I am building a new replacement wordpress website. I will be using same home page and some of the same pages and posts on my new website.
I have tried to export some pages via the current live website from the dashboard menu / tools / export. But there seems to be an error where file cannot be retrieved properly. I receive a message: XML cannot be opened because there is no available data view (XSLT).
Is there any other simple way I can successfully copy home page, some other pages and posts from my existing to new wordpress website.
Any help given will be greatly appreciated.
Export/import should work. Your problem may depend on the xml file size. I have found that if the file is > .3 meg, the import will time out. I solved it in my case by using a utility called wxr file splitter. Then, import each split file separately. I have used it on a file that was so large I had to split it into 14 pieces. But it worked.
I am trying to move a wordpress blog from one server to another server. I am able to move the posts and user accounts. I am able to move the media uploaded by the users but they are no longer linked to the posts. How can move the media with the posts without losing the linking
In order for the media attachments to be linked to your Posts, you need to migrate all of the wp_posts table also, not only the parts of it. As each attachment is actually linked by a parent_post field with other posts.
Also, you can use the WordPress Importer plugin to import the posts. By importing the posts, the attachments will be downloaded in the new server and linked with the posts. But if you have a lot of post and media files, that would take time.
Export tool
You can export your posts, pages, comments, custom fields, categories, and tags from one WordPress website to another website by creating an XML file.
Download and save this XML file to your computer .and by using import function in other WordPress websites you can import XML file.
To open Export tool go to Dashboard> Tools > Export.
Now click on an Export button it will open a new window.
what_to_export
There you can see three options
All content – By using this option you can export all content of website including posts, pages, comments, custom fields etc.
Posts or Pages– By next two options you can export Posts or Pages content. On selecting Posts or Page option, it will open a new window with different options like authors name, date range, and status. Hence by using these options, you can select your desired pages or posts that you want to export.
download XML FILE
After doing all settings click on Download Export File. An XML file will automatically start downloading to your computer.
Import tool
You can import posts, page or comments or other content from another WordPress.com or WordPress.org blog or site. To open import tool go to Dashboard > Tools > Import.
By default, WordPress does not provide import functionality. Hence to get this feature you have to install a Plugin.
On clicking on import .it will open a new window where you can choose a plugin according to your need from the list of plugins.
import_tool
WordPress importer- is used for Import posts, comments, custom fields, pages, and categories from a WordPress export file.
Now just click on WordPress out of all plugins. It will release a new window .where you click on install now button to install the WordPress importer.
install_importer
Now activate this plugins .after activation it will open a new tab from where you can choose your exported XML file (created by using the export tool) from your computer.
choose_XML_file
Now click on upload and import XML file. It will automatically add your exported content to your website and that’s it.
Hope this will help you
You need to export your posts from your old site, import them to the new site and then redirect the post to their new location.
You could start by packaging up your Files.
Well if you simply If you simply drag and drop files from one server to another using a GUI interface, chances are good that the GUI will omit hidden files such as the vital .htaccess file. Besides, transferring hundreds of files via FTP can take a long time because each file must often undergo some sort of authentication; in other words copying over a hundred 1 megabyte files takes a lot longer than copying over a single 100 megabyte file.
On a UNIX style system, you can create a compressed file using the tar command:
tar -czf /path/to/backups/modx_revo_site.tar.gz /path/to/modx_doc_root/
Once you arrive on the other end, it's good to put the zipped file into its own directory before you extract it. The idea here is that if it explodes, it's easier to clean up the mess if it's contained in its own directory.
On a UNIX style system, you can unpackage a .tar.gz file using the following commands from a command line:
gunzip modx_revo_site.tar.gz
tar xvf modx_revo_site.tar
Once you've extracted the files, you can move the whole directory into the correct place. Again, be careful about moving files in bulk: you might inadvertently forget to copy those hidden files. It's better to rename or move the containing directory instead.
Detailed explanation can be found under: https://docs.modx.com/revolution/2.x/administering-your-site/moving-your-site-to-a-new-server
Important is, that you use a permanent redirect not a temporary redirect. This will decrease the SEO Power over time. The Temporary Redirect redirect status response code indicates that the resource requested has been temporarily moved to the URL given by the Location headers.
Totally agree with the above said methods. Make sure to include all media and copy the authorizations as well. I had some issues a while ago when I tried to move my content on another server an totally forgot about the authorizations...
I have a website that I just transferred from one server to another. I did this by copying all the files via FTP from the old server to my computer and then to the new server. I changed the URL in Settings to the new url and I downloaded a copy of the database. I then uploaded the database to the new server and changed all the database info in the wp-config file. Afterwards I used Velvet Blues Update URLs to make sure all the URLs have been changed in the database.
After doing all the the website is working fine. I could update my plugins and my WordPress core files that needed updated.
The problem is now I can't upload a plugin from my computer or any media files like images. When uploading an image, I get this message:
“image.jpg” has failed to upload.
Unable to create directory uploads/2017/03. Is its parent directory writable by the server?
I checked and this directory is already on the server. In FTP I changed the folder permissions to all be set to 775.
I then tried to change the folder structure for media files to not be broken into month/date folders and I get this message:
“image.jpg” has failed to upload.
Unable to create directory uploads. Is its parent directory writable by the server?
I know this directory exists and is set to 775. To double check I also change the wp-content directory to the same permissions.
What am I doing wrong here? Why can't I upload images and plugins via the WordPress backend?
I actually think I figured this out. I went into Settings -> Media and noticed there was a box that says Store Uploads to This Folder and had a folder for the old website. I deleted the information that was in that box and updated the settings and now it works!
I had this exact issue today. After much troubleshooting, I solved this images not uploading issue -- specifically, when I clicked the upload button, no dialog window appeared. As a new WordPress installation, the dashboard was displaying asking if this was going to be a business or personal site. When I clicked I DON'T NEED ANY HELP, then I saw the normal dashboard with WooCommerce module displayed and I was able to upload media files and images from my hard drive.
I'm posting in case this answer can help someone else having this very weird problem. Also, it is possible that a plugin like OpinMonster might be what generated that "business or personal" message.
I'm currently working with the DIEM 5 CMS system, and my problem is finding how to properly set up a catalog for the image thumbnails. The catalog is outside the main (root/uploads) website catalog and this is my problem. When I create the new catalog via FTP and copy files (web/uploads) it's showing the error "Forbidden 403".
How can I move the uploads catalog?
Make sure the file permissions of the upload folder allow for this. A 403 error indicates a permissions issue.
Are there any modules that let you upload files which will then get indexed by Apache solr. I have used the attachment module that sits on top of the solr integration module. But this involves the creation of basic pages and/ articles then having a file upload widget to upload files to them which then gets indexed and is searchable.
But i do not want to create pages to upload my files.This is the requirement.
my stack is apache solr 3.2 , drupal 7 solr integration module and solr attachment module(which i am not happy with for the above reason !)
This is unavailable so far. There are modules in drupal like file-entity which le t you upload files so do the core drupal module but they never get indexed by the apache solr attachments module.
I would like to be stand corrected.