Trouble with migrating to Joomla 4
Posted: 15 Oct 2024, 01:00
Dear all,
I have an 80-year old neighbor who has a simple Joomla website about his painting and art projects which is very dear to him. His friend who maintained the website died some years ago, so it was totally outdated and obsolete in many aspects. The provider made PHP 8 mandatory so that seemed the end of it. Despite having only a passing knowledge of web development, I took a look at it (there's nobody else really), made the main components functional again and updated Phoca gallery and guestbook and some other components. I'm now trying to update to Joomla 4 to make the website fit for another maybe five years of active usage, taking the advanced age of its proprietor into account.
I've gotten pretty far with it, updating the template, removing obsolete PHP coding conventions etc., but now I'm stumped. Most of the website is functional, but some template stylings relating to Phoca Gallery don't work. The gallery thumbnails and the top menu styling isn't correct, and the side menu is missing.
Compare Joomla 3: http://plonske.com/index.php/arbeiten/malerei/1950-59
and Joomla 4: http://joomla4.plonske.com/index.php/ar ... ei/1950-59
All the template styles and overrides seem to be there. Any pointers to where I could go looking? There could be legacy code that doesn't work with modern versions of Joomla, Phoca Gallery or PHP anymore, but how to find it?
I can provide any details, sources etc. necessary. I'm willing to troubleshoot and read up on any documentation, but I don't know where and what to look for right now. Any input is highly appreciated.
Thanks very much in advance!
Best greetings
I have an 80-year old neighbor who has a simple Joomla website about his painting and art projects which is very dear to him. His friend who maintained the website died some years ago, so it was totally outdated and obsolete in many aspects. The provider made PHP 8 mandatory so that seemed the end of it. Despite having only a passing knowledge of web development, I took a look at it (there's nobody else really), made the main components functional again and updated Phoca gallery and guestbook and some other components. I'm now trying to update to Joomla 4 to make the website fit for another maybe five years of active usage, taking the advanced age of its proprietor into account.
I've gotten pretty far with it, updating the template, removing obsolete PHP coding conventions etc., but now I'm stumped. Most of the website is functional, but some template stylings relating to Phoca Gallery don't work. The gallery thumbnails and the top menu styling isn't correct, and the side menu is missing.
Compare Joomla 3: http://plonske.com/index.php/arbeiten/malerei/1950-59
and Joomla 4: http://joomla4.plonske.com/index.php/ar ... ei/1950-59
All the template styles and overrides seem to be there. Any pointers to where I could go looking? There could be legacy code that doesn't work with modern versions of Joomla, Phoca Gallery or PHP anymore, but how to find it?
I can provide any details, sources etc. necessary. I'm willing to troubleshoot and read up on any documentation, but I don't know where and what to look for right now. Any input is highly appreciated.
Thanks very much in advance!
Best greetings