How to Migrate Drupal toJoomla: Guide for Non

Programmers

If you have started running a website once, more likely you will do this forever. There’s                             always something that you’d like to share with others, whether your website is a hobby,                           used for personal matters, or if you use it for business purposes. Nowadays, the market of                             website building tools offers the immense variety of CMS platforms that turn website                       management into the issue of your desire only. You may easily choose a site builder to your                               specific purpose and requirements.

While speaking about Drupal CMF. This content management framework requires the                   strong knowledge of programming and your permanent interest to the functional                   management rather that concentration on the content creation. Maybe, there’s another                   solution to run the website easily. For instance, move your website content to another CMS                           platform.

Do you think about Joomla? It might become a great alternative that will substitute your                           hassles with the previous tool. Joomla is more user friendly and boast of its powerful                           functionality. With this CMS platform, you may create various types of online projects –                         blog, social network, business website, online store, etc. Joomla armory counts a lot of                         extensions that simplify all your website management operations, dozens of free and                     premium templates.

How to Migrate Drupal to Joomla: 6 SimpleSteps

If you have already decided to make the final step to migrate your Drupal to Joomla, here’s                               the detailed tutorial that will help you to do this with ease.

1. Create your CMS2CMS AccountAt the beginning, you should go to www.cms2cms.com and register your account. Or just                         sign up via your Google+ or Facebook account.

2. Provide the URLs of Your SitesNext, provide the URLs of your Drupal and Joomla websites in the corresponding fields in                           the migration wizard and select the CMS platforms types correspondingly.

If you haven’t installed your new Joomla site yet, just tick the box “I don’t have my Target                                 website installed yet” and select Joomla from the list of CMSs. It means, CMS2CMS will                           export some part of Drupal site to its test Joomla site so that you can try the service in                                   action anyway.

3. Download the Connection BridgeAt this point, you should create the connection between your sites by following these steps:

● download bridge by clicking the corresponding button (it will be saved as                     ‘cms2cms’ zip)

● extract ‘cms2cms’ zip to the folder on your PC● connect to your Drupal and Joomla websites via any type of FTP client software                         

(e.g. FileZilla, WinSCP, FileFTP, ect)● copy ‘cms2cms’ folder you’ve extracted from zip to the root directories of your                       

Drupal and Joomla websites (root directory is the top folder with index.php file)

Once you’ve done this, it means the connection bridge is installed and you may start with                             the automated data transfer.

4. Choose Options for Joomla MigrationThen, you will be offered some options to make your Drupal to Joomla migration exactly to                             

your wish:

1. ‘Migrate Media Files’  ­ if you’d like to migrate your post pictures, check this box.2. ‘Make URLs SEO Friendly’ – this option means that the internal links from your                         

Drupal site will be formed according to Joomla rules.3. ‘Clear Target Site Data’ – if you have some test data on Joomla website, this                           

option will erase it automatically before the migration.

5. Free Demo MigrationNow, you may try the service in action by performing free Demo Migration. 10 pages of                             your website content will be moved to Joomla with all the related entities (posts,                         

categories, content images, etc.). And in seconds, you’ll be able to check the result.

6. Full ConversionIf you are happy with the Demo Migration result, press ‘Start Full Migration’ button. When                           the transfer is complete, you’ll receive an email notification and be able to check out your                             new Joomla website looks immediately.

What Entities Will Be Migrated from Drupal to JoomlaWith CMS2CMS

So, you want to move your Drupal to Joomla right away? Do this with CMS2CMS! Just set                               up your free Demo Migration and very soon you’ll be able to enjoy your new Joomla                             website.