Can I retrieve old website without a database copy?

[slammer]

I apologize in advance for the retardedness of the following question, but I'm a relative neewbie and have no clue what phrases to use in search of an answer.

So here goes: I had Joomla (1.5) running for an old website. The website doesn't exist anymore, and I no longer have access to the domain. Is it possible to retrieve the old website without the database? I have a backup of all other files, but not of the database

I don't need the specific content, am just interested in some css- and php- customizations I did. I would like to make some screenshots of how it looked and I added a custom contactform, which I'd like to have a look at.

Is there any way for me to get some stuff back?

Thank!

[imanickam]

Unfortunately it cannot be done as the meta data and the content (user data) are stored in the database.

[slammer]

Thanks imanickam for the quick respons.

I feared for that... So, also the templates that I customized are lost now?

[Per Yngve Berg]

The Templates is stored in the Templates folder. A 1.5 template cannot be used on a later version.
You can however convert the template.

http://docs.joomla.org/Upgrading_a_Joom ... Joomla_2.5

[dpacadmin]

@slammer
If you are only looking for php modifications and CSS changes you have those in the site files. The CSS changes are in the template's CSS files. The php modifications are in the php files you modified.

In theory you could create a fresh install of the Joomla version you were using, then copy over your files to the fresh install's root folder. This may get you part of the screenshot you want, if your site used added extensions they will not display as they would need to be added again and any data they stored would be lost in the old database.

You can also check your files for a .sql file, some backup extensions(if you had one installed) will save the database backup in a folder on the site.