Migrating users from 2.5.8 to 3.0.2

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Migrating users from 2.5.8 to 3.0.2

Post by DaleHutch » Tue Jan 01, 2013 6:21 pm

Anyone have a solution migrating all the users from a v2.5.8 site to a v3.0.2 site?

I tried to install the Userport extension on 3.0.2 and it gives me a 400 error.

Thanks!!!

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Re: Migrating users from 2.5.8 to 3.0.2

Post by ozneilau » Thu Jan 03, 2013 10:32 am

SP Transfer at a very reasonable €34.95 will do this for you:

http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions ... port/19274

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Re: Migrating users from 2.5.8 to 3.0.2

Post by Nick Savov » Fri Jan 04, 2013 2:00 am

A free way that you can do it is to create a copy of the 2.5 site using Akeeba Backup then setup the copy on the test server (https://www.akeebabackup.com/documentat ... umentation). Then use Joomla 2.5's Joomla Update component to update to Joomla 3.0.2. Afterward, you can just export the user table(s) and import them into your other 3.0.2 site.

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Re: Migrating users from 2.5.8 to 3.0.2

Post by DaleHutch » Sun Jan 06, 2013 4:20 pm

Well folks I did it the manual way. I exported the user tables to a SQL script. Made the changes I needed to the script and ran it on the new database. Was time consuming but in the end all the data transferred fine.

Thanks for the suggestions.

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Re: Migrating users from 2.5.8 to 3.0.2

Post by Nick Savov » Mon Jan 07, 2013 2:53 am

Hi Dale,

Glad you got it working! Nice job! :)

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Re: Migrating users from 2.5.8 to 3.0.2

Post by mjparadac » Mon Jan 07, 2013 3:00 am

It's interesting to read this case, I'm thinking to migrate my site 2.5 to 3.0
Thanks for sharing.
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Re: Migrating users from 2.5.8 to 3.0.2

Post by Nick Savov » Mon Jan 07, 2013 3:30 am

Upgrading a full site is easier that migrating the users only (usually :P). You just have to make sure all your extensions are Joomla 3 compatible and that your system meetings the technical requirements (http://www.joomla.org/technical-requirements.html), then make a backup of your site and go to Components >> Joomla Update >> Options >> set it to Short Term Support >> Save & Close (you might have to purge the cache) >> then click Update . That's it :)
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Re: Migrating users from 2.5.8 to 3.0.2

Post by ADvanceref » Sun Jun 09, 2013 11:43 am

All my extensions are not compatibles with Joomla 3, so the only free solution is Akeeba Backup?
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Re: Migrating users from 2.5.8 to 3.0.2

Post by sovainfo » Tue Jun 11, 2013 9:11 am

No, J2XML is free as well.
Issue with migrating? Include logs/joomla_update.php in your report!
Blank screen? Verify pagesource for HTML code (javascript error)
Installation failing on populating database? Install with set_time_limit(0)
Document your customizations!


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