Joomla 3.x to 4.x / 5.x Migration

Steps to migrate from Yendif Video Share 1.2.8 to Yendif Video Share 2.3.0

1. If you are using older versions of Yendif Video Share, make sure you have upgraded to Yendif Video Share 1.2.8 first before moving to Yendif Video Share 2.3.0 Migration.
2. Also please make sure you are running the latest Joomla 3.10.x version before proceeding. If not, please upgrade to Joomla 3.10.x version.
3. Now you can migrate your site from Joomla 3.10.x to Joomla 4.x / 5.x. Please refer to Joomla’s step-by-step migration guide.
4. Finally, you can install Yendif Video Share 2.3.0 in your Joomla 4.x / 5.x site and upgrade Yendif Video Share without losing your data.

Upgrade notice

Here are some important notifications to the users who are already using Yendif Video Share in a Joomla 3.x site and trying to upgrade it to Yendif Video Share for a Joomla 4/5 site.

1. Frontend user video submission

Set permission for your users to CREATE, EDIT, DELETE videos based on Joomla user groups.

Check the below steps to configure:

1. Log in to your Joomla backend.
2. Select Components → Yendif Video Share → Videos.
3. Here in the right top, you will have the Options button.
4. Just click Options → Yendif Video Share → Permissions.
5. Here you can set user capabilities for all user roles that are available on your site.

To disable Auto Approve User Videos for registered users, please select the user group (for example Registered) and set Edit State to Denied, then save it and check.

2. SEF settings

We removed the SEF Settings under our extension settings and we added the SEO tab under our Settings → Advanced tab.

1. Category Menu — Menu item in which the component should display videos from a category. The selected menu item should use the component’s categories layout.
2. Video Menu — Menu item in which the video should play when selecting a video item from the gallery. The selected menu item should use our component’s videos layout.