Site migrations can be a scary thing with so many things to do and think about. We’re going to briefly talk about the progress of migrating a site from WordPress.com to a self-hosted install of WordPress. After that we’ll discuss the process of moving a self-hosted WordPress website from one host to another host. As part of the workshop’s hands-on portion we’ll experience the migration of a WordPress website from a hosted public server to your private laptop or desktop.
1. On The Move
Migrations Made Simple
Jonathan Perlman - @jpurpleman
WordCamp Montreal 2016
http://jpurpleman.ca/
2. What’s covered…
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• Wordpress.com to self-hosted
• DNS
• The development stack
• Transferring files and data
• Transferring via duplicator
• Transferring data many times
• Check your site
• Resources
6. What’s the difference?
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WordPress.org / Self Hosted WordPress.com
Cost Variable, $5 - $20,000 Free
Themes Your choice, no restrictions Limited customizations
Plugins Your choice, no restrictions Limited, no uploading
Control Full control Limited control
Maintenance You manage / You pay for it Automattic does it for you
Backups You manage / You pay for it Automattic does it for you
SSL
Security
You manage / You pay for it Automattic gives it for you
14. Change your DNS
• Modify as Administrator
• Windows
o c:windowssystem32driversetchosts
• Apple
o /etc/hosts
• http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/27350/
beginner-geek-how-to-edit-your-hosts-file/
• https://www.tekrevue.com/tip/edit-hosts-file-mac-os-x/
• https://www.whatsmydns.net/
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15. Windows
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• Using the Windows Logo use the Start Menu /
Screen and search for Notepad
• Right click Notepad and “Run as Administrator”
c:windowssystem32driversetchosts
17. Apple
• Use the app called GasMask from Clockwise
• Download
o http://clockwise.ee/
• Tutorial
o http://www.gilsmethod.com/how-to-edit-hosts-
files-in-mac-os-x-without-the-headaches
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19. What are we moving?
PHP / HTML /
CSS
WordPress
Core
Plugins
Themes
JPG, PNG, GIF,
DOC, PDF
Media
POSTS
PAGES
SQL
Database
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20. How to migrate it?
With WordPress Plugins Without WordPress
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• Duplicator
• Backup Buddy
• WP Migrate DB Pro
• File Transfer Program
o FileZilla
o CyberDuck
o Transmit
• Database client
o phpMyAdmin
o HiediSQL
21. File Transfer
• Don’t use FTP!
• Start SFTP program
• Download the files from the web accessible area
o htdocs, public_html, www
• Put the files in the local hard drive
o Desktop
o c:wampwwwwordpress
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22. FTP – Upload and Download
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29. Configure wp-config.php
• Rename wp-config-sample.php to wp-config.php
• Edit wp-config.php with NotePad++, by right clicking the file.
• Change lines 23, 26, 29
/** The name of the database for WordPress */
define('DB_NAME', 'wordpress');
/** MySQL database username */
define('DB_USER', 'root');
/** MySQL database password */
define('DB_PASSWORD', '');
/** MySQL hostname */
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
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30. Change WordPress Location
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• https://interconnectit.com/products/
search-and-replace-for-wordpress-databases/
32. Installation
• Text Editor
o Notepad – Included in Windows
o Notepad++ - https://notepad-plus-plus.org/
o Sublime Text 3 - http://www.sublimetext.com/3
o NetBeans - https://netbeans.org/
o PHP Storm - https://www.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/
• Web Browser
o Internet Explorer
o Firefox
o Chrome
o Safari
o Opera
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33. Stack Installation
• LAMP, MAMP, WAMP, XAMP
o Linux, Macintosh, Windows, *
o Apache
o MySQL
o PHP
• Windows
o Wamp Server - http://www.wampserver.com/
• Mac
o MAMP - https://www.mamp.info/en/
• Windows or Mac
o Desktop Server - https://serverpress.com/
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34. Using WampServer
• The “www” directory will be automatically created
o usually c:wampwww)
• Create a subdirectory in “www” and put your PHP files
inside
• Click on the “localhost” link in the WampSever menu
• Or
• Open your internet browser and go to the URL :
http://localhost/
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35. Using WampServer
• With a left click on WampServer’s icon, you will be able to:
o manage your Apache and MySQL services
o Switch services online / offline
o install and switch Apache, MySQL and PHP releases
o manage your servers settings
o access your logs
o access your settings files
o create alias
• With a right click:
o change WampServer’s menu language
o Access http://www.wampserver.com
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49. Login to the database
• Go to http://localhost/phpmyadmin
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50. Create a new database
1 Create a New
database
2 Give the database
a name: wordpress
o Lowercase
o No spaces – use
underscores
o No special characters
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64. White screen of death?
• Update all plugins, themes, and WP core
• Check php version changes
• Deactivate all plugins
• Deactivate the current theme - switch to 2015
• Reset permalinks
• Check .htaccess file – Compare against the codex
• index.html & index.php
• .maintenance
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65. White screen of death?
• Modify wp-config.php - add:
o define(“WP_DEBUG”, true);
o define( “WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY”, true );
• Check the error log
o Accessible via STFP
o CPanel
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