How to Migrate Joomla! 1.0.x to Joomla! 1.5.x?

I am still using Joomla 1.0.15 for one of my sites. Now I am thinking to upgrade it to Joomla! 1.5.x. The reason being is Joomla! 1.0.x is no longer supported. Also hackers can hack the older version of Joomla! easily. So it is time for me to move on. I know it is not easy but I have to do it...I will write down the steps along the way. Here they are...

• Backup all my files of Joomla! 1.0.15 to my desktop through FTP
• Login to my hosting cPanel
• Click on phpMyAdmin to export my database to my desktop
• Download Joomla! 1.5.24 from Download Joomla! to my desktop
• Download the Migrator component to my desktop
• Install the Migrator component to my existing Joomla! 1.0.15 site
• Login to my Joomla! 1.0.15 backend
• Click on Components/Migrator
• Then click on Create Migration SQL File
• Next click on Start Migration >>
• Then click on Download to save SQL Dump from my Joomla! 1.0.15 to my desktop
• Next make a clean Joomla 1.5.24 installation in a new folder for instance internet
• Then upload Joomla! 1.5.24 to http://www.mywebsite.com/internet
• Next type that url in my browser to run the installtion
• Then choose my language and click on Next
• Next check whether everything is okay if not it should be corrected and click on Next
• Then read GNU General Public License and click on Next
• Next go to my server and create a new database. Jot down the username and password for the next step.
• Then fill in Database Type, Host Name, Username, Password, and Database Name and click on Next
• Next fill in FTP user, FTP Password, FTP Root Path for FTP Configuration and click on Next
• Then for Main Configuration fill in Site Name, I leave Your Email, Admin Username, Admin Password, and Confirm Admin Password blank. 
• Next I have to tick next to the Load Migration Script option, fill in the old table prefix jos_, leave the Old Site Encoding the way it is, browse the Joomla 1.0.x migration dump that I downloaded earlier, tick next to This script is a Joomla! 1.0 migration script, and hit Upload and execute button
• Then I see "Migration successful. Press Next to continue". So I just click on Next
• Finally I have to remove installation folder
  

After that I find out my Joomla! 1.0.x theme is not compatible with Joomla! 1.5.x. Also my images, my favicon, all my components are gone. So I have to work hard to get them back.

P.S. I try to migrate to Joomla! 1.7.x directly but it will not allow me to do so. So instead I have to migrate to Joomla! 1.5.x instead. My next post will be How to Upgrade Joomla! 1.5.x to Joomla! 1.7.x. So stay tune for that...

Upgrading Joomla! 1.0.x to Joomla! 1.0.15

Joomla! 1.0.15 was released on Friday, February 22, 2008. It addresses a security vulnerability and recommends that you upgrade to it immediately. I use midPhase as my web server host. It is so easy to upgrade from there. It did not take me more than five minutes to do so. In case anything goes wrong you should always back up your old version's files to your personal computer. After you've done that, follow these steps to upgrade to Joomla! 1.0.15:

• Login to your midPhase's cPanel.
• Find Scripts & Programs.
• Click on Fantastico/Joomla/Upgrade to Joomla! 1.0.15.

That is all you need to do. As an alternative option, you can download Joomla! 1.0.15 here; follow these step-by-step instructions to upgrade to it. One more thing I have to mention here, that is if your live site used Joomla! 1.0.x version earlier than Joomla! 1.0.13, then you need to add the following code to your configuration.php file; find out how to add it from the screenshot below:

<?php if(!defined('RG_EMULATION')) { define( 'RG_EMULATION', 0 ); } $mosConfig_MetaAuthor = '1'; $mosConfig_MetaDesc = ''; $mosConfig_MetaKeys = ''; $mosConfig_MetaTitle = '1';

This file is located in the root directory of your Joomla! website. Adding if(!defined('RG_EMULATION')) { define( 'RG_EMULATION', 0 ); } line to configuration.php file will protect your live site against possible remote file inclusion.

Upgrading Joomla! 1.0.x to Joomla! 1.0.14

Joomla! 1.0.14 was released on February 11, 2008. It fixed several serious security vulnerabilities. These include

• SECURITY[LOW] Fixed XSS issue in Search Component.

• SECURITY[LOW] Fixed XSS issue in Search results pages.

• SECURITY[LOW] Disallowed users from adding extra wildcard filters in search strings.

• SECURITY[LOW] Fixed multiple typos in back end Content Component making array integer check ineffective.

• SECURITY[LOW] Fixed case-sensitive flaw in Input Filter.

• SECURITY[HIGH] Fixed CSRF issue allowing portal compromise - Administrator components.

Besides the above mentioned problems, it also fixed other significant issues that are listing below:

• Administrator logout problem.

• Fixed bug in Search Component where small word were not properly filtered out.

• Improved efficiency of regular expressions in Search Component (thus reducing CPU resources when called).

• Added "Preview" link to Administrator template (to match 1.5).

• Fixed bug in pagination links (extra space was being added to the link).

• Various core API fixes.

For instructions of how to upgrading your existing Joomla! 1.0.x, please check out Upgrade Instructions here.