Transferring a Joomla 1.5 from one host to another is done in 3 parts. First to transfer your files, second to move your database and the third step is to configure your Joomla configuration.php file.
1. You need to download your Joomla files and upload them on your new hosting account. This can be easily done using the FileZilla software if your hosting provider supports FTP. Detailed article on how to use FileZilla can be found here:
https://webhostface.com/kb/kb/knowledgebase/how-to-upload-files-using-filezilla/
Note you must upload your Joomla files in the Public_html folder as this is your hosting root directory.
2. Export your MySQL database from your previous hosting provider:
https://webhostface.com/kb/kb/knowledgebase/export-database-throug-phpmyadmin/
3. Create a new database and import your mySQL database through the PhpMyAdmin on your hosting accont here:
https://webhostface.com/kb/kb/knowledgebase/import-database-through-phpmyadmin/
With this you have completed the first two steps in the transfer process. Now you have your Joomla moved over, but when you access it you should see an error that MySQL database connection could not be established.
4. Since we have created a new MySQL database and imported the SQL file the username and password for the database itself will be different. What we need to do is to modify the Joomla configuration.php file and edit the following lines.
public $user = ‘Database User‘;
public $password = ‘Password‘;
public $db = ‘Database Name‘;
The new database details are the ones you have set in step 3.
and
public $log_path = ‘/home/USERNAME/public_html/logs’;
public $tmp_path = ‘/home/USERNAME/public_html/tmp’;
Note that the username in the paths is your cPanel with us username.