Move CMS and all data from webhost to another
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By _kate_ - March 19, 2009
I need to move an existing website from one web host to a new one. The site has been running for about a year so there has been a lot of data put into the CMS.
How do I first back up everything in the CMS in the event of some error, and then how to I get all the data on the new site? Are you able to just make a copy via FTP and upload or is there more to be done?
Thanks!
Re: [_kate_] Move CMS and all data from webhost to another
By Kenny - March 19, 2009
If so, read my tutorial I posted a while back. I think it has everything you need, if not, let us know and we can get it figured out.
http://www.interactivetools.com/forum/gforum.cgi?post=67832#67832
Kenny
Re: [_kate_] Move CMS and all data from webhost to another
By ross - March 19, 2009
Did Kenny's tutorial help? Keep us up to date with how you are making out :).
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Re: [ross] Move CMS and all data from webhost to another
By _kate_ - March 28, 2009 - edited: March 28, 2009
I've been having some problems with this. I upgraded the old site to the new version, then exported the data as detailed below.
Created database and installed CMSB on the new site. When to the SQL tab to upload the .sql file in phymyadmin and I kept getting an error saying I didn't have user permissions to do that.
My web host said the problem was I was trying to create a database in another database which isn't allowed, and he removed the create database from my file and uploaded it - I figured it would now work but I logged into CMSB and it looks exactly as it does on install and none of my data is there.
Any help is appreciated :/
Re: [_kate_] Move CMS and all data from webhost to another
By ross - March 30, 2009
Importing and exporting data can be a little tricky as each server does it a little different depending on what tool you use.
Were you also using phpMyAdmin on your old server? If you like, we can try doing some of it for you through consulting. Send me an email through consulting@interactivetools.com.
The main thing to keep in mind is that the path for your images in the data will need to be adjusted on your new server.
Keep me up to date with how you are making out :).
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Re: [ross] Move CMS and all data from webhost to another
By _kate_ - April 2, 2009
Re: [_kate_] Move CMS and all data from webhost to another
By ross - April 2, 2009
If you send me an email through consulting@interactivetools.com we can go over some more options. The reason it's better to do that in email is because we may need to pass some server details back and forth.
For the time being, could you contact both your webhosts and ask them if they allow external connections to your database?
At the very least, external connections to the database on your new server would be the one that helps us the most.
Thanks!
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Re: [ross] Move CMS and all data from webhost to another
By _kate_ - April 6, 2009
Current webhost:
We do allow external connections to MSSQL databases but not MySQL.
New webhost:
Depends on the database type, generally for the connection based db's
like MySQL yes, you can connect to them externally.
If you provide a little more information I can give a more rigorous answer. It also depends on the connection type. Perhaps you could describe exactly what you are trying or planning to do.
Re: [_kate_] Move CMS and all data from webhost to another
By ross - April 6, 2009
The easiest way for us to do a data move is with a tool called MySQL Query Browser. We use it to connect to your database from our own computer and it has a built in backup/restore tool.
The thing is that we need to be able to connect to both servers remotely to do that. The fact that your current server doesn't allow external connects for MySQL will throw a wrench in that plan though.
What I'll get you to do is contact your current host and ask them how you can create an SQL dump of the CMS Builder database.
Then, ask your new server what options you have for restoring a database from an SQL dump.
Let's see where this gets us.
Thanks!
Cheers,
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Re: [ross] Move CMS and all data from webhost to another
By _kate_ - April 12, 2009
The current webhost told me how to create a SQL dump and then he offered to do it for me.
I got that file and tried to upload it to the new webhost using the instructions they gave me below and it didn't work. Showed an error message. It appeared to create one of the sections (about) which I could now see in Phpmyadmin but still nothing displays when you login to the CMS.
"To restore a SQL database dump you will need to login to your domain
name and select database, once in your database administration page you need to create a new database.
Once this new database has been created click on its name and it should start up PHPmyadmin, once it has loaded up in the top right hand side of the page you should see a little box that says SQL, if you click on that a new page will open and you should see a option called Import files, now just browse for you SQL dump and import it."