Export WP site from DomainABC to DomainXYZ

Hi michellepace,

Thank you so much for reaching out.
You can leave the values empty since the plugin will detect your URLs automatically.

For Find/Replace, you only need to fill them if you want to replace any values in the database.

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• This reply was modified 7 years, 8 months ago by Michelle.
• This reply was modified 7 years, 8 months ago by Michelle.
• This reply was modified 7 years, 8 months ago by Michelle.
• This reply was modified 7 years, 8 months ago by Michelle.
• This reply was modified 7 years, 8 months ago by Michelle.

Hi Pim,

Thank-you for your reply. I did indeed end up leaving the Find/Replace fields blank. However, when I imported into my GoDaddy (empty) wordpress instllation everything worked fine except I was not able to upload any new media. I got a “could not create folder Uploads/2017/02 are you sure you have permission?” error on my Media page when trying to add a new image. When I called GoDaddy support they said to me that some value had been hardcoded and that this is a very common problem on migrations. I’m not sure what he changed but he fixed something for me and I do remember him saying something about a database. Perhaps it may be of interest for you to run through this process for yourself, these are the steps I followed:

0. Installed your plugin on my existing wordpress site https://www.myXYZdomain.com
1. Using your plugin backed up everything on https://www.myXYZdomain.com hosted on Servage to a File (no find/replace options selected)
2. Run GoDaddy AutoInstaller for WordPress on https://www.myNewDomain.com
3. Installed your plugin on https://www.myNewDomain.com
4. Imported the file to https://www.myNewDomain.com via your plugin
5. Everything seemed fine but then I couldn’t add any new Media, error (approximately) was: “could not create folder Uploads/2017/02 are you sure you have permission?”
6. Additionally, my admin email address was incorrectly “adjusted” on the website. I can’t remember exactly what it was but if you repeat the above process I’m sure you’ll see it.

What about the databases name? The site that I backed up on Servage had a different database name than the (empty) wordpress GoDaddy installation I imported to. Did that perhaps cause the error?

Lastly, just out of interest – what sort of values would you want to replace in the database?

Suggestion:
It really would be helpful if you placed a few examples just underneath the Find/Replace boxes on the plugins and perhaps a nice note to tell you that this is not necessary to replace URLs (and database names?) as this is done already. Nowhere was this obvious for me and I spent about an hour trying to find out how I need to do this.

• This reply was modified 7 years, 8 months ago by Michelle.

Hi

Thanks for your feedback!

To answer on your questions:
Q: What about the databases name? The site that I backed up on Servage had a different database name than the (empty) wordpress GoDaddy installation I imported to. Did that perhaps cause the error?

A: You can have different database name on export/import sites. All in One WP Migration will automatically adjust database and table names.

Q: Lastly, just out of interest – what sort of values would you want to replace in the database?

A: Basically you can place everything, e.g. some email addresses or text phrases, it’s totally up to you, but in general case, you don’t have to fill anything.

About your suggestion, I like it and I am going to discuss it with the team in order to improve Find/Replace usability.

Best Regards,
Bobby

• This reply was modified 7 years, 7 months ago by Borislav Angelov.