Solved Convert Kunena 2.x template to Kunena 4.x

Hello, I purchased an apparently old template for Kunena, which upon installation, crashed the forum (screenshot).
I assume this is because it's a 2.x template installed in a 4.x Kunena installation.

Can you please point me to a tutorial on how to convert an old Kunena 2.x template to 4.x? I don't think the site I purchased the template from monitors support or responds to support requests, so rather than giving up and throwing away my employer's money, I want to try to convert the template instead.

Thank you!

try this: JFactory::getDate()->toUnix();

All code should work, if you have errors, then its means that its old J1.5 code. Then you need to find the correct string on the blue eagle template.



Ps blue eagle (none -hmvc) template will not run on K5.0

@adellaguardia: if possible, request a refund on the purchase of your K 2.0 template. It is not simple to convert a K 2.0 template to K 4.0 because of core changes. Despite what 810 wrote, K 2.0 templates won't work with K 4.0, sorry.

Well crud
So there's no way to upgrade an old template? What if I were to create a new template, could I copy anything from the old template over so they look identical?

adellaguardia wrote: Well crud
So there's no way to upgrade an old template? What if I were to create a new template, could I copy anything from the old template over so they look identical?

Hmmm .. there are at least 20+ files that you will need to competely replace. By the time you've made those replacements, you will probably have lost most of the "advantages" that you thought you were getting with the product you had [unfortunately] purchased.

I've done this before but it's time-consuming and there's no real benefit. To create a new K 4.0 template (based on Blue Eagle) takes me about two or three days of dedicated effort. I've never attempted to create a new template based on Crypsis but I imagine the effort would be similar. Further, speaking as a former developer of third-party templates for Kunena, there was no profit in it for me. I stopped building my templates because the core code kept changing from one minor release to the next and those changes continually my templates (and all the other third-party templates, too). But, if you want to do try it, go ahead and good luck.

Yeah, that sounds like way more work than I'm skilled with or have time to do. How unfortunate. I'm working on getting a refund now.
Thank you for explaining it to me.

Here is a thought: it's fairly easy to customise the colours/fonts/borders with Blue Eagle and CSS. These articles explain how to do it:

1. A simple makeover for the Kunena Blue Eagle template ; and
2. Transform the Kunena Blue Eagle menu from “tabs” to “nav pills”