• Joomla 3.x to 4.x Step by Step Migration
• Akeeba: Joomla 3 to Joomla 4
• Akeeba Magic Eraser
• Module Development
• Korean Language Pack for Version 5.0.2.1
• Eclipse on WSL

See Reverse Proxy for guidance on how to set up a site behind a reverse proxy.

This migration does not work under WSL or behind a reverse proxy. Joomla 3.10 and Joomla 4 handle reverse proxies differently.

1. Change ownership of all files to www-data:www-data
2. Uninstall SP Upgrade
3. Uninstall Akeeba Backup 8.4.1.1
4. Install Akeeba Magic Eraser - ignore all error messages
5. Install Phoca Download 4.0.9 over 3.2.3
6. Disable Kunena Plugins
   • System - Kunena Forum
   • Quick Icon - Kunena Forum
   • Kunena - Joomla Integration
   • Kunena - Kunena Integration
7. Disable Bethico Plugins
   • System - Bethico
   • System - Bethico System Plugin
8. Go To Components → Joomla Update, click Options and select Joomla Next in Update Channel
9. Go To Components → Joomla Update, download the update file, then select tab Upload & Update and select the Update-file to Joomla 4.4.14. The files update fast and the progress bar adavances to 90.8%, but the database update might take several minutes to complete.
10. Install Akeeba Backup 10.3.3
11. Akeeba Backup configuration, then take a backup

This migration works under WSL and behind a reverse proxy

1. WSL: Copy the backup of version 4.4.14 to a local folder, then unzip from within WSL (CLI) and change ownership to www-data
2. WSL: Change ownership of this local folder to www-data and permissions to 0770
3. Start the update from Joomla's back-end
4. WSL: Make sure file permissions are enabled in WSL Settings, otherwise it is not possible to install extensions
5. Update Plugin “System - Bethico”
6. Enable “Track Session Metadata” in Global Configuration → System
7. Uninstall component Bethico League
8. Uninstall template bethicoleague
9. Manually remove folder /media/bethico and /media/com_bethico
10. Manually remove files /language/en-GB/en-GB.tpl_bethico.ini
11. Rename /images/bethico to /images/bethicoleague

1. Install Bethico League (com_bethicoleague) and save the options parameters
2. Install the Bethico League template (tpl_cassiopeia_bethicoleague)
3. Set module Bethico Legal to position <footer>
4. Do the Database Changes
5. Install Bethico Languages (mod_bethico_languages) and enable for all pages
6. Install Bethico Legal (mod_bethico_legal)
7. Re-assign all menu items and move menu Member Menu → Login to Main Menu –> Login
8. Install BethicoFA (plg_system_bethicofa)
9. Install Joomill Custom Quick Icons for admin backend

1. copy the following folders from “ipl” to “ipl4”
   • components/com_bethico
   • administrator/components/com_bethico
   • media/bethico
   • media/com_bethico

Abandon the bethicoleague template and integrate into cassiopeia, which will give us a much easier way to maintain the template.

1. click the cassiopeia template and create a child template for cassiopeia named bethicoleague, this will create a child template named cassiopeia_bethicoleague
2. paths with modified files for template cassiopeia_bethicoleague:

   /templates/cassiopeia_bethicoleague/
   /media/templates/site/cassiopeia_bethicoleague/
   /language/en-GB/tpl_cassiopeia_bethicoleague.ini

3. move “Login” from “Member Menu” to “Main Menu”
4. set Layout to Collapsible Dropdown in System → Site Modules → Main Menu → Advanced
5. install plg_system_bethicoFA
6. Menu Items: go to each Menu Item → Link Type and set Link Icon Class to something like fas fa-home and set Display Menu Item Title to yes

1. move login disabled to module
2. strings in install package wrong for mod_bethico_switcher
3. move Webmaster settings to new module

• If you did not install the new version of the module with updated manifest file you need to add the autoloader path manually to

  /administrator/cache/autoload_psr4.php

mod_bethico_cookie

plg_system_bethicofa