DOCman 1.4 j10 to DOCman 1.4 j15

Compatibility

• All DOCman 1.4.x versions
• Joomla 1.5.x
• Migrator 1.0RC5 or higher

Please refer to the documentation of the Migrator component for more in-depth instructions. You can find some here:

• http://docs.joomla.org/Migrating_from_1.0.x_to_1.5_Stable

Download migrator plugins

Download docman_migrator_plugins_v1.4.0.stable

Migrating a Joomla 1.0.x site to a new 1.5.x site

1. Extract the zip package.
2. Install the migrator component in the Joomla 1.0.x site.
3. In the main migrator screen, click 'Add 3PD Party Migrators'.
4. Upload these files:
   1. docman.php
   2. docman_groups.php
   3. docman_history.php
   4. docman_licenses.php
   5. docman_logs.php
5. Back in the main migrator screen, click 'List Plugins' to check if the install was successful. You should see all 5 DOCman plugins.
6. Execute the migration process normally. When done, download the SQL file
7. Upload the SQL file during the installation of Joomla 1.5. Make sure you enable the 'This is a Joomla 1.0.x script' checkbox.
8. Copy all files from your old site's /dmdocuments folder to your new site.
9. In the Joomla 1.5 backend, turn on Legacy mode and install DOCman 1.4. Here you can find a copy of DOCman 1.4 for migration purposes.

Notes

• DOCman categories are stored in the main Joomla categories table. Make sure you export the jos_categories table as well (this is the default setting).
• DOCman also depends on the users table, so you'll need that one as well.

Migrating DOCman from a Joomla 1.0.x site to an EXISTING 1.5.x site

1. Extract the zip package.
2. Install the migrator component in the Joomla 1.0.x site.
3. In the main migrator screen, click 'Add 3PD Party Migrators'.
4. Upload these files
   1. docman.php
   2. docman_groups.php
   3. docman_history.php
   4. docman_licenses.php
   5. docman_logs.php
5. Back in the main migrator screen, click 'List Plugins' to check if the install was succesful. You should see all 5 DOCman plugins.
6. Click 'Create Migration SQL File' and select ONLY the DOCman plugins.
7. Download the SQL file.
8. In the Joomla 1.5 backend, turn on Legacy mode and install DOCman 1.4. Here you can find a copy of DOCman 1.4 for migration purposes.
9. Go to your Joomla 1.5 site's phpMyAdmin page. Ask your hosting company where to find it.
10. Make sure you are in the right database (the one that is used by the 1.5 site) and click the import tab.
11. Choose the correct character set and upload the SQL file. If it is too big, you can compress first.
12. Copy all files from your old site's /dmdocuments folder to your new site.

Notes

Migrating to an existing Joomla 1.5 site might cause inconsistencies with the way documents are assigned to categories, because DOCman shares the jos_categories table with the Joomla core. You can choose to recreate the DOCman - try reassigning categories manually, or if you have some experience with SQL, you could try reassigning IDs to the categories in the exported SQL file. There is currently no official fix or workaround for this problem.