The Ultimate Guide to Take on Seamless Transition From Magento 1 to Magento 2

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The Ultimate Guide to Take on Seamless Transition
From Magento 1 to Magento 2
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Magento based ecommerce stores are a visual
delight for online shoppers. Moreover, they have
been offering excellent flexibility and
scalability to the business owners. But what
about the superior performance of the website
once the e-store has been set up? How do you
ensure that your website has enhanced features
and excellent UI? Well, the best way to do so is
to upgrade the version of the platform and make a
transition to the latest version. Yes, we are
talking about Magento 1 to Magento 2 migration
here. Ever since Magento 2 released in the year
2015, the business owners have had several qualms
about it. Right from the expenses that might
incur to them to what would the migration do to
the current structure of their website and the
data. So, if you befall in the category of
Magento e-store owners who are happy with the
Magento 1 comfort zone and are afraid to make the
big move this blog is for you. We are here with
a guide to help you make a flawless translation.
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The Magento 2 Move Why It Isn't as Difficult
to You Think It Is? Migration from Magento 1 to 2
is a bit tricky. But it isn't difficult or
impossible. And if you're stuck, the companies
that provide Magento 2 Development Services can
always come to your rescue. However, for guiding
you about the same, we have come up with a step
by step guide which will help you with a smooth
transition. Be Bugs Ready Now, whether you
believe it or not, the first step to Magento
Migration is - preparing for the move. Although
the platform offers e-store owners with excellent
flexibility and functionality, making the move is
a huge process. You need to be ready for some
hindrances that might come your way while
migrating. This is majorly because when you move
all the information from one website to another,
you might have to deal with some bugs. These bugs
will usually be the ones that you resolved when
you were working on the original domain, but you
still need to be prepared to deal with them.
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Also, you might experience loss in sales due to
the downtime and functionality problems. But this
won't last long. Once your e-store is up and
running, things would be okay. Exporting the
System To commence with Magento 1 to Magento 2
Migration process, you need to log in to your
account and have the access of your phpMyAdmin
panel. It will navigate you to the place from
where you have to backup your database. In case
you have planned a different way to do it, make
use of the tool you have planned to use for
exporting the MySQL database. Thereafter, you can
export the system and save it on your desktop.
While exporting, you should be cautious enough
not to cause any loss of information. It is
better to save the information using a .zip file
so that the process becomes secure and easy.
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The Backup Time Transferring information is a
tricky process and as we mentioned above, you
need to be careful that you do not lose any of
the data. Remember the day when you were about to
launch your website for the first time? You had
to create categories pertaining to your products,
write descriptions and upload pictures. When you
back up, you need to ensure that you keep all
this information backed up. This saves you from
going berserk while looking for information that
may go missing. Keep all the data including
account details, configuration details, email
address and more. Once you are done, check
whether all the customer information including
their billing addresses, passwords etc., are in
place. This information might come of help when
you want to get in touch with them for sales
related activities and promotions. This process
is also known as data dump as you can have all
the information in one place and transfer it to
the new domain for Magento 2 at a later stage.
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Update Data to Match the Domain When you move
from Magento 1 to 2, it is important to update
all the data in a way that it matches with your
new domain. By doing so, customers wouldn't get
redirected to a non-working page and the
functionality of your website will remain
unaffected. Use the text editor to get an access
to your data and search for the line which has
used the old domain. By doing so, you will be
able to replace the old domain with the new one
and save the information after the migration is
over.
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Time to Migrate In case you go for migration
through a company that provides Magento 2
Development services, the developers need to
ensure that they have backed up all your data
properly updated and correct information.
Thereafter, it's migration time. Go to your new
Magento PHPMyAdmin and make a new database for
uploading your information. Make use of the
import function for transferring the old
information to your new account. Ensure that you
input the username, password, and database name
in 43-46 lines of new database. Get
Testing There are several aspects that you need
to check as a part of testing. Ask yourself
questions like "Was I able to transfer all the
data? Do I have all the product and its
information linked? Have I uploaded all the data
systematically? By testing these aspects, you
would be able to ensure that everything is in
place and that your customer do not face any
issues while surfing your website.
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The developers of Biztech Consultancy have
undertaken several M1 to M2 migration projects
and know what it takes to provide the customers
with superior quality Magento Development
services. If you are in two minds about the
Migration, why not get in touch with us? We will
ensure that your Magento migration takes place
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