Attempting upgrade from Vanilla 1.5.1 to Vanilla 2

scotty

Anyone has experience with upgrading from Vanilla 1.5.1 to Vanilla 2 ? and can share any tips/experiences/hints. Should i expect any major issues with respect to DB schemas etc. or the way friendly urls are working for me might break etc.
Any sharings are welcome, Thanks

R_J

You can look through old discussions for any help: http://vanillaforums.org/categories/questions/p462
I found that: http://vanillaforums.org/discussion/9796/migrate-addons-from-vanilla-1-to-vanilla2#latest and it seems like the Vanilla Porter could do the trick.

scotty

Thanks for the pointers R_J. think i better take help for this

R_J

As you like it, but this seems to be the solution:
http://docs.vanillaforums.com/developers/importing/porter/
http://docs.vanillaforums.com/developers/importing/support/
http://vanillaforums.org/addon/porter-core

peregrine

just create a clone of your forum (leave the original intact).

never tried it but ....

Create a prisitine forum with vanilla 2.1.11. then Use porter. Adjust permissions and roles if they get munged.
Then only add plugins and change theme only after everything else works out ok.

scotty

I feel more confident after seeing the tools, documentation and prompt replies from community. Thanks guys