HOw do I download existing website files into empty CMS MS ?

[JannevWP]

Hi

I have had huge issues with getting website working on new server (for many weeks).

What I did today was finally work out how to upload CMS Made Simple 1.7.1 Escanda.  When I go to my website, the welcome page shows here. 

I cant find anywhere that tells me in a beginners way, how to upload my existing website so that it integrates with the CMS. 

Can I simply upload files through Filezilla or is some special way needed?       

The website I am uploading is being copied from www.fourleafecolabel.com so as you can see it is quite complicated.   It includes a SQL database.

Do hope I am not asking too basic or silly a question.   Any help would be gratefully appreciated. 

Many thanks,

Janne

[Peciura]

Some guides on moving site to other server are here http://wiki.cmsmadesimple.org/index.php ... er_.281.29

[Fraserm]

Janne,

Have a read at the guides Peciura linked to and try to familiarise yourself with the process:-

1. Use SQL Administrator, PHPMyAdmin or similar to take a complete backup of your database
2. Log in to your site's admin panel and clear the cache
3. Use an FTP client (FileZilla is good) to make a complete backup of your website's directory structure
4. Upload that directory structure to your new host
5. Restore the database to your new host.
6. Create a DB user and assign them to the restored database (in PHPMyAdmin or similar)
7. FTP in to your host and open config.php, change the paths in there to suit your new host. Until you do this your new site won't work.

If the new site is to be accessed using the same URL as the old site, how are you handling the transfer? I normally use a dummy URL to build the new site on the new server, then when everything's up and running correctly I change the DNS records to point the correct URL to the new server.

[kermit]

What I did today was finally work out how to upload CMS Made Simple 1.7.1 Escanda.  When I go to my website, the welcome page shows here.  

I cant find anywhere that tells me in a beginners way, how to upload my existing website so that it integrates with the CMS.  

Can I simply upload files through Filezilla or is some special way needed?      

The website I am uploading is being copied from www.fourleafecolabel.com so as you can see it is quite complicated.   It includes a SQL database.

that web site IS already in cms made simple..  although it's a pretty old version.




if you don't have any third-party modules or plugins, and upgrade should be 'relatively' pain-free.

manually copying and pasting the data (templates, stylesheets, page content, etc), creating each on the new install as you go, would work too.. that be "easier" if you don't know the proper procedures for backing up, transferring and upgrading a cmsms site.. but would take a longer.. not too bad though, as it does look like a fairly simple site site.