Sticky How to move, copy or merge my old Kunena forums from one site to another

Hi Sozzled,

I will try and explain it a bit simpler,

Basically I want to take the content of the old website forum, and put it into my new website that I am going to install the newest version of Kunena on.

I am exporting the users from the old site so they will be the same.

I hope that is explained a bit better

Thanks
Stuart

stuart.barnes wrote: Basically I want to take the content of the old website forum ...

What, specifically, were you using to "power" your "old website forum" with? Are we talking about Kunena (on your old site) or are we talking about the Joomla component known as Discussions ?

Hi Sozzled,

The forum on my old site is Kunena, I just need to get it all on the new site somehow.

thanks
Stuart

I suggest that you read [Merged topic] How to move my Kunena forum from one site to another . I realise this "guide" was for older versions of Joomla and Kunena but the principles involved are similar.

Hi all
I have a forum " www.boyshobbies.com " under joomla ver 1.5x and I would like to upgrade to joomla ver 2.5.7 I tried to use "JUpgrade" but is not working. I decide to make a clean installation of joomla ver. 2.5.7, after I installed kunena, but how can I take the contents of the existing installation which is working perfectly to the new one.
The reason I want to make this migration is that I belive that joomla 1.5x will stop be supported at the end of the year
Thank you very much
Pericles

Every week we receive a question like this and, really, there's no easy solution.

If jUpgrade doesn't work on your J! 1.5 website (or if any other Joomla migration extension doesn't work on your existing J! 1.5 website) then you've got a big problem.

The issues involved in moving a forum from one website to another are the similar to the issues involved in converting from one forum type into a different forum type: You have to

• convert, if necessary, and move the users
• convert if necessary, and move the forum data
• move the attachments

Even though the process of moving data is straightforward, there are added complications if the data on the original system is not compatible with the data on the target system. When we're comparing J! 1.5 with J! 2.5 the first point to note is that the user accounts data is very different. That's why jUpgrade is an important step. jUpgrade converts the user data. Without the user data your forum is useless.

You have several choices.

(1) Persevere; migrate your existing J! 1.5 website. Have a realistic plan ans set realistic targers: be aware that this may take you several days or even weeks and will require making a few choices. Perhaps you cannot keep everything that you originally had on your J! 1.5 website because some older extensions do not have a J! 2.5-compatible counterpart? Those are decisions you have to make.

(2) Pay someone to do the work for you

(3) Do nothing. Leave your J! 1.5 website running. This will mean that your future upgrade path will be restricted but, at least, you will still have a forum running.

(4) Cut your losses and start again. Archive your old J! 1.5 website. Lock it down and point your users to a new website where your forum can start again.

For other advice, read this topic and also read I want to migrate my forum to Kunena ...