Not sure if this belongs in this category, but I couldn't think of a better one. I am migrating from an older version to a newer version on a new site. It's not an upgrade, since we are moving from a hosted website provider (and therefor I don't have access to the aMember files) to our own server. By getting a fresh aMember install we are assured that all is well. My question is how do I go about transferring over the data? I can make a backup of the database (current) from the CP, and then look at it in Excel. They seem different. Do you have any advice for me? I'd like to have new products, but I could do that after they are all in. Are there services for this type of thing? Thanks again, and in advance.
You first move old version as is. 1. Use webhosting control panel tools to get complete aMember MySQL database dump. 2. Then copy aMember files to new hosting. 3. Load database dump to new hosting using webhosting control panel, or a script like phpMyAdmin. 4. Edit file amember/config.inc.php to match new database connection settings. 5. Make sure everything works on new hosting as it should. 6. Then follow usual upgrade instructions - copy new files, and run http://yoursite/amember/admin/upgrade_db.php