If you’ve built a great website at SITES dot MIIS or SITES dot Skidmore but want to customize it beyond the available options, you can transfer it to Skidmore Domains. Using your own domain on Skidmore Domains gives you full creative control over your site’s appearance and the flexibility to add new functionality. In addition, Skidmore Domains domains are hosted through Reclaim Hosting, which provides a convenient migration service so you can keep your site after you leave.
Caution: All the content and media contained within your posts and pages can be migrated, but files in your Media Library, your theme, and any appearance settings will not transfer to your new WordPress site. You will have to set these up again once you migrate your content.
Export Your Site
Go to sites.mis.edu or sites.middlebury.edu and sign in to your account. Go to My Sites and click on the dashboard of the site you want to migrate.
Click on Tools > Export in the toolbar to the left. Select what you want to transfer, then download the export file.
Install WordPress on your Skidmore Domains domain and go to your WordPress dashboard. You may want to delete the automatically generated example posts and pages (e.g. the “Hello world!” post).
Import Your Site
In your Skidmore Domains WordPress dashboard, go to Tools > Import in the toolbar on the left. Choose WordPress from the list of systems.
Click on Choose File and select the file you exported from SITES dot. Then upload the file and import it.
You will be asked to assign authors to the posts or pages you import. You can choose to keep and display the authors’ names from the SITES dot version of your content or change them to something else. Remember to update the passwords and roles of imported users once the migration is completed. If you want to keep the file attachments (image, video, document, etc. files uploaded into your posts from the post edit screen), be sure to check the import attachments box before you click Submit.
Congratulations! The migration is complete and you can start customizing your new site on Skidmore Domains.
