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Fatal error: require_once(): Failed opening | Use of undefined constant DS - assumed 'DS'
This is not coming from Joomla core, but from a 3rd party (likely custom developed) component that exist in your site.
First see if you really need/use this component, or you can simply uninstall it. ...
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Component Download (from a live site)
Yes, it is possible with a component, but it will take a little longer as there are more directories and files.
Create a folder on your desktop (e.g "gallery"), then copy the XML file from:
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Transfer website with all categories, articles, menus
Assuming that you're just migrating from one server to the next (e.g. development to production).
Look at Akeeba Backup. It is capable of transferring an entire site from one physical/virtual system ...
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Migration WIth Minimal Downtime
If you have enough rights on the server, I do it without any downtime and without Akeeba. I use a script like
Make a dump of the mysql joomla database, store the file in a directory which is not ...
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Migrate users account from Joomla 3 to another Joomla 3 manually
Rather than migrating the users manually you could try some of the extensions available at Joomla Extensions Directory. This page contains several extensions, both free and commercial, you'd have to ...
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Update from 3.9.x to 4.x
You need to wait for 3.10.X to become available; as per the documentation, "This guide assumes you are starting on Joomla 3.10.x. If you are on a earlier version make sure you upgrade to Joomla 3....
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Migration WIth Minimal Downtime
When we do a site upgrade like this we use a temp folder and Akeeba. Simply create a new folder for for the updated site and install it using Akeeba. Make sure you use a new database so the entire new ...
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Migration WIth Minimal Downtime
There are a couple of approaches. Using @Tom Kuschel suggestion with rsync if you have such privileges is one. But there are others as well.
If the only changes are on the db level, you could simply ...
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Updating my site to the current CMS
The best way to go about this issue is to persuade your client to undertake a migration to a modern stable version of Joomla (currently 3.6.4) or build a new site from scratch in case there is very ...
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Fatal error: require_once(): Failed opening | Use of undefined constant DS - assumed 'DS'
I recommend you to use this plugin:
http://extensions.joomla.org/extension/ds-constant
it will reintroduce the deprecated DS constant to ease the migration for 2.5.x sites whose extensions still use ...
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Joomla upgrade: 3.10.11 to 4.x
The issue turned out to be the extension RSFirewall for Joomla By RSJoomla.
To solve the issue I added an 'exception'.
I specified that the component named 'Joomla! Update' could bypass all aspects of ...
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RedMigrators gets stuck in about 1/3 of migration
Migrating Joomla 1.5 to 2.5 or 3 can be a complex process, depending on what extensions you have on your current website. It's almost never a one-click process.
First of all, make sure you have a ...
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Error when trying to fix database in Joomla! 3
So I've fixed this issue myself. I noticed that in my new database, the ks7hv_update_categories table was missing, and thus I couldn't open the ks7hv_updates even though it appears to be there in ...
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User ID Warning
Any extension that interacts with users in any way, shop or form, requires the #__users table. It sounds like you have migrated the EasyBlog data, but forgot to migrate the data from the #__users ...
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Upgrading a Joomla! 2.5 component to Joomla! 3 - JToolbar in Administrator doesn't work
It turns out that all of the administrator forms needed to have id="adminForm" on them. The project that I was working on did not.
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Finding a clean version of extensions during Joomla! migration?
Unfortunately, the extension table does not contain installed version or extension author information.
To document this additional third party extension information, I recommend:
logging in to the ...
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Finding a clean version of extensions during Joomla! migration?
I think that the sequence that you're using is not what it should be. You should first do the following:
Install a fresh install of Joomla (same version that you have)
Find all the extensions that ...
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Updating my site to the current CMS
I recommend stabilising the current website while you work out how to migrate to the latest version.
Stabilise the Current Website
Backup the current website using Akeeba Backup or similar.
Upgrade ...
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Update Joomla from 2.5.28 to 3.4.0
A couple of things to try:
Disable "System - Remember Me" plugin before running the upgrade step (and re-enable after successful update). It's not clear whether you still need to do this step (see ...
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Transfer website with all categories, articles, menus
Regarding Articles and category,
Yes, You can also do the same using taking backup of few tables.
You have to taken a backup of Content,Assets and category tables.
About Menu you can do the same ...
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Can't access all administrator menus and menu labels have weird symbols
As one commenter suggested, try clearing your browser cache and the Joomla cache and see if that fixes the problem (also try restarting your browser and restart your Internet modem). If that doesn't ...
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As JSubmenuHelper is deprecated, how to migrate to JHtmlSidebar?
You will firstly need to create a helper class that extends ContentHelper, like so:
administrator/components/com_mycomponent/Helper/MyComponentHelper.php
use Joomla\CMS\Helper\ContentHelper;
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Broken website due to outdated installation and host php upgrade - how to migrate/upgrade manually?
I would suggest you switch back to the earlier version of PHP and upgrade the Joomla site to the latest level and then switch back to PHP 7.x
If you login to the hosting account for the website ...
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Update from 3.9.x to 4.x
Just an FYI that Joomla 3.10-alpha has now been released so the upgrade process can now easily done.
Instructions:
Go to the Joomla Update Component Options and switch the Update Channel to Testing ...
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joomla 3 extensions migration to joomla 4
I've been adapting my custom J3 modules into J4 locally in a WAMP environment followed by installing them on a live test site. So far the only change I've had to make is adding the <namespace> ...
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htaccess 404 Redirect Not Working
Just a shot in the dark here, but is your webserver configured to allow FileInfo overrides? If the main webserver config doesn't allow that, the ErrorDocument directive will be ignored in the ....
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Joomla Warning Showing Incorrect PHP Version
Installing Joomla in a subdomain should make no difference as far as the PHP version is concerned.
The likely explanation is that there is a directive in the .htaccess file overriding the default PHP ...
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Can't access all administrator menus and menu labels have weird symbols
This problem occurs due to a change in the PHP version in the server to (7.3 or 7.4) Therefore, you need to change the version to less than that, for example (7.0).
Other suggestion: change .htaccess ...
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How to migrate community builder data from joomla 1.5 to joomla latest version?
You should be able to do this using SP Upgrade It states on the extensions page that it supports community builder.
SP Upgrade
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Upgrade joomla 1.5 to 3.x
Migration Tools
There are quite a few tools that help migrate websites from Joomla 1.5 to 3.x and you can find most of them in the Joomla Extensions Directory at: https://extensions.joomla.org/tags/...
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