Website Migration!

It was time again for a website update... Joomla (the system that this whole thing here is running on) has a new major version, and now finally everything that I need is available for the next version, so it was high time to finally get cracking on it. And I'll just have to find replacements for anything that is not working anymore, which, hopefully, is not much.

I did some test runs and prep work back a good while ago, and I made notes, so I didn't have to figure out everything from scratch (thank goodness!). Doing prep work like that is quite nice, but of course it's never a guarantee that it will work fully the next time around. (Migration of the Textile Forum website already happened when I was last at it, so I've also gotten in a tiny bit of practise with the new system, but it's still fairly awkward in some regards.)

Usually, I do these migration preparations on an installation on my computer right here, but this time around I've had some issues installing stuff on localhost, so it was a test site right on the server. This meant I had to be a little careful about extra backups (as my server space is limited, and the site is quite large), but on the upside, it means that testing is easier and more reliable, and once things are all done and set and running, I only need to change a path to have the new site up. Which has happened about 2 minutes ago, and presto! I was switched over faster than I realised.

So. I hope now that everything was tested sufficiently yesterday and today, and that things will work out without too many issues. Which, potentially, include unwanted design changes in the main site, in the shop, and other glitches there. If you notice anything, please do let me know! 

There will be some layout and design tweaking in the shop in the next days, as the layout I had and preferred was shot by the last larger update of the shop software. Ah, the endless joys of websites and their shenanigans. (To be honest, though, I quite like most of the website work, for a change. I wouldn't want to do it every day, but it is rather nice to be able to tweak things, or take care of some issue myself.)