[Hidden-tech] How to move from Joomla to Wordpress

[B. Kimo Lee]

Hi Sven,

Rich makes some very good points in his reply, especially regarding your video content — the display of which would have to be remade in WP instead of migrated to the AllVideos extension for J! 3.x. In this case, maintaining the video location directory structure — as Rich mentioned — and just installing the new version of AllVideos and configuring the same directory structure in the plugin ought to connect everything.

Your site is running on a very old version of Joomla (1.5), which reached its end-of-life in April 2012. I hope you've applied the courtesy security patch to it which was released back in August.

The latest version of Joomla 3.x is a world apart from what you have known. Have you checked it out? If you're interested, I can give you temporary access to a Joomla 3.2 site demo admin area.

If you do convert to WP, I'd suggest the premium version of the FG Joomla to Wordpress plugin, which Mark suggested, for the additional and important features it offers. 

Best,
Kimo Lee

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On Nov 18, 2013, at 8:32 PM, Rich Roth - Webmaster wrote:

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> Yes and no - there is a import tool in WP to import the Joomla content articles into WP
> that does a fair job -- might require some format touchups
> 
> BUT you appear to have many videos and so the video content has to be located
> properly when moved from the Joomla site to the WP site .
> 
> The real underlying question is why ? 
> What does WP offer that J doesn't - what is different that justifies changing ?
> Including support, updates or training.
> 
> Remember they are very different systems so moving will require re-training.
> 
> In general, Joomla is better for larger systems, WP is a bit easier to handle while
> less flexible -- once installed and trained - tasks you already have accomplished.
> 
> Rich
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> On 11/18/2013 7:15 PM, Sven Kielhorn wrote:
>> Good evening,
>> 
>> I am exploring affordable options to have our website transferred from a joomla platform to a wordpress platform. 
>> If members of the Hidden Tech Community have experience in that area, I would very mucy like to dialog about it and discuss how to that could be achieved.
>> 
>> thanks in advance for any thoughts on my request, 
>> 
>> Sven Kielhorn
>> Creative & Marketing Director
>> eTown Videos
>> www.etownvideos.com 
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