Atomic template

[JamesTruelove]

Hi All

Should I delete the Atomic template before attempting the upgrade to Joomla 4
I currently run Joomla 3.10.9

Rgds James

[AMurray]

I would advise remove it, however run the upgrade / compatibility advisor in J3.10 (Joomla Update), that will give you some idea if it is compatible or not.

I believe the only template automatically removed is Protostar; the upgrade process will set the template to J4's Cassiopeia in the first instance.

However, apparently Atomic will apparently work with J4 (or at least in beta releases) according to viewtopic.php?t=982611 but if you don't use it, just as much a good idea to remove it.

[Per Yngve Berg]

It should have been deleted a long time ago. Atomic is for J1.5

[JamesTruelove]

Thanks for replies.
I tried to delete Atomic but my default template Protostar did not then work correctly.
The menus at the top of the page disappeared.
Rgds James

[AMurray]

Did you uninstall Atomic correctly (through Extension Manager)?

I don't see how or why Protostar should be affected. But if the menu disappeared, can you try re-assigning it to the "menu" module position (first check what it is assigned to, I assume just the standard "menu" module position).

[JamesTruelove]

Yes I uninstalled it via extension manager. I will check what you suggested!

[JamesTruelove]

The home page was set to atomic but the menus at the top of the page disappeared when I set default home page to protostar. A lot of the site modules are set to Atomic. Looks like I will have to start over in Cassiopia?
Will Atomic template survive the migration to Joomla 4?

[JamesTruelove]

Will All the 3.10 articles be available in Joomla 4?

[AMurray]

"will all the 3.10 articles be available in J4?" I don't know what you mean....articles are probably the simplest element that will transfer over.

Regarding Atomic vs Protostar perhaps the module positions are named differently, and you just have to reassign the modules to the correct Protostar names. Remove the page assignment from using Atomic, and just assign the entire site to use Protostar.

It's already been answered, Atomic was for Joomla 1.5 so it is a risk to messing up your site if it remains. Above, you said you'd already removed it......

On migrating to J4, you may have to rework some modules anyway, to be assigned to module position mnames in Cassiopeia (J4's equivalent of J3.x Protostar). Protostar won't work in J4, but the migration swtiches it correctly. However, a forum member did actually do a conversion of Protostar to work in J4. You can find it by searching the forum.

[JamesTruelove]

Many thanks