Hello,
I need import Virtuemart 1.1.9 with a Joomla 1.5.26 to Virtuemart 3.0.6.4 in Joomla 3.4.1. (Joomla is yet migrated ok, I need only import VM) I'm not sure if this is possible directly or I must migrate first from Virtuemart 1.1.9 with a Joomla 1.5.26 to Virtuemart 2+ and Joomla 2+ or Joomla 2.5+...
I see some video-tutorials but they are with old versions of CSVI and they are very different than the actual version.
I can import directly from Virtuemart 1.1.9 with a Joomla 1.5.26 to Virtuemart 3.0.6.4 in Joomla 3.4.1?
Excuse my English and thanks for your help
Kind regards
Hello,
Let me start by saying that CSVI is not a migration tool. If you simply want to move over the products/categories/manufacturers that isn't going to be a problem. However if you really want to move everything over another approach will be needed. In that case an update of VM 1 to VM 2 to VM3 is the way to go forward. This will keep all your original data. You can do that on a test site, since you will need to update Joomla with it of course. Once you are on Joomla 3 with VM 3, you can take the VirtueMart database tables and put those in your new site, after that install VirtueMart 3 and you should be all set.
Kind regards,
RolandD
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Hello,
Excuse me, I haven't experience with this and I need more details to be sure that I understand right :unsure: . (I used with succesfull your csvi free one time to export a Joomla 1.5.26 to Joomla 2, but without Virtuemart.)
I have a Joomla 1.5.26 migrated ok to joomla 3.4.1. Then I need import the virtuemart 1.1.9 with Joomla 1.5.26 to Virtuemart 3.0.6.4 with Joomla 3.4.1. I wish to import this directly. ¿Is correct install a CSVI Free 1.9.2 to Joomla 1.5.26 and the CSVI Pro 5.21.2 to Joomla 3.4.1 to export? What is your recomendation? Is better use the CSVI 6?
Can you inform step by step about what is the best way to do it in my case?
Thanks for your help patient
Hello,
You are correct, you need to install CSVI Free 1.9.2 on the Joomla 1.5 site and CSVI 5.21.2 Pro on the Joomla 3 site. You can then run the product export on the Joomla 1.5 site and use that file to run the product import on Joomla 3.
Most fields are the same by name still but the image fields have changed. I have forgotten the image name fields in VM1 but the new fields are called file_url and file_url_thumb.
Do this process with a few basic fields first like product_sku, product_name, category_path and published. If all goes well, you can add more fields as you need.
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RolandD
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Hello,
Thanks for your speed answer and help. I read some tutorial but they are a question that I don't find. I think is basic but I don't know. Excuse me if this information exist in a forum.
In Settings they are the field "domain name". What domain name I must to write in this field? I try to explain better.
I have a working site named: www.cortinaestor.es but I will use CSVI from a clon of this web to the new Joomla 3.4.1 because is better not use the working site.
The domain names that I use are:
http://www.cortinaestor.es/clon (Clon of the working site cortinaestor in Joomla 1.5.26 and VM 1.1.9) Origen
http://www.cortinaestor.es/jom315 (New Joomla 3.4.1 with VM 3.0.6.4) destination
Of curse, the domain name that will be the website after importation etc, must be www.cortinaestor.es, the same than they are now the working website.
Then, what domani name I must wirte in a clon 1.5.26 and what domani name I must write in a new Joomla 3.4.1?
1-cortinaestor.es/clon?
2-cortinaestor.es/jom315
3-cortinaestor.es?
And with or without "www."?
Thanks a lot!
Kind regards
Hello,
In Settings they are the field "domain name". What domain name I must to write in this field?
It doesn't matter much what you put in here because it is only used when exporting the product_url and/or file_url fields or if you run a cronjob. It has no other purpose.
I think if you just put in http://www.cortinaestor.es you should be fine.
Kind regards,
RolandD
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Hello,
Thanks for your help but I'm another problem and maybe you can help me again:
Since there are field names and paths that have changed from one version to another. When importing CSVI Virtuemart to be very useful to have a table that could see the correspondence between the names fields of existing fields in Joomla 1 and VM1 regarding Joomla 3 and Virtuemart 3. And the same for the routes.
I think we would be useful to many users: P
Example: Field name have changed
Virtuemart 1 ---> Virtuemart 3
category_thumb_image -> file_url_thumb
Example: Pathways changed
Virtuemart1 -> Virtuemart 3 [/ b]
components / com_virtuemart / shop_image -> images / stories / virtuemart
Kind regards and Thanks!
Hello,
maybe you can help me again:
I will try :)
Well VirtueMart 1 is no longer supported, it is very old in terms of software. So I don't see the need to spend time on that. Feel free to create the list and I am willing to post it on the site.
As for the image path, ideally you would not need to do anything about that other than choosing the default in the template.
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RolandD
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Hello,
I understand. But maybe you can help me about the image category names.
The name of the images of categories in VM 1.1.9 was "category_full_image" and the thumbs of categories was "category_thumb_image". The route where I have now the category images is:
Full image of categories vm:
home/public_html/mydomine/subdomine/images/stories/virtuemart/category
Thumb image of categories vm:
home/public_html/midominio/subdominio/images/stories/virtuemart/category/resized
Note: They are in a subdomin mainwille I make the import. After that I will change it to the url in production
But I think in Virtuemart 3 the name of category images and thumbnails of the categories is the same as the pictures and thumbnails of products: "file_url" and "file_url_thumb"
Should I put the images of product and category on the same route?
In this case, should I move images from the current route:
home / public_html / mydomain / subdomain / images / stories / virtuemart / category
to the route:
home / public_html / mydomain / subdomain / images / stories / virtuemart / product?
Thanks for your help!
Kind regards
Hello,
But maybe you can help me about the image category names
Sure.
But I think in Virtuemart 3 the name of category images and thumbnails of the categories is the same as the pictures and thumbnails of products: "file_url" and "file_url_thumb"
Correct, images for both the product and category import are called file_url for the large image and file_url_thumb for the thumbnail image.
The location of the images in VirtueMart 3 is images/stories/virtuemart/product and images/stories/virtuemart/category. That is where the images should be moved to using FTP. These are the default locations of the VM images.
So you can set the file_url to just the name for example category1.jpg and the file_url_thumb would be set to resized/category1.jpg. In the import template you set the file location to the suggested value. That way CSVI will be able to find the images and import them.
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RolandD
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Thanks for your speed answer!
I'm not sure to understand right. Excuse me.
I haven't a directory called /product and images/ and I have only one time the directory named /stories/ but in the location that you suggest the location contents two directories named /stories/. Now I have the images of categories in this other location: images/stories/virtuemart/category
I need changed the location of categories images to: images/stories/virtuemart/product and images/stories/virtuemart/category ?
And the same about images of products: images/stories/virtuemart/product and images/stories/virtuemart/product
The part "product and images" must be write with "_" beetween words or not? (/product_and_images/ or /product and images/)
Thanks a lot! Great support!
Hello,
You seem to have misread my post.
Now I have the images of categories in this other location: images/stories/virtuemart/category
That is the exact same path I wrote.
I need changed the location of categories images to: images/stories/virtuemart/product and images/stories/virtuemart/category ?
And the same about images of products: images/stories/virtuemart/product and images/stories/virtuemart/product
You have a mistake in your category path, it must end in category. This change is useless though because you are talking about the same exact category before and after the rename.
The part "product and images" must be write with "_" beetween words or not? (/product_and_images/ or /product and images/)
I don't understand what you mean by that.
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RolandD
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Hello Roland,
Excuse me. Is true I don't understand the post because I read all as one location, they are writte in one line and this a confusion for me. Sorry. But I understand they are two location:
The location of the images in VirtueMart 3 are:
images/stories/virtuemart/product (to the products)
and
images/stories/virtuemart/category (to the categories)
Then, I have the images and thumbs in a correct location but virtuemart don't find the images of categories. Find the image and thumb of product, but not of category. Also, the thumb of product appears resized in a very big size, I don't know the reason.
I must finish the location with "/" in the end or not? For example: "images/stories/virtuemart/category/" or "images/stories/virtuemart/category"
Thanks to be patien and for your help:-)
Kind regards
Hello,
Post your debug log and a sample of your import file and I can check it for you.
Also, the thumb of product appears resized in a very big size, I don't know the reason.
Without the debug log and sample file I can't answer that for you.
I must finish the location with "/" in the end or not? For example: "images/stories/virtuemart/category/" or "images/stories/virtuemart/category"
As the path suggests in the template, it must finish with the /.
Kind regards,
RolandD
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Hello,
Thanks. The problem with image size is different depends on the template I use. With Epimeteo they ara very big, with beez they are ok (or more similar to the images on the original template in Joomla 1.5.26, template zeolite).
I adjoint images of the web.
(The image that you can see -only one- is because I charged it manualy from de back end)
Also appears always the error: vmError: $link["view"] is empty
I will send you the csv file to import tomorrow
Kind regards and thanks
Hello,
The problem with image size is different depends on the template I use.
That is a template issue then, I can't help with that.
Also appears always the error: vmError: $link["view"] is empty
I don't do VirtueMart support but I can tell you that this error shows up because there is no menu entry linking to VirtueMart.
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RolandD
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Hello Roland,
I'm working to find the errors, because the differences bettwen Joomla1&VM1&template Zeolit and Joomla3&VM3&template Epimeteo are too much... I try to exclose the questions that not are relation with csvi.
For exemple: I can't import product price. In all prices appears 0,00 €. I try to do an new import in order put the prices but I can't. Also I can't see the link "addition the product to the order to buy" People can't buy like this because not appears th option. Can I help my about this two subjects?
If you want you can acces to my web in order find some problem that I don't know to detected. Th site is offline but you can access with this:
Thanks and kind regards!
Hello,
Let's deal with 1 problem at a time, the price import.Post me the debug log and the file you are importing, so I can check what happens with your prices.
P.s. I have removed the login details.
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RolandD
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Hello,
I solved problem about prices. It runs nice :) . Now I have the problem with images: The thumb images of the products are shoed very big and then it looks bad. I think thy are some way to limite the size of thumbails but I supose I do something in a wrong way. I try two ways. The first time I charged the thumb images in a directory and say not to create thumbs when make the export. The second time I delete all thumb images and say Yes to create thumbs when make export. But two failed. The thumb images exist but they are showed very big. I specifed 90x90 but are showed bigger. Excuse me if can be to the tmplate.
But I have another problem I think is sure not about template. Virtuemart not find the images and thumbs of categories but the images are in a correct location
Can I help me?
Thanks!
Kind regards!
Hello,
As mentioned before I am not here for support with template issues or VirtueMart. One tip I can give, check if the image is not resized by HTML. So in the image tag you can have something like this:
<img width="xx" height="xx"
that would also resize the image.
Virtuemart not find the images and thumbs of categories but the images are in a correct location
Can I help me?
I will need the debug log and CSV file you used for import to see what is going on.
Kind regards,
RolandD
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Hello Roland,
I solved a problem about thumb sizes, they are a cause of template and imaged sizes. The template in Joomla 1 was not responsive and the template that I use in Joomla 3 are responsive. This make some problems also if the image size are not the same in all images. I say that because when I solved this the prices appears ok. Then, as you say, is not a CSVI importation problem :)
About the other problem (The VM not find the category images and they are in a correct location) you ask me about the debug log and CSV file that I used for import I don't find it. It is not generated. But the images are yet in a location and I think I only must to writte the route without processing the images.
I configure the import template like this:
Fields: file_url_thumb (Only this because the other information are yet imported ok)
Primary language: Spanish
Translation language: Spanish
General option images: All in "No". (No processing images)
File image location: images/stories/virtuemart/category/resized/
It's ok?
Two questions more:
- In the Joomla 1.5.26 to 1.1.9 VM had the Catalan language translated with Joomfish. Now with Joomla 3 there is the multi-language concept but I don'tknow how to migrate Catalan translations from Joomla 1&VM1 to Joomla 3 & VM3. In CSVI PRO Joomla now appears the "primary language" option and "Translation Language" but I don't know how works. It's possible configurate this option to import the joomfish translation or that must be do manually?
-In CSVI Pro I see import options to Virtuemart that I can't find in CSVI for Joomla 1. For exemple, I can't find the files "Product_high", "Product width" to import that from csv file exported from Joomla 1 to Joomla 3. Excuse my English, I hope you can understand me. I would say they are fields that I can import in the last version of CSVI PRO, but maybe this is not possible to do because I can't generate this files with CSVI in Joomla 1.
Many thanks and kind regards
Hello,
Fields: file_url_thumb (Only this because the other information are yet imported ok)
There is the problem. You must supply the file_url field as well. As this field is missing, the images are not being processed. How can you have the thumbnail but not the full image?
t's possible configurate this option to import the joomfish translation or that must be do manually?
Read the Setting up a VirtueMart 2 multi-language shop tutorial. It explains how the translation language works.
The fields like product_width and product_height haven't changed as far as I can see. I also see them in the list of Available Fields on Joomla 1.5.
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RolandD
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Hello,
Sorry I confused about this:
There is the problem. You must supply the file_url field as well. As this field is missing, the images are not being processed. How can you have the thumbnail but not the full image?
I know I'm wrong but I explain you. I think that the full image and thumb image are differents locations.
The location of full image of categories is images/stories/virtuemart/category/
The location of thumb image of categories is images/stories/virtuemart/category/resized
As the images exist in a correct location, (both: full images and thumbs) I think that images no must be procesed, only writte the location in order virtuemart find them. . For this reason I think I must to do two import (one for full image to the location finished in "category/" and the other import for the thumbs to the location finished in "category/resized"
If now I understand right your answer I must procesed the images (both: full image and thumb) when I export file. And I supose the location that I must to writte is the location of full images.
Is correct?
About the other subject "multilanguage", I will read the Setting up a VirtueMart 2 multi-language shop tutorial. I supose I find the answer also to the Joomla 1 and joomfish translation.
Thanks and kind regards!
Hello,
For this reason I think I must to do two import (one for full image to the location finished in "category/" and the other import for the thumbs to the location finished in "category/resized"
This is not correct, it should be one import because both the large and thumb image is one database record.
that I must to writte is the location of full images.
Is correct?
From the tutorial:
file_url
Here you put the name of the main image for example hammer.png
file_url_thumb
Here you put the name of the thumbnail image, always prefixed by resized for example resized/hammer.png
The path is not supposed to be added to the filename in your CSV file.
Are you using the product import or the image import to import the images? If you use the image import you can set the Process images to No and the images will not be processed but stored in the database.
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RolandD
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Hello Roland,
Excuse me. My English is not good and maybe I don't understand right all concepts. I try do a importation as image import but I do something wrong. The images of categories and thumbs are yet in a location ok. Then I think no must to procesed them or load them again in server. I think I must only to say the location to the system in order VM find the images. But in a csv file I have from Joomla1&VM1 they are not the name of images. Maybe this is the problem? I think that is not necessary this. I think that only with the location VM find and load the images and thumbs. But maybe I'm wrong.
I adjoint a screen capture
Many thanks for your patien help
Kind regards
Hello,
But in a csv file I have from Joomla1&VM1 they are not the name of images. Maybe this is the problem?
What is in the CSV file from J1 & VM1?
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RolandD
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Hello.
I'm affraid I don't know to explain enough in English. Sorry. I try to explain better.
In a csv file that I import to Virtuemart3 I have only two fields from virtuemart1.
^file_url^~^file_url_thumb
The other fieds of Virtuemart categories are imported yet ok.
With CSVI version 1.9.2 I don't know what is the name of the images and thumbs of virtuemart (version 1.1.9) categories and I can't import this field. For this reason I ask if is necessary have the name of each image in a csv file that will be export to Virtuemart 3.
Maybe the problem is only I don't know the field name of the vm category images and field name of vm category thumbs with Virtuemart 1.1.9
Thanks for your help
Kind regards
Hello,
I'm affraid I don't know to explain enough in English. Sorry. I try to explain better.
No problem, we keep trying :) Perhaps more pictures to help explain?
With CSVI version 1.9.2 I don't know what is the name of the images and thumbs of virtuemart (version 1.1.9) categories and I can't import this field
In VM 1 these fields are called category_full_image and category_thumb_image when you use the Category details export. You can import this into VM3 but you need to change the names to file_url and file_url_thumb.
Does that help?
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RolandD
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Hello Rolland,
Thanks for your patient help. :)
In old web with vm1 the link to the Shop item menu (Tienda):** index.php?option=com_virtuemart&view=virtuemart**
In new web with VM3 the link is: index.php?option=com_virtuemart&view=virtuemart&productsublayout=0
I can't change this link and I think they shows the front page in a different way
At the moment I solved it showing the vm category names without image and changing the default image "noimage.gif" by another wiht. My problem is I must do a very big transition from Joomla1&VM1 and a template not responsive, a lot of things! Now I know that the reason of a lot of problem I have are the images. The sizes are not all the sames and this is not a problem in a not responsive template but maybe is a problem in a responsive template. I need a lot of time to find where is the origen of problems. I adjoint a screen capture with the solution. Is not ideal, but at the moment it's the only one I have. (I'm working to arrange the web dessing, this is only to show solution but the web desing is not finish...)
If you can help me to find a better solution I will be thanhfull!
Kind regards!
Hello,
If your category images are the same size on the old website, importing them to the new website should work OK then I think. There you would have the same categories with the same images.
You can't import the category images?
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RolandD
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Hello,
The problem is that in old web site the images are not the same sizes. I have a very bad images in this sence. For example, someone are 75 x 120 and someone 120 x 63, etc.
My service support on my hosting in Spain (Webempresa) recomended put the category images of old website in a zip and then load this zip to the correct location in a new website with VM3. Then extract the zip into the directory. I do like this but the category images not appears and the thumbs neither. I can't find the reason. I understand thatI not must processing the images because the images are yet load in a directory. I understand I must only to writte the location: images/stories/virtuermart/category/ (Curiously with product images it runs nice, I think...) Maybe the template is complicate to manage (Epimeteo) because is the first time that I use a template of Gantry... Maybe they are something changed in VM3 configuration... I don't know.
Many thanks for your help!
Hello,
I do like this but the category images not appears and the thumbs neither.
That is fine to zip the images and move them over.
I understand thatI not must processing the images because the images are yet load in a directory.
Processing the images or not, doesn't make a difference in your case. You already have the images. Just set image processing to Yes and thumbnail creation to No.
Post the file you are importing for the category images and the debug log.
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RolandD
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Hello Roland,
I adjoint the last debug info and a screen capture of configuration.
The fields that I used are: file_url, file_url_thumb and category_path
The path in field "File location category images" is: images/stories/virtuemart/category/
The full images and thumbs of VM Categories are loaded in a correct locations.
I think my error is not put "rewriting existing files" because I have changed a name of one category and in this case the importation create the image ok to the category with the old name. I will try like this and I will say you again what is the result
Thanks for your help!
Hello,
I think my error is not put "rewriting existing files"
If you set this to No, existing entries will not be updated. You should only use this if you have data in your import file you don't want inserted into the site.
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RolandD
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Hello Roland,
This was the problem. Succesfull! Images appears :) ! Now my problem are the original images size, but this other history :)
Thanks for your help
Kind regards
Hello,
The images category is ok now :) .
I have a problem with the shoppers. They haven't all information. I have the name, username and e-mail. But have not the ID, the billing information (address, etc) and neither the shipment address. I try to import this from Jommla 1.5.6&Virtuemart 1.1.9 but the result csv file is empty, I can see only the name of headers. I import from the table "user info export" and choiche all fields.
Thanks for your help
Kind regards
Hello,
Can you please start a new thread with a descriptive title because we are already on page 6 and this is becoming an unusable thread for people reading this.
Post all the requested information in detail in the new thread and I will see what is in the debug log.
Kind regards,
RolandD
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Hello,
Excuse me. I will create a new thread
Thanks!
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