Migration Procedure questions

  • a9fc

    (@a9fc)


    10 years, 6 months ago

    Hey,

    I’ve 3 1 page sites I’d like to consolidate into 1 installation, but still maintain distinct domains for each, preferably with ‘www’. There’s a lot of information and I’d like to get some things clear before I start.

    This is how I plan to do it:

    1. Use All-in-One WP Migration to backup sites I want to migrate

    2. Activate multisite on the main installation I want to use. I’m thinking of folder separation for sites. (or should I use subdomains? Still hazy on pros/cons)

    3. Create new sites

    4. Migrate them make in using the above plugin

    5. Use WordPress MU Domain Mapping to map specific domains for the migrated installations

    Sounds good?

    Also, the host I’m using, hostgator, doesn’t ‘officially’ support multisite and I’m contacting them to find out what that means exactly. Any insight from experienced users would be welcomed.

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  • Moderator Bet Hannon

    (@bethannon1)

    10 years, 6 months ago

    I have not used All-in-One WP Migration for multisites. It looks like you would need to purchase their multisite extension.

    I have used BackupBuddy– which is in “beta” for multisite (has been for years, probably always will be), but works.

    In general, your steps sound like what I would do with BUB, except that with BUB, you would not first create the new subsites — just migrating in with the backup will create the site.

    What you will need to ask Hostgator is if they support wildcard subdomains. If they don’t, then your domain mapping won’t work.

    Just FYI, in general, you might expect more issues with multisite (over single sites) on cheaper shared hosting. If you can possibly afford it, I would recommend stepping up at least one level of quality — even if it’s still shared hosting to something like Bluehost or Dreamhost.

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