Professional help upgrading without contract

Professional help upgrading without contract

by Erik Rosen -
Number of replies: 8

Hi Moodlers. We are a small non-profit running a very old version of Moodle (1.9.10). We are looking to upgrade to a non-beta 3+ version (3.1 maybe). We have a small amount of custom coding (to the certificate and PayPal modules) and do have the diff files for that. How do I go about finding an individual or company to tackle this upgrade without having to commit to a Moodle partner? We are on a dedicated server and would like to avoid the trauma of moving (as well as the additional cost). In addition, we would have to move our front-end site as well, which is built on Joomla. Just too much hassle if we can avoid that.

Any suggestions and experiences would be greatly appreciated!

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Re: Professional help upgrading without contract

by sandeep baghel -

Hello Erik,


There is no direct upgrade process from 1.9 to 3.1.3 or 3.2.1+.

First, you will have to upgrade to 2.2+ versions and then to 2.8. 

Once done, you can do the final upgrade from 2.8+ to 3.2.1+ or any other stable version released after 3.0.


please note :- create the backup for all the files (Dataroot and database with Moodle installation directory also if you are having anything hard coded).  smile

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Re: Professional help upgrading without contract

by Erik Rosen -

Thanks for the warning! Sounds like fun times ahead. smile

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Re: Professional help upgrading without contract

by sandeep baghel -

Hello Erik,


Not a warning. Just the standard process for the best outcome smile

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Re: Professional help upgrading without contract

by Just H -

As Sandeep mentioned there is a somewhat painful upgrade "march" from 1.9 see https://docs.moodle.org/32/en/Upgrading_FAQ#How_do_I_upgrade_from_1.9.x_to_3.2.3F

Most people would actually advise you to look into the possibilities of just biting the bullet and installing a fresh 3.2 and recreating any courses still current.

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Re: Professional help upgrading without contract

by Erik Rosen -

It's not a bad idea to look into doing as you suggest. Our issue would be importing our DB with historical records of our students, etc. I'll dig into this idea a bit more. Thanks!

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Re: Professional help upgrading without contract

by sandeep baghel -

Hello Erik,


There will not be any data loss as such. 

If database size it too much then you can use heidisql for exporting (to take a local backup) and SSH for importing.

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Re: Professional help upgrading without contract

by Howard Miller -
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What's wrong with a Moodle Partner?  Before you say, "they are too expensive" have you asked? Especially some of the smaller ones. 

Failing that, what about posting on the Moodle jobs page - https://moodle.org/mod/data/view.php?d=54

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Re: Professional help upgrading without contract

by Erik Rosen -

We have had discussions with several Moodle partners, and we're a small non-profit that carefully counts every dollar. If we have to go with a partner and it appears to be the best course for us, we will find a way to do it. We are just exploring our options now. Thanks!

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