How to migrate from JoomDOC2 (DocMAN) into JoomDOC4.
- Last revised:
- Tuesday, 25 October 2016
Answer
Install JoomDOC4 into Joomla! 2.5 or Joomla! 3. Copy JoomDOC2 or DocMAN tables from old Joomla! 1.5 database into new Joomla! database. JoomDOC2 tables have prefix j15_joomdoc_. DocMAN tables have prefix j15_docman_. For JoomDOC2 rename tables according to the below table. For DocMAN only change database prefix to j3_. You probably use different table prefixes then j15_ and j3_. Prefixes j15_ and j3_ only are examples.
| Original JoomDOC2 table name in Joomla! 1.5 database | JoomDOC2 table name in new Joomla! database prepared to the migration |
|---|---|
| j15_joomdoc | j3_joomdoc2 |
| j15_joomdoc_groups | j3_joomdoc2_groups |
| j15_joomdoc_history | j3_joomdoc2_history |
| j15_joomdoc_licenses | j3_joomdoc2_licences |
| j15_joomdoc_log | j3_joomdoc2_log |
Copy table j15_categories from old database into new database as j3_categories. The current j3_categories table backup and after migration restore. Copy folder with documents from old Joomla! web-root into new Joomla! web-root. Open JoomDOC4 Control Panel and go to the Migration tab. Enter relative path of documents folder (copied from old Joomla) and click migration button.
Migrated items
- documents
- categories as folders
- licenses
The migration also fix URLs into new format in
- articles
- menu items
- custom HTML modules
- JoomSEF SEF URLs
Migration preparing
Migration should go into the clean database. You should empty (truncate) tables j3_joomdoc and j3_joomdoc_file first. Document root folder of the new Joomla! should be empty as well.
