Migration : Magento 1 to Magento 2.x.x

Steps to Prepare for Migration

1. Prepare Full Backup - Complete backup of current Magento 1 environment, covers database, and all the files and folders.
2. Analyze the data - Analyze everything in the store and prepare whatever that is required.
3. Staging Environment - Clone your current M1 store and Prepare a development environment.
4. Compatibility Check - All the custom code and third party extension are compatible with Magento 2.x.x
5. Go Live - Make a list of Magento 1 features and check one by one
   
   
   The Magento 2 migration process involves four components:

1. Data Migration
2. Extension & Custom Code Migration
3. Theme Migration
4. Customization Migration

Plan for Migration

1. Review extensions and custom modules on your Magento 1.x site.
2. Stop all admin activities and cron jobs in Magento 1.x site.
3. Copy the Magento 1.x database to the dev environment.
4. Build the new dev server and install the new Magento 2.x in it.
5. Use the Magento Data Migration Tool.
6. Start your migration.
7. Make changes to the migrated data (if needed).
8. Update incremental data.
9. Complete UAT.
10. Go live!
    
    
    Magento Themes: Use a Third party Themes or Go Custom?

    
    
    Use a Third Party Theme: The first option to modify the look and feel of your website is to implement a 3rd party theme. There are literally thousands of themes have that have already been developed and can be loaded onto your site with minimal effort. Third party themes offer some strong benefits and in the right situation can be a good fit:

• Low cost: Most can be purchased for less than a few hundred dollars.
• Configuration variety: You can often change elements of the design or layout, or otherwise adjust the theme to meet your needs.
• Tried and tested: If the theme that you’re purchasing has been rated by many other Magento users, and if it’s actively supported by the vendor, you can bet that it’s been well tested on a variety of browsers, devices and most bugs have been worked out.
• Industry specific focus: Themes have been specifically designed for almost any industry, allowing you to match the look and feel of your site to the products you want to sell.
  
  There can also be some significant drawbacks to third party themes:

1. Difficult to customize: There are a number of reasons why a theme might not be exactly what you’re looking for, and this is the biggest downfall of third party themes. Because they are coded with configurable features, it can make seemingly simple modifications extremely difficult and time consuming to add to the theme without negatively impacting those features.
2. Unproven vendor support: Not all Magento vendors are the same and it can be hard to know how long or how effectively they’re going to support the product that you’ve purchased.
3. Lost functionality: Many themes don’t include hooks for some default Magento configuration options. This can leave you in a position where when you want to turn on a specific feature that it simply won’t work with that theme.
   

   Build a Custom Theme: Building a custom theme is almost always the best long-term solution for an active Magento e-commerce store, because it provides some excellent benefits:

• No compromises: A custom theme can be developed and designed exactly the way you want it. The style, the feel, the layout will match exactly what is best for your brand and for the experience you want to provide to your customers.
• 100% flexibility: If a custom theme has been developed properly, then there is no limitation to how you can modify it in the future. It’s important to keep your site looking fresh and offering the latest features that your discerning customers will come to expect from shopping online. You should have the flexibility to make changes down the road.
• Increased security: As long as your custom theme is developed by a trusted partner then you won’t have to worry about potential security risks related to your Magento site. Your reputation and your client’s data are critical to protect, so you can’t risk them on a third party vendor that may have inadvertently (or intentionally) included security flaws in the software used on your e-commerce website. Custom themes make it easier to keep up with the latest critical security patches as well.

Third party themes can offer some great features at a low cost but are usually only a good fit for small e-commerce businesses that are willing to compromise their branding and features for budget. A custom theme is going to provide your Magento e-commerce site with the most flexibility and functionality as long as you work with a trusted and experienced Magento development partner.

 Magento 1 - Magento 2 Migration Estimate Questionnaire

Which edition of Magento are you looking to migrate to?

• Magento 2 Community Edition
• Magento 2 Enterprise Edition

Do you require design?

• UI / UX Design

Require Theme building ?

• Theme installation from a third-party extension
• Theme building from custom design

Magento 1 Customizations to Magento 2

• Not required
• How many Magento 1 customizations (business logic & custom functionality) need to migrate to Magento 2?
• Migrate configurations

Which edition used of Current Magento ?

• Community
• Enterprise