Migrate old site to new site

[N6REJ]

Things to do to migrate site.

• [X] install clean J4
• [X] copy users & maps
• [X] Create Important Links module
• [X] copy captcha
• [X] Setup metadata and descriptions in global config.
• [X] Configure Media options
• [X] Configure Article Options
• [X] Install clean Layla
• [X] install Layla modules
• [] configure Layla
• [X] Recreate 404 redirect in template
• [X] copy media
• [X] Create menu items for hidden
• [X] Create menu items for footer
• [X] Create menu items for mainmenu
• [X] copy articles
• [] Use reglabs dbreplacer to replace the embedded article # for release icons legend in all articles.
• [X] copy categories
• [] install components
• [] configure each component
• [] install plugins
• [] configure plugins
• [] Verify each menu item after everything is installed.
• [X] copy custom.css to proper place ( SHOULD be in /media but that's unknown at this time )
• [X] copy release.txt file to new site.
• [] build new .jpa
• [] build .jpa on existing site and store for 911
• [] delete content on existing site and restore "new" .jpa
• [X] configure admintools
• [] Check global config ( disable mass mail must be set to no or acy won't work )
• [] Test

[N6REJ]

Be careful just copying things from DB.. apparently there is trash from the quickstart.

NEVER use another J51 quickstart. idky ali loves J51 so much. Other then typography and admin layout I'm not impressed.

[N6REJ]

WHAT THE SAM BLOODY HELL!!!!

[N6REJ]

I just copied every article over via the db and it is not read by J!

There is sooo much trash :(

[N6REJ]

The backends are not even the same!!!!!! we're going to have to do all this manually... copy/paste... FUDPUCKERS

[alain01]

Use XOOPS ;-))))))

[N6REJ]

lol... Honestly, I don't think xoops does what J! does yet.

I've changed the defaults to these

[N6REJ]

• [X] Options gone thru and set 1 x 1

[N6REJ]

• [X] admin tools installed but not configured

[N6REJ]

First 20 articles done. Be sure to copy the publishing & created dates from old article. hit will have to be changed manually if we want them updated.

[jwaisner]

admintools is configured now.

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