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#14763 Restoring a Joomla 1.5 site to a new 2.5 folder

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Latest post by nicholas on Thursday, 24 January 2013 14:44 CST

Thursday, 24 January 2013 13:03 CST

user57603

Mandatory information about my setup:

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Description of my issue:

I have been backing up my Joomla 1.5.26 based web site using Akeeba Backup Core 3.4.3 (2012-03-21) and I have a good backup ( site-www.stjohnshollington.org.uk-20130124-185505.jpa
Part 00 ).

I have now installed Joomla 2.5.8 into a separate directory in the site root.

How do I now restore the backup file from the v1.5.26 folder ?

Thursday, 24 January 2013 14:33 CST

nicholas

If I understand correctly, the root now contains a copy of the Joomla! 2.5 site. You want to replace it with a Joomla! 1.5 site. In this case, begin by deleting all files and folders (except the subdirectory with your Joomla! 2.5 site, of course!). Then restore the backup archive using Kickstart.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

Thursday, 24 January 2013 14:37 CST

user57603

my entire Joomla 1.5 site is in a directory : /joomla

the new site is in a directory : /joomla25

Thursday, 24 January 2013 14:44 CST

nicholas

Do you want to restore your Joomla! 1.5 site in the /joomla directory or the site's root, i.e. the / directory?

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

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