on the move - migrations made simple

On The MoveMigrations Made Simple

Jonathan Perlman - @jpurpleman

WordCamp Montreal 2016

http://jpurpleman.ca/

What’s covered…

July 18, 2016WordCamp Montreal

• Wordpress.com to self-hosted

• DNS

• The development stack

• Transferring files and data

• Transferring via duplicator

• Transferring data many times

• Check your site

• Resources

About me

Developer14 years

Teacher9 years

Trekie Since

ST:TNG



ENGAGE!

WordPress.comto

WordPress.org


What’s the difference?


WordPress.org / Self Hosted WordPress.com

Cost Variable, $5 - $20,000 Free

Themes Your choice, no restrictions Limited customizations

Plugins Your choice, no restrictions Limited, no uploading

Control Full control Limited control

Maintenance You manage / You pay for it Automattic does it for you

Backups You manage / You pay for it Automattic does it for you

SSLSecurity

You manage / You pay for it Automattic gives it for you

Method

Export

Import


Export


Import


DNSDomain Name System


Overview


Change your DNS• Modify as Administrator

• Windows

o c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

• Apple

o /etc/hosts

• http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/27350/

beginner-geek-how-to-edit-your-hosts-file/

• https://www.tekrevue.com/tip/edit-hosts-file-mac-os-x/

• https://www.whatsmydns.net/


Windows


• Using the Windows Logo use the Start Menu /

Screen and search for Notepad

• Right click Notepad and “Run as Administrator”

c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

Adding the entry


Apple• Use the app called GasMask from Clockwise

• Download

o http://clockwise.ee/

• Tutorial

o http://www.gilsmethod.com/how-to-edit-hosts-

files-in-mac-os-x-without-the-headaches


http://clockwise.ee/

Transferring Files and Data


What are we moving?

PHP / HTML / CSS

WordPress Core

Plugins

Themes

JPG, PNG, GIF, DOC, PDF

Media

POSTS

PAGES

SQL Database


How to migrate it?

With WordPress Plugins Without WordPress


• Duplicator

• Backup Buddy

• WP Migrate DB Pro

• File Transfer Program

o FileZilla

o CyberDuck

o Transmit

• Database client

o phpMyAdmin

o HiediSQL

File Transfer• Don’t use FTP!

• Start SFTP program

• Download the files from the web accessible area

o htdocs, public_html, www

• Put the files in the local hard drive

o Desktop

o c:\wamp\www\wordpress


FTP – Upload and Download


Confirm Authenticity


Database

• phpMyAdmin, HeidiSQL, Navicat, MySql Workbench


Configure wp-config.php


Configure wp-config.php• Rename wp-config-sample.php to wp-config.php

• Edit wp-config.php with NotePad++, by right clicking the file.

• Change lines 23, 26, 29

/** The name of the database for WordPress */

define('DB_NAME', 'wordpress');

/** MySQL database username */

define('DB_USER', 'root');

/** MySQL database password */

define('DB_PASSWORD', '');

/** MySQL hostname */

define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');


Change WordPress Location


• https://interconnectit.com/products/

search-and-replace-for-wordpress-databases/

The Development Stack

7/20/2016EQ WordPress Advanced 31

Installation• Text Editor

o Notepad – Included in Windows

o Notepad++ - https://notepad-plus-plus.org/

o Sublime Text 3 - http://www.sublimetext.com/3

o NetBeans - https://netbeans.org/

o PHP Storm - https://www.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/

• Web Browser

o Internet Explorer

o Firefox

o Chrome

o Safari

o Opera


https://notepad-plus-plus.org/

http://www.sublimetext.com/3

https://netbeans.org/

https://www.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/

Stack Installation• LAMP, MAMP, WAMP, XAMP

o Linux, Macintosh, Windows, *

o Apache

o MySQL

o PHP

• Windows

o Wamp Server - http://www.wampserver.com/

• Mac

o MAMP - https://www.mamp.info/en/

• Windows or Mac

o Desktop Server - https://serverpress.com/


http://www.wampserver.com/

https://www.mamp.info/en/

https://serverpress.com/

Using WampServer• The “www” directory will be automatically created

o usually c:\wamp\www)

• Create a subdirectory in “www” and put your PHP files

inside

• Click on the “localhost” link in the WampSever menu

• Or

• Open your internet browser and go to the URL :

http://localhost/


Using WampServer• With a left click on WampServer’s icon, you will be able to:

o manage your Apache and MySQL services

o Switch services online / offline

o install and switch Apache, MySQL and PHP releases

o manage your servers settings

o access your logs

o access your settings files

o create alias

• With a right click:

o change WampServer’s menu language

o Access http://www.wampserver.com


Transfer Via Duplicator


http://wpcourse.dawsoncollege.qc.ca/#####


Install Duplicator


Create New


Storage Config


Archive Config


Installer Config


Scan Complete


Building Package


Package Complete


See downloaded files


Create wordpress folder


Login to the database• Go to http://localhost/phpmyadmin


Create a new database

1 Create a New

database

2 Give the database

a name: wordpress

o Lowercase

o No spaces – use

underscores

o No special characters


install.php


Installer.php


Processing Files


Update Files and Database


Test Site!


http://localhost/worpress


Transferring datamany times


Production

Staging

Dev


Process

https://deliciousbrains.com


WP Migrate DB Pro


Check your site…


White screen of death?• Update all plugins, themes, and WP core

• Check php version changes

• Deactivate all plugins

• Deactivate the current theme - switch to 2015

• Reset permalinks

• Check .htaccess file – Compare against the codex

• index.html & index.php

• .maintenance


White screen of death?• Modify wp-config.php - add:

o define(“WP_DEBUG”, true);

o define( “WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY”, true );

• Check the error log

o Accessible via STFP

o CPanel


Resources


Resources• https://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress

• http://www.jasonbobich.com/web-design/

moving-wordpress-to-a-new-server/


https://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress

http://www.jasonbobich.com/web-design/moving-wordpress-to-a-new-server/

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