Best Practice for switching to an entirely NEW template?
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- Teresa Murphy
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I need to switch a heavy content site from the older Firenze template to the newer Nexus template.
Of course, they are very different with different module position names.
I'll also be upgrading to sh404SEF (I think).
So multiple challenges on this site make-over.
What would be the best approach to do this?
Is there a FAQ or How-to doc anywhere? I'm looking, but haven't found anything yet.
Thanks!
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- Ben Lee
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A lot of a switch is just getting the modules in the new correct positions for the new site. The next thing to keep an eye out for is styling that may be different, just making sure your articles line up right with any images and styled text.
My personal opinion on url components is to stay away from them. Joomla's SEF urls are actually really good to begin with. The RocketTheme site here uses Joomla's core SEF.
Get the site moved over to the new template first before trying any new extensions. One change at a time. Trying to do 3 things at once makes troubleshooting real tough.
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- Teresa Murphy
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Thanks for the response. That's pretty much my normal process for switching templates, but I'm pretty overwhelmed with the amount of changes and tweaking that it looks like I'll need to do to get the new design looking top-notch. My client depends on this site and she gets quite a bit of traffic. I hate to have it looking all wonky for a day or two while I'm mucking around in the details.
Re: SEF URLs, yes, I keep vacillating on the best approach. IF I do it, it's on the list for after the template change.
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- JEM
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IMHO, set up a development site...
A) Back up your old site using JoomlaPack and install it on the dev site, install the new template and move your content around.
Create a fresh install with the Rocket Launcher and do an old fashioned 'cut & paste' of your content from the old site to the new one.
When you're done with development, you can use JoomlaPack again to move your development site to the live server. - Thanks,
jim
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- Sebastian98
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I agree with JEM. This is the best thing you can do. Step by step.
It is for sure a lot of work but might keep you away from troubles mixing everything together. First the structure than the content.
All the best!
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- Teresa Murphy
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Only problem with cutting and pasting content is there far too much to do that. Hundred+ articles and hundred+ links, events, etc.
I think I'm going to do the following:
1. Use JoomlaPack, back up the site to a development site (a).
2. Use Rocketlauncher to install a model version on another development site (b).
3. Install new template and move content, update logo, graphics, etc. on site (a) using guidelines and configuration examples from (b).
4. Use JoomlaPack to restore dev site (a) to client's live site when it's right and ready.
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- JEM
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Check out this extension:
extensions.joomla.org/extensions/news-pr...tent-management/2514 - Thanks,
jim
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- JR
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Export Content or mtwmigrator in the joomla extension directory will move your content.
extensions.joomla.org/extensions/migrati...ion/joomla-migration
JR
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- KonstantinDK
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- I always had problems with moving local site to the server. I think the main problem is with configuration.php -database names ans passwords, ftp username etc. So, beware.
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- JEM
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KonstantinDK wrote:
I always had problems with moving local site to the server. I think the main problem is with configuration.php -database names ans passwords, ftp username etc. So, beware.
Use JomlaPack....
joomlapack.net/index.php - Thanks,
jim
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