Start the process by creating your CMS2CMS account. A bit of your personal information (username, email and password) is quite enough for that. Besides, bear in mind that you may also make use of your social media accounts (Facebook or Google).
To proceed with the migration process - specify your websites URL addresses. Type in the appropriate fields the URLs of your current Joomla 1.5 and 3.
Download and install the bridge file. Save it zip format and connect to your Joomla websites via FTP client software. Within FTP dashboard copy the “cms2cms” folder and paste it into the root directories of your Joomla websites (current and new versions).
Choose migration preferences by activating the following migration options: migrate media, make URLs SEO friendly, clear Target website.
Test Free Demo Migration to see the service in action and to estimate the migration results.
Only if you are totally satisfied with your Demo results - initiate Full Migration by pressing the matching button. After the final click, all your current Joomla 1.5 content will be migrated to 3.