how to migrate data from interspire to opencart with litextension

How to migrate INTERSPIRE TO OPENCART

Using LITEXTENSION tool

Shopping cart migration tool by LitExtension

OpenCart migration tool by LitExtension help web developers and online business owner transfer data from cart to cart successfully

How to move Interspire to OpenCart: http://litextension.com/opencart-migration/interspire-to-opencart-migration.html

http://litextension.com/opencart-migration.html


http://litextension.com/opencart-migration/interspire-to-opencart-migration.html



How it works?

How is it? Free installation Lifetime update

30 days money back 24h fast support

1 year support 1 time purchase

unlimited usage

Which data migrated?

Customer Review

Product € Tax Order

SEO URL Customer password Custom

field



PROCESS

STEP 5

STEP 4

STEP 3

STEP 2

STEP 1

SetupPreparation

Plugin Setup

Enter License

Key

Migration

1. PreparationFor Source Store & Target Store (self-hosted)• Please ensure you have the right permission to upload files.• It must not block access from any third party IP.Source Store and Target Store can operate normally during migration as it requires a very limited resource for the process.PHP Compatibility: PHP 4.x or later.It is strongly recommended to backup Target Store first.


1. PreparationFor Cart Migration:Cart Migration is a web application which can be installed on Source Store or Target Store or a third party server.• Cart Migration should be placed in a stable hosting or in localhost.• It also must not block connection to Interspire to OpenCart.PHP Compatibility: PHP 5.3 or later.Required PHP extensions:• pdo_mysql• curlRequired PHP configurations:• memory_limit no less than 128Mb• allow_url_fopen must be On• base64_decode should be allowed


http://www.opencart.com/index.php?route=extension/extension/info&extension_id=27226&filter_username=litextension&page=2




2. SetupAfter downloading the product zip file from our Store, please extract it into a folder. The package consists of two main parts:

• OpenCart Cart Migration Application (“cartmigration” folder)

• Connector (“cartmigration_connector” folder)



2. Setup2.1 OpenCart Migration SetupOpenCart data migration service is a web application which can be installed on Interspire to OpenCart.1. Upload “cartmigration” folder to your server, make sure it can be

accessed via an url. Example: http://yourserver.com/cartmigration/2. Chmod folder app to 07773. Create an empty database in your server, this database will be used by Cart Migration to store migration tracking data.4. Go to http://yourserver.com/cartmigration/, you will see the Setup page. Enter the database login information here, Click “Setup”.5. If the entered information is not correct, you will see a warning. If everything is correct, you will see the Migration form:



http://yourserver.com/cartmigration/



2. Setup5. If the entered information is not correct, you will see a warning. If everything is correct, you will see the OpenCart Migration form:


2. Setup2.2 Source Store and Target Store Connector Setup• Copy and upload “cartmigration_connector” into Source Cart and

Target Cart root folder. After finished please make sure Connector can be reached at:

http(s)://yourstore.com/cartmigration_connector/connector.php

• Note: It is only required to upload the connector in case your Source Cart or Target Cart is self-hosted.


2. SetupIf you have any problem reaching the link please ensure you have htaccess configured correctly and the file has execution permission.For security, please open connector.php, find this very first line: define(‘LECM_TOKEN’, ‘123456’);And change “123456” to another string, this will be used to enter to the Migration Form (Cart Token) and acts like “password” to prevent unauthorized data access to your source store.Note: please do not use special characters in token or else the migration tool might fail to work, it should contain number and alphabet characters only. Example:• Good token: 12ab34cd56• Bad token: #Fr35h#Mi!5


3. Plugins Setup

• OpenCart SEO Urls Plugin: helps migrate Products and Categories urls. Old urls will be saved in Target OpenCart Store and will be maintained to keep all current SEO ranking you have built up for years.

OpenCart migration extension is purchased and setup separately into Cart Migration. They will provide additional functionalities to the tool. Normally plugins need to be customized and tweaked by LitExtension Team to fit customers requirements and will be sent to customers later on. There are a few types of plugin:

http://litextension.com/seo-urls-migrations-plugins.html




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3. Plugins Setup OpenCart Customer

Password Plugin: special plugin which adds the ability to read passwords encrypted by Interspire to OpenCart. All passwords are migrated over and remains encrypted, customers can login to the new shop right away without the need of resetting passwords.

Custom Fields Plugin: migrate custom field from Interspire to OpenCart. This is useful in case customers have customized their store, for example: adding fields to database tables, and also want to migrate these fields into OpenCart Store.


http://litextension.com/customers-password-migration-plugins.html



http://litextension.com/migration-services/custom-fields-migration.html


4. Enter License KeyLicense Key is an encoded string which comes with your download package. This key is required to activate your Interspire to OpenCart Migration Tool.4.1 After purchasing the product, please login to our store and enter “My downloadable products” section. Here you will find download link and license key for the download package.








4. Enter License Key4.2 Go to http://yourserver.com/cartmigration/, click on Settings, and copy and paste your license key here, click Submit.




5. MigrationReturn to http://yourserver.com/cartmigration, you are now at Step 1 of migration process.

The migration will go through 3 simple steps. Just hit “Next” when you finish one step to advance.


5. Migration5.1 Step 1: Source Cart Configuration• Cart Type: select corresponding source cart type (normally it has

been preselected)• Cart Url: source cart full url (note: it should not include

“cartmigration_connector/connector.php• Cart Token: the token string which has been configured in

connector.php


5. MigrationTarget Cart SetupTarget Cart Setup should be similar to Source Cart setup. Please read the above section for details.


5. Migration5.2 Step 2: Migration Configuration• Languages Mapping: If your Source Cart is multilingual,

corresponding languages (or storeviews) should be available in Target Store. You may need to create additional languages in Target Store to avoid data loss.

• Currencies Mapping: Assign Source Cart currencies to proper Target Store currencies. Creating currencies in Target Store may be needed.


5. Migration• Orders Status

Mapping: Assign Source Store order statuses to proper OpenCart Store order statuses. Creating additional order statuses in OpenCart Store may be needed.

• Entities to Migrate: select all entities to migrate or just a part of them.


Additional Options• Migrate recent data: if you choose this option, it will migrate

new data only. Supposed you have just finished a full migration from your current Source store to OpenCart store, after that OpenCart store is still live and continue getting new data, and you want to get your OpenCart store updated with the new data, select this feature to avoid starting over again.

• Clear current data on Target Store before Migration: if you choose this option, all current products, categories, manufacturers, customers, orders, product reviews, taxes will be cleared.

• Migrate categories and products SEO URLs: if you choose this option, old SEF urls of source will be preserved in Target OpenCart Store, allowing you to maintain your Pagerank.


Additional Options• Transfer images in product descriptions to Target

Store: download all images in product description into your store so that it won’t have to refer back to your source store or anywhere else for images.

• Preserve Customer IDs on Target Store: this will help you preserve your old Customer IDs for easier reference.

• Preserve Order IDs on Target Store: this will help you preserve your old Order IDs for easier reference


5. Migration5.3 Step 3:

MigrationThe migration will take place automatically in this final step. In order for it to progress, you should not close your browser of remove Source Cart Connector.After the migration is completed, click on “Clear Cache and ReIndex Data” to finish.


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