how to import “efolio” created site into WordPress

  • I currently manage two web sites hosted by a non-profit that will be ceasing operation on June 30, 2022. My own URL there is (if you need to see one of them). I’m hoping there is a “relatively” easy way to import that site into a WordPress structure. I’m only moderately technical but was able to find a tool that downloaded each entire site to my local computer, so I can access all the content and html modifications that I made to it over the years. Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me.

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  • Moderator bcworkz

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    If you’re able to create a XML or CSV data file of your site, there’s a chance of being able to import that into WordPress. It sounds like your tool simply cloned your site onto your local computer? That certainly relieves you of the burden of a looming deadline at least. I suspect in the process your site got converted from CMS based to a static site. Great for preserving data, but not so good for creating a usable XML file.

    It doesn’t appear that your site is all that extensive? A dozen or so pages? (I didn’t dig too deeply). If that is the extent of your site, your best option is to probably just copy/paste content into equivalent WP pages. Copy just the actual content, not headers, menus, etc. You’d recreate those with which ever WP theme you choose. If you’re able to determine what is actual content in a page’s HTML view, copy/pasting actual HTML into a WP page’s Custom HTML block will preserve all embedded data and styling.

    Any internal links to your own site within content will need their domain names updated to your new domain. If there are a lot of such links, there’s a search and replace plugin that can help with this once all content is within the WP environment.

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