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Posted by farhanasalman
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farhanasalman
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 2,830 Points

Move from existing website to wordpress

Hello all,

I also want to learn about moving from existing website like html, css, php or other web programming to WordPress website.

I am not sure if I read this article: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2013/05/15/migrate-existing-website-to-wordpress/

"I just don’t think it should ever be said that transferring from one CMS to another is “easy.”" as mentioned in Rachel's comment

Read her comment: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2013/05/15/migrate-existing-website-to-wordpress/#comment-175860

I totally agree Rachel's comment that CMS migration is definitely not an easy task, but the post above at least outlines the major points, which better demonstrate the complexity of the whole process.

I would be great appreciate if you provide good links or tutorials step by step video.

I didn't find Zac's course about it.

Please suggest.

Matthew Campbell

3 Answers

Sander de Wijs
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Sander de Wijs
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Sander de Wijs
Sander de Wijs
Courses Plus Student 22,267 Points

I tried to do this some time ago. This article by Yoast helped me very much. https://yoast.com/importing-from-another-mysql-into-wordpress/

It explains how to write a script that connects to a mysql database, read it's contents and import it as posts into Wordpress. You will have to tailor it to whatever you want to import, but it's a good script to start off with.

farhanasalman
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farhanasalman
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 2,830 Points

Thank you for your reply Sander. But I need more information. :)

robberbaron
robberbaron
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robberbaron
robberbaron
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Hi farhanasalman,

thanks for asking.

Here is an old forumpost from me with a very similar question to yours. It is about the import-process of an old static site with a lot of pictures into wordpress.

Hope this helps!

https://teamtreehouse.com/forum/importing-website-including-2000-images-into-wordpress

Cheers, Marc

farhanasalman
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farhanasalman
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 2,830 Points

Thanks for provided your question link, I will keep practice it. :)

Zac Gordon
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Zac Gordon
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Zac Gordon
Zac Gordon
Treehouse Guest Teacher

This depends a lot on what CMS you're importing from?

farhanasalman
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farhanasalman
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 2,830 Points

I need to more practice and learn how to importing from:

  • HTML/CSS with PHP to WordPress
  • PSD to WordPress
  • Old CMS (Joomla, Drupal etc) to new WordPress.

Zac Gordon