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Upgrading your index.php file

1. Replace _VALID_MOS with _JEXEC
2. Replace $mosConfig_absolute_path with $this->baseUrl
3. Replace $mosConfig_live_site with JURI::base()
4. Replace fixed strings with translatable strings. For example, replace echo 'Hello' with echo JText::_( 'Hello' )
5. Replace calls to mosGetParam with calls to JRequest::getVar. For example, replace $id = mosGetParam( $_REQUEST, 'id', 0 ); with $id = JRequest::getVar( 'id', 0 );
6. Replace mosShowHead(); with <jdoc:include type="head" />
7. Replace mosMainBody() with <jdoc:include type="component" />
8. Replace mosCountModules( $position_name ); with $this->countModules( $position_name );
9. Replace mosLoadModules( $position_name, $style ); with <jdoc:include type="modules" name=$position_name style=$style />. (Note: the 1.0 template's PHP syntax may use single or double quotes. Jdoc expressions require double quotes, and won't work with single quotes.)

Module Chrome/Style Conversion Chart

Joomla! 1.0	Joomla! 1.5
-3	rounded
-2	xhtml
-1	raw
0 or empty	table