Best way to migrate website?

[VB Programmer]

I have a full shopping cart website that is in VS2003.

I want to create a BRAND NEW non-related website, now using VS2005. I'd
like to use all the shopping related pages/code from the original 2003 site.

What is the best way to do this?

Thanks!

 

[Scott Allen]

What I'd probably do, at this point in time, is make a copy of the
entire 2003 project, then open the new project in VS2005 so the
migration wizard can work it over.

 

[VB Programmer]

Copy copy/pasted the folder from c:\inetpub\wwwroot\website1 (original 2003
version) to c:\inetpub\wwwroot\website2 (to be the new 2005 version.) I
opened the sln file in website2 dir in 2005 and it ran the conversion
wizard. Then I went back to VS2003 and it wouldn't open the project in
website1 (unable to load project - I think was the error). Any ideas what I
did wrong? Thanks!

 

[Otis Mukinfus]

Copy copy/pasted the folder from c:\inetpub\wwwroot\website1 (original 2003
version) to c:\inetpub\wwwroot\website2 (to be the new 2005 version.) I
opened the sln file in website2 dir in 2005 and it ran the conversion
wizard. Then I went back to VS2003 and it wouldn't open the project in
website1 (unable to load project - I think was the error). Any ideas what I
did wrong? Thanks!

[snip]

Did you check the Conversion error log? And (hopefully) did you tell
the wizard to make you a backup? I've never seen the conversion
wizard do a conversion without at least a few errors that need to be
worked out. That's probably what the trouble is.

Give this some thought; If your .NET 1.1 site is working why not also
make the new site a 1.1 site? .NET 1.1 sites and .net 2.0 sites can
run side by side. No need to re-invent the wheel to duplicate a site
that already works.


Otis Mukinfus
http://www.otismukinfus.com
http://www.tomchilders.com

 

[VB Programmer]

No errors in the conversion log.

The original site is 1.1. So, you recommend just creating the new site in
1.1? I just wanted to move to the newest technology.

Thanks!

Copy copy/pasted the folder from c:\inetpub\wwwroot\website1 (original
2003
version) to c:\inetpub\wwwroot\website2 (to be the new 2005 version.) I
opened the sln file in website2 dir in 2005 and it ran the conversion
wizard. Then I went back to VS2003 and it wouldn't open the project in
website1 (unable to load project - I think was the error). Any ideas what
I
did wrong? Thanks!

[snip]

Did you check the Conversion error log? And (hopefully) did you tell
the wizard to make you a backup? I've never seen the conversion
wizard do a conversion without at least a few errors that need to be
worked out. That's probably what the trouble is.

Give this some thought; If your .NET 1.1 site is working why not also
make the new site a 1.1 site? .NET 1.1 sites and .net 2.0 sites can
run side by side. No need to re-invent the wheel to duplicate a site
that already works.


Otis Mukinfus
http://www.otismukinfus.com
http://www.tomchilders.com

 

[Scott Allen]

Copy copy/pasted the folder from c:\inetpub\wwwroot\website1 (original 2003
version) to c:\inetpub\wwwroot\website2 (to be the new 2005 version.) I
opened the sln file in website2 dir in 2005 and it ran the conversion
wizard. Then I went back to VS2003 and it wouldn't open the project in
website1 (unable to load project - I think was the error). Any ideas what I
did wrong? Thanks!

Ugh - it must have read the website URL out of the .sln file and
converted the original.

It might be safer (um, next time when you try it [sorry about that])
to delete the sln file and project files, then do a File -> Open Web
Site in 2005. This will setup the copied project as a filesystem
project.

Does the site run under 2005?

 

[VB Programmer]

Thank God for backups! Thanks Scott.

I'll be more careful next time. For now, since everything works in 2003
I"ll not move to 2005, for new sites (for now).

Thanks y'all!

Copy copy/pasted the folder from c:\inetpub\wwwroot\website1 (original
2003
version) to c:\inetpub\wwwroot\website2 (to be the new 2005 version.) I
opened the sln file in website2 dir in 2005 and it ran the conversion
wizard. Then I went back to VS2003 and it wouldn't open the project in
website1 (unable to load project - I think was the error). Any ideas what
I
did wrong? Thanks!

Ugh - it must have read the website URL out of the .sln file and
converted the original.

It might be safer (um, next time when you try it [sorry about that])
to delete the sln file and project files, then do a File -> Open Web
Site in 2005. This will setup the copied project as a filesystem
project.

Does the site run under 2005?