From another system
"From another system, the effort is in mapping its content to Exponential's content model and keeping URLs working with redirects" (Switching to Exponential).
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The three steps
| Step | What happens | Page |
|---|---|---|
| Export | Get content, files and users out of the old system in a structured form | Migrating to and from Exponential |
| Map | Decide which old item becomes which content type and field | Content modeling first steps |
| Import | Create the content in Exponential, then check it | Content migration checklist |
Then keep the old addresses working (URLs and redirects when migrating).
For the import step, the extension 7x SQLI Import reads the export files of many systems (WordPress export files, Drupal JSON:API, Joomla, Shopify and WooCommerce CSV, spreadsheets, CSV, JSON, XML) and maps them to your content types in the administration, without code. Its dry run shows what would be created before anything is published, the same import can run again for the last changes before the switch, and a run can be undone within 30 days. See 7x SQLI Import: start here.
Decide first
- What is not migrated: old news, drafts, unused pages. Less content means a faster, cleaner migration.
- Whether user accounts move, and how members set new passwords if password hashes cannot be carried over.
- Whether orders and customer data move, and under which privacy rules (GDPR basics).
- Who checks the result: the content lead, item by item for samples.
Where the guides are
The installation book has a chapter for migrations from other systems, covering WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, Magento, Shopify, Contentful, AEM, site builders and static HTML: Migrating to and from Exponential.
Related pages
- Migrating
- Switching to Exponential
- Forms and collected information
- Data export and erasure
- Free documentation: this page is free to copy, translate and improve under the GNU FDL 1.3.
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