Gallery 1 > Gallery 3 upgrade

RonSa

Joined: 2012-10-22
Posts: 6
Posted: Mon, 2012-10-22 13:51

I'm upgrading my website and the instructions for upgrade state:

Quote:
Move the var folder from your old folder to the new one. Permissions and ownership on this directory must be maintained.

I can't seem to find that folder, was this not part of Ver 1?
 
floridave
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Posted: Mon, 2012-10-22 14:24

G1 -> G3 is not a upgrade.
First you need to install G3 and then migrate the G1 data with the G1 import module.

Dave
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RonSa

Joined: 2012-10-22
Posts: 6
Posted: Mon, 2012-10-22 14:40

Thanks Dave

I looked in G3 folders and found folder named "g2 import" will this work?

Or maybe the G1 import shows up after installation?

Another question, should I use G1's database or create a new one?
 
floridave
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Posted: Mon, 2012-10-22 18:04

G1 does not use a DB. It uses Serialized php .dat files.
You will need to create a G3 DB or if you have an exsisting DB you can use a table prefix on that DB.

@import G1 -> G3: http://codex.gallery2.org/Gallery3:Modules:g1_import

Dave
 
RonSa

Joined: 2012-10-22
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Posted: Mon, 2012-10-22 18:54

Thanks again Dave

That worked well, well almost

It created all the albums but left some empty, it didn't import all the images.

Also, is there a way to import themes as well, I'd like to use my old one.
 
floridave
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Posted: Mon, 2012-10-22 20:01

G1 themes are not compatable between versions.
I have never used the G1 import module so can only offer the suggestion of looking in the gallery3/var/logs for additional clues.

Dave
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RonSa

Joined: 2012-10-22
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Posted: Mon, 2012-10-22 22:24

Thanks Dave

Unfortunately the logs don't show any problems.