Migration to Magento 2

The release of Magento 2 is out and sooner or later you will have to migrate your current site from the old version of Magento to the latest Magento 2 platform.

In this article, we have put together such recommendations and strategies that will be useful both when planning a migration and directly during its implementation.

We hope that the collected materials will help you choose the best strategies for your online business and make the whole process clear and consistent.

The main reason for migrating to the Magento 2 platform is that Magento 1 is no longer the focus of Magento Inc.

Naturally, its support will continue for several more years (until 2018), but it will be nothing more than a fix for critical bugs and security issues.

Magento Inc will no longer invest in the development of Magento 1, nor will it expand its functionality or introduce any modern technical solutions.

Magento 1.x and Magento 2.x platforms are incompatible. This means that if you have Magento version 1.x, its modules and the current theme cannot be used on Magento version 2.

The situation with the data is somewhat better, as there is an official utility that makes it easier for developers to transfer data. However, this utility allows you to transfer only the data that was originally in Magento, and not the data of third-party modules.

From the above, it becomes clear that the process of switching to Magento 2 is rather the creation of a new store (website) using existing data, and not the usual upgrade to the latest version.

Before migrating, we recommend that you answer the following questions:

-What Magento 1.x modules are currently in use on your site?

-Which modules are compatible with Magento 2? (this information can be requested from the developers of the modules).

-Does your current hosting meet the requirements for Magento 2.

To order a more detailed consultation on the process of switching to Magento 2, please contact:

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