How to Migrate Joomla toDrupal: Process of Moment

[Tutorial]

Drupal is considered to be one of the most powerful and advanced website builders out                           there. It comprises not only the features of a CMS platform, but rather it’s a content                             management framework as well, that provides the website owners with the ability to create                         their own application on Drupal core. This CMF is highly­developed while speaking about                       its functionality. Moreover, Drupal is suitable for knowledge management and business                   collaboration. You are always able to improve your website management with the modules,                       themes, contributions, etc. Drupal developers always concentrate on every website                 improvement and growth, providing every user with all the options to make their sites                         professional ones.

Thus, to make the website management sphere even more simple and efficient, we                       present you the tutorial that will show you how to migrate Joomla website to Drupal                           automatedly and with no losses

Joomla to Drupal Migration: Step­by­StepSwitching

1. Login/Sign upGo to www.cms2cms.com and login via your Google+ or Facebook account. Or you may                         create new CMS2CMS account by just providing your name, email, and password.

2. Specify Your Joomla and Drupal URLs

In the provided fields in the migration wizard, type the URLs of your Joomla and Drupal                             websites. If you haven’t installed Drupal website yet, it’s not a problem, you may still try the                               migration. Just check the box saying “I don’t have my target website installed yet” and                           choose the type of CMS platform you want to switch to.

3. Download the Connection Bridge

Then, click on ‘ Download Bridge File’ link and follow the steps:

1. Bridge File will be saved as ‘cms2cms’ zip. Extract it to the folder on your PC and                               remember the location, we’ll back to it later.

2. Connect to your websites via FTP client software (you may use any type of it). You                             need to provide your FTP host name, username, and password. All these you may                         find out from your hosting provider.

3. Then, right within your dashboard, copy ‘cm2cms’ folder and paste it to the root                         directories of your Joomla and Drupal websites. The root directory is the top folder                         with the index.php file.

Then, you should go back to your migration wizard and verify the connection bridge                         between your sites by pressing the corresponding button.

4. Preferences for MigrationAfter that, you may choose the additional options:

1. Migrate Media Files ­ check this box if you want to move your post pictures2. Make URLs SEO Friendly ­ if you choose this action, all internal links of your                           

Joomla website will be formed according to the rewrite rules of your new Drupal                         website.

3. 301 Redirect ­ If you check this box, 301 redirect will inform the engine bot about                             the change of your location and you will save your ranking and traffic..

4. Clear Target Site Data – this option will erase test content on your Drupal website.

5. Demo Migration

Now, you may start with the free Demo Migration. CMS2CMS will transfer 10 pages of your                             website from Joomla to Drupal along with the related entities in just a few minutes. And                             you’ll be able to check the result right away.

6. Start Full Migration

Happy with the Demo result? Well, you may start the Full migration by clicking the                           corresponding button right now. In a while, when it’s done (usually it’s a couple minutes)                           

you’ll receive an email notification and welcome your new website – now on Drupal!

Entities that Will be Transferred fromJoomla to Drupal

If you are ready to start the new life of your website and migrate Joomla to Drupal, go                                 ahead and set up your free Demo Migration. And in a minutes, you’ll be able to enjoy your                                 new Drupal website.

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