Martin Wann

cms, wordpress, joomla

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Joomla Upgrade 2.5 to 3.X - The Ticket to Success

Joomla is one of the most popular CMSs nowadays, trusted by millions of sites. Now, with every new Joomla version release, there are more and more site owners who want to update their current Joomla project to the new one. Unconditional, “upgrade” is changing from an older version to the new one. But, not in this particular case, as Joomla upgrade is considered to be the transfer because it involves moving files, templates, extensions, etc to the new website.

6 Reasons for Upgrade Joomla 2.5 to 3.x

  • New Features;
  • The Enhanced SEO;
  • Security Improvements;
  • Mobile Responsive Tool;
  • Ease of Management;
  • Bug Fixes.

So, you decided to perform Joomla 2.5 to 3.x upgrade. The next question will be: “How to do it?” This article has been written exactly for this purpose. Let’s go to the straightforward guide below:

  • Useful Tips. Analyze your Joomla site statistic, and perform upgrade at a time...

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Easy and Precise WordPress to Drupal Migration

WordPress and Drupal are CMS monsters. They are extremely popular among different kinds of users. If Wordpress is more suitable for non-techies or newbies, Drupal at the same time is more for advanced developers, and requires a bunch of people to set it up. So we have decided to take a look at those two, and give you some tips for an automated and accurate WordPress to Drupal transfer .

WordPress as the Market Leader
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Wordpress is a CMS platform for a beautiful website of blog creation. This is a free, open-source platform which is the most popular in the world these days.
Some basic statistics of WordPress:

  • released in 2003 by Matt Mullenwegg
  • has been downloaded for more than 140 million times
  • cost free
  • has 2,300 free themes
  • 29,349 plugins for website creation
  • 5 min installation process Thanks to its easiness and efficiency, WordPress is used by web developers and less...

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Migrate Drupal to Joomla in an Automated Way

Have you ever wonder, how to migrate Drupal website to Joomla automatically in a short time? Here you will find out, why and how to transfer Drupal to Joomla with CMS2CMS migration service.

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Drupal is a free open source content management framework which can be downloaded from Drupal.org. This CMF is a powerful and expandable system, which has become really popular in recent years. This platform is suitable for mid-sized site creation, where users are looking for something more than a simple website. This is a software package which allows to run a website individually or by the group of people. With this platform you can run various different web projects for instance:

  • Community web portals
  • Discussion sites
  • Blogs
  • Corporate web sites
  • Intranet applications
  • Personal web sites or blogs
  • E-commerce applications
  • Social Networking sites
  • Picture galleries
  • Forums and others

However...

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Things You Should Know About Moving MyBB to phpBB

There are a lot of reasons for people to move from one forum platform to another. However, each forum has its functionality and features, at the same time each migration is unique in their own way. So we have prepared for you a bit of information on MyBB and phpBB forum platforms and detailed information on how to transfer MyBB to phpBB.

A bit of MyBB
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MyBB is a free, open-source forum platform which can please you and a lot of your users at the same time. This platform is stable and has a lot of features for a forum or community website creation.
Some preferences, which are worth to be highlighted:

  • interface, which makes forum easy to use
  • admin panel allows to control all aspects of forum
  • many free extensions, which are simple to install
  • language packages available This bulletin board has also numbers of other features, which can be interesting for even advanced forum users. This...

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Switching From HTML to Drupal In a Blink of Eyes

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What exactly is the difference between a static HTML website and full-featured content management system (CMS)? HTML and CMS are completely different methods of web design. Have a look at the rundown of HTML and Drupal features and find out why Drupal has become a platform of choice for a huge amount of users?
HTML is considered to be a good way to go in case you plan to create a static website with no more than 5 pages, and you don’t see it growing. Be ready to spend much time and effort getting used to learning hand-coding, because HTML is mostly developer-oriented. There are no plugins or extensions available for extending web pages, so every piece of functionality has to be coded by the developer. SEO is also HTML drawback. In case you don’t know anything about search engine optimization - there are no plugins provided for you to do it by yourself.
Drupal, in contrast, is a huge...

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A Short Guide of SMF to WordPress Migration.

SMF is an Internet free forum application which allows to create and manage forums. It is certainly a good choice for those users who prefer to install and manage a forum without much time and money investing. It provides its followers with a wide range of templates and themes and, what is more, allows total control over the content.
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Despite its advantages, SMF has some significant drawbacks. They are as follows:
does not support custom BBCode buttons;
no custom profile fields;
no user rating;
no search flood control;
no customizable private message filters.
It has always been more beneficial to switch from quite simple SMF to more powerful WordPress due to reasons which will be stated below.
WordPress is an award-winning CMS in terms of flexibility and multifunctionality. Where the platform really shines is in the ability to build and maintain not only a forum, but also a blog, a...

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Blogger to Joomla Migration. Easy Guide

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When it comes to Blogger vs Joomla, the solution is quite simple - to move to Joomla. More and more people all over the world switch from one to another every day. But what are the reasons that make Joomla the platform of choice for millions of users? The decision between these two undoubtedly depends on the type of website. Please, take your time to find out about benefits and pitfalls of each platform and how to migrate from one CMS to another in the most convenient way.
Blogger is considered to be one of the oldest tools for blog creation. It provides a nice platform for posting, editing and managing different kinds of blogs. Its simple installation and intuitive interface don’t require deep programming knowledge that make Blogger absolutely user-friendly platform. Joomla, in contrast, is full-featured CMS that is widely used for building amazing do-it-yourself websites of different...

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SMF to phpBB Migration: Automated Solution

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It is not a big deal to create a forum nowadays but to make it successful can’t happen overnight. Lots of details should be considered which can take time and a fair amount of efforts. The first and one of the most important things is choosing the right platform for your discussion board. “Right” means the one that will fully satisfy your needs. There is a huge amount of software solutions for your forum. But speaking about the free bulletin boards, SMF (Simple Machines Forum) and phpBB are the most popular among the others.

SMF: Essential Features

So, if you are a newbie to the site building and running, then SMF is a great platform to start with. This software will provide you with lots of advanced features but at the same time you will see how simple it is to use SMF. It comes with easy installation and set-up process. Another thing that should be mentioned is that Simple...

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HTML to Drupal Migration: The Winner Takes It All

Nowadays the technology has improved in many ways and has blossomed into advanced opportunities for not only programmers or those who have some coding knowledge but also for lay-users. In other words, it has become easier to have a deal with websites, Internet and other site-connected devices.

It is not a secret that having your feet wet on the Internet may bring you some profit. That is why those who make their living from the online business know that it is pretty difficult and important to choose the right platform to build and run your site on. Today we are going to analyse two ways of website creation: using HTML web-programming language and CMS (content management system). There are lots of CMSs all over the world, but we have chosen Drupal, as it is one of the most popular softwares and provides its users with unlimited opportunities of site developing.

HTML and Its Essential...

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Typo3 to WordPress. All the WHYs and HOWs of Successful Migration

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Choosing the right CMS platform for your future web project is quite a difficult task faced by many, that’s why many people often find themselves stuck over which platform to choose. Here’s a brief overview of the main pros and cons of Typo3 and WordPress and the key differences between them.
Typo3 is a very powerful and advanced CMS that is considered to be truly a content management system in every sense. Its multi functionality allows to create everything from home pages, blogs, newspapers, to online shops, web applications etc. In case you need something new - you just have to install an extension and you get the functionality. However, with its functionality comes complexity. Typo3 is absolutely developer-oriented platform that requires special knowledge in order to set up and maintain it properly. Despite the fact that Typo3 provides its users with a huge library of online...

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