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Hi,
I want to update my site (www.ringland.be) whilst my official site is still online,
so i created a development (development.ringland.be) subdomain where i could work on the new styling of the site and then copy it back to my main site when its finished.the site by itself works fine but i’ve lost all the styling done with the customizer, and i had to reenable the menu because it no longer showed.
could you tell me if there are some hidden things that i need to change as well to make the theme settings work as well?
thanks
Hi Stramien,
Thank you for posting in!
If you migrate or transfer your site to staging or live. You could use the same child theme you were using on the other site. You could also export your customizer’s setting then import it to your other site (this includes all settings and customization you added on previous one). Then, same goes for sliders, export them and import to your new site.
Hope this helps.
Sorry to hijack this thread, but it there a guide on migration somewhere in the knowledge base?
Also; if I purchase Theme X to use on my subdomain (example.mysite.com), can I still use that when I migrate to the ‘new’ site on a different domain (thenewsite.com)?
Thank you!
Hi there,
Thanks for writing in,
We’re very sorry but we do not really have a site migration documentation,
One of the popular plugin I’ve heard and tried is this https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-clone-by-wp-academy/ which is easy to move and transfer wordpress installation,
But I really prefer doing manual migration as it is very easy to migrate/move wordpress site,
The most important things are the following,
1. wp-content folder
2. Database file
a. wp_options table option_name column
i. siteurl
ii. homeJust export the database using phpMyAdmin from your server, and download/zip the wp-content folder
This is my own personal guide,
1. Install wordpress on the server you want to migrate the site, ( there are hundreds/thousands of tutorial you can find in google & youtube)
2. After successful installation, delete wp-content folder and upload/replace it with the wp-content folder from the site/install you wanted to move
3. Access the database of the new install using phpmyadmin, make sure you are editing the correct database (you can find the correct database info for that install in wp-config.php).
4. Select all the tables and drop, Then Important the database of the site you wanted to move,
5. browse to wp_options table under option_name column and look for siteurl and home, and change the URL to your new URL,
Then you can use this plugin https://wordpress.org/plugins/velvet-blues-update-urls/ to update all URL’s including GUID
I always do this method along with shell/ssh command instead of any plugin when I move an install from one server to another, and it wouldn’t take me 5 minutes to migrate a wordpress site.
If you are moving only from subdomain or subfolder to main domain, then you can simply move all your sub-domain or subfolder file to the main domain/document root then do step 5
Hope this helps, have a great day
Wow thanks, this is really helpful!
Maybe you should make a knowledge base item of this! Thanks again!
Thank you for your suggestion. Glad we were able to help 🙂
Hi again! I am going to try to migrate today. Don’t have the phpMyadmin inlog so I have to wait for that first..
Small question though; I understand all your steps except for this one:
“I always do this method along with shell/ssh command instead of any plugin when I move an install from one server to another”Is this something I have to do too?
Thanks!
Hi martytb,
The shell/ssh command is an another and faster method for migration, you don’t have to do this.
The manual migration will just do fine. Please do not forget the step 5 many people forgot that step on their first few tries.Let us know if you encounter any trouble migrating your site. Cheers.
Thank you for this guide!
I just switched from GoDaddy to a new host because I’ve been having speed issues with the website. I’ve encountered a problem with the transfer. When attempting to access the forum page on the website, it doesn’t recognize that you’ve logged in and doesn’t allow access to the forums which are private.
WP: 4.1.1 Xtheme: 3.2.3 Renew Stack with Child Theme Shortcodes Plugin: 3.0.5
URL: http://firesideguild.com
Forums URL: http://firesideguild.com/forumsUpdate: It appears to be working on and off, so it could be my cache or the isp. I will update if I have further problems. Thank you!
Should you require any further assistance with X theme, feel free to get in touch with us.
Cheers!
Thank you very much! The issue is persisting so I could use a little help. I’ve tried the forums / logging in to the front end of the website from several locations today and it is not recognizing that you are logged in. I feel like it might be a database problem because I did just switch from Godaddy to Siteground. I haven’t found much googling the issue and also searching on the xtheme forums.
Do you know what I can do?
WP: 4.1.1 Xtheme: 3.2.3 Renew Stack with Child Theme Shortcodes Plugin: 3.0.5 URL: http://firesideguild.com ForumsURL: http://firesideguild.com/forums
Hi,
In that case, would you mind providing us with login credentials so we can take a closer look? To do this, you can make a post with the following info:
– Link to your site
– WordPress Admin username / password
– FTP credentialsDon’t forget to select Set as private reply. This ensures your information is only visible to our staff.
This reply has been marked as private.Hi Calla,
Thanks for the logins!
It looks you are using caching plugin (see: http://prntscr.com/6u04n9), so it could be a problem. So I’d advise that you clear your caching plugin and see if the issue resolved.
Thanks!
I feel really dumb that this is all it was. After a full cache it seems to be a lot better – the login parts on the front end are working. Thank you very much for taking the time!
