DO NOT ATTEMPT THIS IF YOU DONT KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING!!! EMPLOY AN EXPERT LIKE ME TO DO IT IF YOU ARE AT ALL UNSURE – MESSING IT UP COULD LOOSE ALL YOUR DATA !!!!!
Today I had to upgrade a customer form Mambo 4.5(1.0.9) to Joomla 1.0.7, this is not for the feint hearted!
Although they had loads of custom components I was only interested in upgrading the core of Mambo, I.e. the database schema and files.
I manually went through and compared the database, table by table, field by field, property by property, index/key by index/key, and compiled a long list of SQL commands that are needed to upgrade the database so it can be used.
Here are the steps I took
- BACKUP FILES
- BACKUP THE DATABASE
- BACKUP AGAIN
- Overwrite the Mambo files with the Joomla Files
- Run my upgrade SQL (Download from http://www.phil-taylor.com/Free )
- TEST
- Optional: upgrade custom components/modules/mambots
DO NOT ATTEMPT THIS IF YOU ARE UNSURE, Contact me directly through http://www.phil-taylor.com/FixMySite for assistance if you need it.
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