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Is there a way to export and then import from one perch blog to another?

Emily Taylor

Emily Taylor 0 points

  • 6 years ago
Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

Do you need to merge the contents of one blog with another, or just move the blog?

Yes merge!

Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

Hmm, merge. Merge. I can't think of a simple way to merge.

Is there a way to export from the database and import to the new one?

Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

Yes, that part is easy. You can do a selective dump from MySQL - using whichever tool you manage your database with. Grab the tables beginning with perch2_blog

So I'm guessing it's not as simple as importing to the new DB?

Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

For just copying, you then import that dump - sorry, I assumed that bit.

If you already have data and need to merge that isn't going to work though.

Oh no that's fine I can just import it, I'm not worried about the content of the new blog so much.

Thanks Drew!