XF 2.0 Updating addons from XF 1.X to 2.X

[Kirk]

Hey folks,

So correct me if im wrong

So to port xf1 addons to xf2 you do the following steps first

1. have xf1 installed
2. Have your xf1 addons installed
3. upgrade site to xf2
4. then use the cmd.php file to create xf2 addon and build from there

then you have to recreate new phrases and such?

-Kirk

 

[AndrewSimm]

Hey folks,

So correct me if im wrong

So to port xf1 addons to xf2 you do the following steps first

1. have xf1 installed
2. Have your xf1 addons installed
3. upgrade site to xf2
4. then use the cmd.php file to create xf2 addon and build from there

then you have to recreate new phrases and such?

-Kirk

You can't port add-ons from XF1 to XF2. You create entire new add-ons.

 

[DragonByte Tech]

You can't port add-ons from XF1 to XF2. You create entire new add-ons.

That's not strictly true. You can upgrade XF1 addons to XF2 using the legacy_addon_id directive in addon.json. The version ID of the XF2 version needs to be higher than the version ID of the XF1 version.


Fillip

 

[Kirk]

That's not strictly true. You can upgrade XF1 addons to XF2 using the legacy_addon_id directive in addon.json. The version ID of the XF2 version needs to be higher than the version ID of the XF1 version.


Fillip

That's what I thought.

The only thing after that would be kind of doing the same layout from the xf1 code but using the new xf2 stuff. No?

 

[DragonByte Tech]

That's what I thought.

The only thing after that would be kind of doing the same layout from the xf1 code but using the new xf2 stuff. No?

You need to recreate 100% of the PHP / HTML as nothing is portable to XF2, but the database can be preserved and an upgrade path can be enabled using XF2's setup file.


Fillip

 

[Kirk]

Awesome stuff

Thanks Fillip

 

[AndrewSimm]

You need to recreate 100% of the PHP / HTML as nothing is portable to XF2, but the database can be preserved and an upgrade path can be enabled using XF2's setup file.


Fillip

This is what I meant when I said it could not be ported.