Connect to Your Existing Website
Now , select your CMS platform type and specify the URL of your Existing website in the provided field in the migration wizard .
Manually
Manual migration requires the connection bridge installation . So , click the corresponding button and download the connection bridge file to your local computer . The bridge file will be saved as “ cms2cms . zip ”. You will need to :
1 . Extract the files to the corresponding folder on your computer .
2 . Connect to your current website via FTP . You can do it with any type of FTP client software , one of them is FileZilla . To connect to your website , you will need to specify your hostname , which you can find out from your hosting provider . Then provide your FTP access login and password .
3 . After that , right within your FTP client dashboard , open the root directory of your site . It is the top folder with the index . php file . Then , copy the “ cms2cms ” folder that you ’ ve extracted from your bridge file previously and paste it to the root folder .
Practical and Informative Guide to WordPress Migration