[Archetypes-users] Plone 3->4 upgrade - direct upgrade vs transmogrifier?

[Carsten Agger]

I'm upgrading a site from Plone 3.3 to Plone 4.3.2


I tried simply copying the Plone 3 database to the new folder (with an
updatet product with my custom archetypes-based content types
installed), and apparently everything was imported fine just by doing
the built-in database upgrade.

However, apparently the new database experienced som 404 due to some
lacking display settings.

So I decided to import using quintagroup.transmogrifier (though it was a
bit tough to find a suitable KGS for that).

After doing that, I find that I have roughly the same result, only the
transmogrifier seems to have imported only the content types, less of
the GUI structure and design.

In both cases, the content types seem to have been imported fine.

So here's the question: Is there a reason to prefer one way to the other?

The transmogrifier approach seems to yield a "cleaner" Plone 4 database.

However, the direct upgrade approach seems to make it easier to exactly
recreate the design.

Do people have any preferences or ideas?

Best,
Carsten

PD: Yes, I *am* kind of a n00b in these matters. I've been working with
Plone for more than a year, but this is my first migration.


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[Luca Fabbri]

On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 2:46 PM, Carsten Agger <cars...@magenta-aps.dk> wrote:
> I'm upgrading a site from Plone 3.3 to Plone 4.3.2
>
>
> I tried simply copying the Plone 3 database to the new folder (with an
> updatet product with my custom archetypes-based content types
> installed), and apparently everything was imported fine just by doing
> the built-in database upgrade.
>
> However, apparently the new database experienced som 404 due to some
> lacking display settings.
>

If this is your lone problem: keep this way. transmogrifier is a great
tool for complex migration (from Plone or other system) but it carry a
lot of complexity.

Just fix those 404, probably you simply have some view you have removed.


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