MIGRATE YOUR ECOMMERCE STORE FROM MAGENTO 1 TO MAGENTO 2

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MIGRATE YOUR ECOMMERCE STORE FROM MAGENTO 1 TO
MAGENTO 2
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There are hundreds of aspects to be considered
while migrating to M2. Editions that are below
1.8 Community Edition (1.8 CE) or 1.13 Enterprise
Edition (1.13EE) are typically considered
outdated. Stores using any of these might already
be experiencing problems, especially with
third-party extensions. For these stores, the
move must be made as early as possible. The
first step in your preparations, naturally, will
be taking back-ups. We have to take complete
backup of all the files, folders and databases.
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• Here is the first decision youll take Which all
  data do you really want to take along? Outdated,
  useless data, (e.g. logs with recently viewed
  items) will probably be of no use and its best
  you dont take that data along with you.
• Secondly, upgrade to magento 2, recommend you to
  create a clone of your existing store thats
  running on Magento 1.x. Thats because when you
  actually go for migration, youll be using that
  cloned store, not your real, live store for the
  migration process.
• Finally, youll have to do some testing. There
  may be an unpleasant surprise or two for you,
  because some of your customizations, 3rd party
  extensions, some codes and even some themes may
  not be compatible with the new version of
  Magento.
• Once youve done the above, youre ready to move
  on to the next stage.

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The next stage of migration is broken into 4
parts
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1.THEME MIGRATION
While it is not possible to use your Magento 1.x
themes directly, you can make changes therein to
get what you are looking for. Or you can create
new ones yourself from scratch. It is hard work
for sure, but quite rewarding. In case youd
rather have readymade themes, you may either buy
them from Magento store or from a reputed seller
who has kind of themes that will fit your
requirements and budget. In case youre buying,
dont forget to check the version is 2.0 or else
youll have to go through a lot of hassle.
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2.EXTENSION MIGRATION
You had installed numerous extensions on your
Magento 1.x store for better functionality and
various features. It is unlikely they will work
directly on your Magento 2 store. Youll see
severe compatibility issues with almost all
extensions. Youll want to go around checking
which ones you really need and then install them
on a selective basis. Alternatively, you can
develop some extensions on your own. We recommend
you to hire a Magento developer for this.
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3.CUSTOMIZATION MIGRATION
Depending upon a number of factors, the
customized code your Magento 1.x store uses may
be compatible with Magento 2. However, in most
cases, some additional work would be generally
required for successful Magento integration.
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4.DATA MIGRATION
Thankfully, this is one area that is not only
smooth but also seamless. Magento 2 has a
fantastic Magento 2 Data Migration Tool that
takes care of practically everything you need to
work on when you migrate Magento data. As a
matter of fact, you can expect a lot more from
the magento 2 migration tool. From your orders to
products categories and orders, you can smoothly
migrate everything.
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MIGRATION PLAN
If your store is large-sized and has a huge
number of customizations, there will be a number
of failures (and frustrations!) as you try to
migrate Magento. The official migration tool
works mainly with default installations, so if
you keep running into trouble very often, we
recommend you post your experience on the
official Magento forum. By now, youll be ready
to move all the incremental data to the new site.
That would include data updates (product reviews
or changes in customer profiles, revised orders,
fresh orders etc) and changes. Once this is in
place, you are all set to test the new site.
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ADDRESSING CONCERNS
Firstly, a number of store-owners are concerned
about the costs involved. The bright side,
however, is that it will give you all chance to
re-think on things that you dont currently have
but would like to, things you think are no longer
required and things that youd like to improve.
So look at this migration as an investment in
improving the user experience and building a
stronger foundation for your next generation
store. Secondly, the migration will impact your
SEO-targeted extensions. Cross-links, metadata
templates and custom URL formats are some of the
things that would be adversely affected or lost
completely. As a result, your store can take a
hit. Finally, when Magento 2.0 was launched in
2015, there were some questions regarding its
stability. Fortunately, almost all concerns have
been addressed and you should have minimum
trouble thats purely due to Magento 2 (the
trouble will most likely be from areas like
customization, as said earlier). Read more
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CONCLUSION

• Well be honest. Magento 2 migration is not
  simply an upgrade its actually an exercise that
  requires you to shift from one platform to other.
  Three things will decide how smooth your
  transition is going to be
• Whether you insist on doing everything yourself
  or whether youre roping in an expert who will
  help you move smoothly and swiftly.
• Whether you have laid out a plan, spelling out
  every detail carefully so there are no surprises
  along the way.
• How effectively you use communities, coding pools
  and forums.

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ABOUT INFIGIC

• Infigic is a full service B2B and B2C focused
  Digital Agency serving clients globally ranging
  from Small Businesses,Start-ups to Large
  Enterprises.
• We are an all-round agency with tremendous
  experience in Ecommerce Application Development,
  Mobile App Development,Web Application
  Development more.

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