Migrate a WordPress Site to Managed.com
You have two options for migrating or transferring your site to Managed.com.
- Migration handled by support (Easy)
- Manual migration (Advanced)
Migration Handled by Support (Easy)
What you need:
- A complete site file backup. This would be all files in the root of your website. If your site was installed in a folder called blog, wordpress, joomla, dotnetnuke, or dnn, then it will be this entire folder and all files in it.
- A complete MySQL database export in .SQL format. If you are unsure of how to perform the backup ask your existing hosting provider for assistance.
- An FTP Client to upload your files. How to Use FTP will get you started. How to Transfer Files to a Managed.com Migration Server includes the migration server's FTP credentials.
Once the site files and database have been uploaded reply to the migration email or Submit a Support Ticket and provide the name of the backup files and domain name.
Note: For WordPress on IIS, if your site is using Pretty Permalinks when it is migrated in, it may display a 404 error when you visit a link. To remedy this, simply log into your site's dashboard, click on Settings > Permalinks. Change it to Default. Click OK. Then change it back to your initial setting. This creates a web.config file for your site which enables pretty permalinks to work.
Manual Migration (Advanced)
NOTE: This option is only available for sites using MySQL databases. It is intended for the advanced user only.
What you need before getting started:
- A complete site file backup. This would be all files in the root of your website. If your site was installed in a folder called blog, wordpress, joomla, dotnetnuke, or dnn, then it will be this entire folder and all files in it.
- A complete MySQL database export in .SQL format or a complete MS SQL backup in .BAK format. If you are unsure of how to perform the backup ask your existing hosting provider for assistance.
- An FTP client to upload your files. How to Use FTP will get you started. How to Transfer Files to a Managed.com Migration Server includes the migration server's FTP credentials.
- Before you begin you should be familiar with:
- Navigating the customer Control Panel.
- Using phpMyAdmin to import data from a .SQL script.
- Uploading files using an FTP client.
- Configuring the wp-config.php file to match the database, database server, and database user.
- Login to your Control Panel. See How to Access Your Managed.com Control Panel.
- Create a database for your site.
- Click on the System tab. In the My Subscriptions section click on your domain.
- Click on the Websites & Domains tab.
- Click on the Databases icon > Add New Database. Specify a name for your database and type of database (MySQL) and press OK.
- Create a user for the database.
- Create a secure password for your database
- Open up phpMyAdmin for your new database in the Control Panel.
- Click on the Websites & Domains tab.
- Click on Databases > [your database].
- Click on the Webadmin icon.
- Click on Import to import your data into your new database.
- Click on the Choose File button to locate and select your database backup. Click on Go.
- Use FTP to upload all of your site files to your site root.
- Edit your wp-config.php file to match the database server, database name, and database user.
- Load your site. If your site is still live at your previous host you can use our temporary URL. Please Submit a Support Ticket to request a temporary URL.
NOTE: If during your migration process you encounter an error and are unable to continue please Submit a Support Ticket and we will contact you about the status of the error/migration as soon as we know more.
Note: For WordPress on IIS, if your site is using Pretty Permalinks when it is migrated in, it may display a 404 error when you visit a link. To remedy this, simply log into your site's dashboard, click on Settings > Permalinks. Change it to Default. Click OK. Then change it back to your initial setting. This creates a web.config file for your site which enables pretty permalinks to work.
Article ID: 97, Created: April 4, 2012 at 9:38 PM, Modified: January 27, 2017 at 9:14 AM