How to Migrate from Joomla to Drupal

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How to Migrate from Joomla to Drupal

• by CMS2CMS Team
• June, 2013

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How to Migrate from Joomla to Drupal?

• Automated Migration Service

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How to Prepare for Migration?

• 1. Back up your Joomla website
• 2. Install Drupal
• 3. Set up custom URL structure for Drupal
• 4. Find FTP access details (for Joomla and
  Drupal)
• Find more info in this article

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Migration SetupStep 1. Create your account

• Visit www.cms2cms.com
• Register your CMS2CMS account or sign up via
  Facebook or Google

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Migration Setup Step 2. Set up your Source and
Target sites

• 1. Select your Current and New CMS types
• 2. Type in the URLs of your Joomla and Drupal
  websites

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Migration Setup Step 3. Connect your Sites

• 1. Download Bridge file (zip) to your PC
• 2. Extract 'cms2cms' folder from the zip

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Migration SetupStep 3. Connect your Sites

• Connect to your Joomla website via FTP
• Upload extracted 'cms2cms' folder to Joomla root
  directory.
• Connect to Drupal website via FTP
• Upload 'cms2cms' folder to Drupal root folder

Note. Root directory is the top folder with
index.php file Find more info
here or watch the video tutorial.
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Migration SetupStep 3. Connect your Sites

• Go back to Migration wizard and click "Verify
  Connection to your Sites"

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Migration SetupStep 4. Select Migration
preferences

• Check the boxes to activate the following
  migration options
• Migrate Media - to have images moved
• Make URLs SEO friendly - to have internal links
  formed according to the rewrite rules on Drupal.
• 301 Redirect - receive a set of rules to redirect
  Joomla URLs to Drupal URLs
• Clear Target website data - delete all content
  from Drupal website before the migration.

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Migration SetupStep 4. Start Demo Migration

• You're all set to start your migration. It's
  recommended to run the free Demo migration to see
  how the service works.

Note. You can skip this step and start Full
migration right away.
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Migration SetupStep 5. Start Full Migration

• Only one mouse click separates you from the new
  Drupal site.
• After you click 'Start Full Migration', your
  Joomla website content will be moved to Drupal.
• You'll receive an email notification as soon as
  the transfer is complete.
• You'll be able to check the results and enjoy
  your new Drupal website!

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Go ahead and start the new life of your website!
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Migrate your site now - it's never been easier!