Many years ago we started our JoomSport product because we were choosing some Joomla sport component for our local football team. At that time JomLeague was the most comprehensive and well known league management solution for Joomla. That was the product supported by open community. In spite of the fact that it had a lot of features our developer and co-founder Andrew didn't like much the structure of JomLeague so decided to start their own product idea. That is how JoomSport was started more than eight years ago...
Couple of years ago JomLeague stopped their official support due to the lack of community efforts. The last official release was compatible with Joomla CMS 2.5 only so the community had never received the official JomLeague version with Joomla 3 compatibility.
Recently we had a chance to analyze JoomLeague structure on deeper level as number of clients requested to convert their data from JomLeague to JoomSport. We should state that JoomLeague is really great product and it is a pity it has stopped the development. Honestly saying in some specific cases JoomSport still doesn't have the features that JomLeague had many years ago! At the same time technology doesn't stand still so today we have to notice that JomLeague became quite outdated system, in terms of design and CSS styling at least. So many clients have started looking for the way to convert their data from unsupported system to something new, officially supported and better looking.
Our team is glad to announce that we've managed to develop the script that converts JomLeague data to JoomSport database. We have already converted number of clients who are quite happy with the result and we would be glad to share free the script with anyone interested. Still we need to say that migration process is quite complicated even if you have the script itself and in most cases it takes 3-4 iterations to complete the migration perfectly. So our custom development team is actually ready to provide JomLeague data migration service for anyone interested.
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That's one good work and it's open. All i can say is thank you for the best of efforts guys. And you're being completely honest is always welcome.
hi, great job.
I need to try convert from Joomleague to JoomSport WP.
How can I get the script and instructions on how to use it?
sorry, I did not realize it was a paid service, now I saw it ($ 199!). I think it would have been better if you offered it as a gift to those who needed it, having bought your Joom Sport component. Unfortunately it is not so and for me the expense becomes excessive and I fear that I will be forced to move on to something else.
Hi Max,
Actually we can give away the script for free, it is not a problem. There are no clear instructions for it so you will have to have some dev / admin who would help you on this.
The thing is that each time we do conversion for a client it takes a lot of time to adjust it for each specific case. So we decided to offer that service. Honestly, we don't make any money on it, it all goes to pay to developer each time we proceed. Our interest is our product use and licenses. That is something that helps us growing.
Link broken - can you please update the link to use this migration script?
Hi JoGe
Thank you for reporting!
we have updated the link to our shop.