Upgrade from 1.5.2

[JustinaB]

Hi,

I have got my hands on great shop, but it is on 1.5.2 version, not responsive, old design, also uses old modules, etc. I am planning my upgrade, and am bit confused on the upgrade method I should choose. I am a beginner at PrestaShop, been working on other CMS'ses till now. So please tell me:

- Which is easier - 1. update PS and add new theme/modules in existing shop and then fix the settings and frontend or 2. create new shop on PS with new theme and modules and then import my products&categories, orders & customers, CMS pages from the 1.5.2 (is such import even possible?)?

 

- As I understood, 1.7.x is still no go, and I should choose latest stable 1.6.x, right?

- Finally, anyone have idea how much such upgrade might cost from great developer. Shop has ~6k products, 5 years of orders but needs only 1 shipping method and PayPal/CC payments.

Thanks!

[selectshop.at]

If you upgrade, you first need to check if your webhosting package is enough for to run PS 1.6. Don't upgrade to PS 1.7. - this version is still in development.

 

What you should do before you upgrade is to clone your shop and on this clone try an upgrade. Before you upgrade I suggest you to disable all non native modules and switch to native theme. All extras bad coded might be fail the upgrade.

 

Min. server requirements for to run Prestashop 1.6. with 6k products:

 

• magic_quotes_gpc = off
• memory_limit = 512M -
• max_execution_time = 300
• max_input_time = 300
• upload_max_filesize = 20M
• post_max_size = 20M
• max_input_vars = 10000
• allow_url_fopen = on
• safe_mode = off
• cURL = installed
• mod_rewrite = installed and activated
• mod_security = off
• php 5.6.x + php-fmp + opcache (optimized - see below)
• mySQL 5.5+
• LINUX servers (Ubuntu for ex.)
• cageFS or other FIREWALL deactivated, or if activated well configured to don't block Prestashop external services.
•  

Optimated opcache values:

opcache.revalidate_freq=0
opcache.validate_timestamps=0 (comment this out in your dev environment)
opcache.max_accelerated_files=7963
opcache.memory_consumption=192
opcache.interned_strings_buffer=16
opcache.fast_shutdown=1

[PrestaHeroes USA]

we are doing now 1.7 upgrades....without issue but  only when key modules in existing shop have 1.7 compliant version.  1

 

 

If you are interested in professional upgrades please visit here for fast affordable quote.

 

Happy PrestaShopping, el