I used this to migrate a 1.0 site when the official migrator was causing SQL errors. GREAT JOB!

I have had numerous errors trying to use Migrator Tool posted by the Joomla team. Spent way to much time trying to make it work... never did.

This tool was easy to use. Pulled the content, menus, categories and sections over perfectly. No errors. Running on Xampp development server before going live.

NOTE: The meta data (keywords, description) didn't come over, which to the developer (hint hint) should be on the list for the next release.

I was skeptical because I couldn't read the download site (I don't speak Spanish) but because I already had a site running and didn't want to use the 1.0 component migrator, I decided to give it a try.

I was able to take the database from the old site, upload it through Cpanel on the hosting account backup screen, and have that database available to the component.

The install went well into my 1.5 site, and I configured the component with the user on my new (backed up) database.

This "old" database really was old. Mambo old. mos_ prefix old.

The import worked like a CHARM. I was so delighted, this saved me hours of direct database manipulation.

Thank you thank you thank you!

Initially I used this component tool in my home PC test environment. At that time my environment was based on a version of Xampp 1.6.3 which delivered PHP 4.4.7 and PHP 5.2.3. For some reason mtwMigrator just would not work properly for me. It gave me error messages I no longer recall and did not migrate anything. So, I set it aside.

Over the period of the following week I spent at least 24 hours trying to get the main supported migrator to work for me satisfactorily. Nothing seemed to come out the way I wanted it to. Either the regular migrator left things out or did not work at all. Some of the problems were related to errors on my part, but many of them had no explanation at all. It was most frustrating to go through the entire process of generating a new migration script and trying to use it to build a new site based on Joomla 1.5.1 only to receive the most unhelpful message of (to paraphrase here) "your script failed!" This happened to me time after time after time.

Yesterday I upgraded Xampp to version 1.6.6a. That environment provides PHP versions 4.4.8 and 5.2.5. I again tried to use the standard migrator under both versions of PHP. I got the same kind of errors I have been receiving before. On a whim I decided to give mtwMigrator another chance (same version I had used before, 0.0.4). Running under PHP 5.2.5 it worked like a charm! Everything I needed was migrated perfectly.

I really prefer the approach used by mtwMigrator compared to the standard migrator component. The standard migrator component tries to make a replica of your old site reincarnated as a Joomla 1.5.1 site. So, if you have eliminated some standardly supplied modules from your old site (either because you do not use them or, in at least some of my cases, tried eliminating some in the hopes of reducing the workload on the migrator), they won't be in your new 1.5.1 site. Similarly, capabilities you had in your old site, but which are different in 1.5.1, might not be re-created in your new site. For example, in the old site I had a standard core-supplied module called "Syndicate". In Joomla 1.5.1 the standard replacement module is called "Syndication". The use of the standard migrator in building my new site left that capability totally out.

But with mtwMigrator you build a standard 1.5.1 site first, so all of the core-supplied modules are provided. Then the mtwMigrator simply transfers over those users, modules, sections, categories, etc., which are unique to your old site. You can then decide later which of the core capabilities you want to keep, simply un-publish, or eliminate. A much more logical and helpful approach, to my way of thinking.

Installed and works like a charm. Even if you run it multiple times, so the newest members of a website get added.

It would be nice if the tool could migrate tables from legacy Joomla products at choice, so I wouldn't have to do it manually.

I used RC6 and mtw Migrator and my experience was very good with mtw migrator, since it migrated spanish characters, in a right way, RC6 migrated modules, users etc but is a tool oriented to english users. The result on charset was poor.

I recommend mtw Migrator if you are looking for a quick tool to use, you dont need upload anything to migrate, you dont need to migrate in the install, since it is installed in Joomla 1.5 and use the real Joomla 1.0.X database.

RC6 is installed in the Joomla 1.0.X, you need to download the file and then you need to upload it again into Joomla 1.5 install.

mtwMigrator is installed in Joomla 1.5 and you get the migrated database in seconds, since works with the Joomla 1.0.x database. You only need the data where the joomla 1.0.x database is hosted. (database name, pass etc.)

You can the migrate content in seconds only!

Thanks Matias

good tool. Does not solve all the problems, but gives a good basis for further work.

For all "Migrant" not happy about looping and looping and looping.... for the the secret com_migrator.

Thanks

Franz

Owner's reply:
Please tell me what things are not working or do you like on the component to make a better tool.



Thanks